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Artist talks about drawing botanicals
Jun. 7, 20180499 By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent Tiny little tangled roots, fall leaves dried and curled with bits of faded color, peeling bark, are just a few a few things artist and illustrator Lara Call Gastinger finds in the natural world to draw. Her work is painstakingly meticulous and all done in pen and watercolor. She demonstrated her...
Man arrested in connection with house fire
Jun. 7, 20180179 Press release A Mechanicsville man was arrested Sunday (June 3) by the Fluvanna County’s Sheriff’s Office and charged in connection with a fire that severely damaged a house on Miles Jackson Road just east of Palmyra. Cole Spencer Augustus Carter, 26, was arrested by Fluvanna deputies and charged with one count of arson, three...Letters to the editor
Too many outages Dominion Virginia Power has customer service issues and no answers. My power went out Saturday, June 2, for about eight hours; again on Sunday, June 3 from 1 to 6 p.m., and again on Monday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to noon. I spoke with repairmen (three trucks working on outage) and they had no answers. This was told to me...
Solar farm opens in Troy
May. 31, 20180564 By Heather Michon, correspondent Gov. Ralph Northam was the guest of honor at Central Virginia Electric Cooperative’s (CVEC) dedication of a new solar farm in Troy on Tuesday (May 22)—but the real star of the show was the sun, which emerged just before the hour-long ceremony and vanished not long after it finished. As a group...
FCHS graduation 2018
May. 31, 20180462 Fluvanna County High School celebrated the graduation of 266 students of the Class of 2018 Saturday (May 26) at the Phil Browning Stadium in the R.J. Searcy Sports Complex. Photos by Fluvanna Sports Photography ...
Lake Monticello Road shooting ends in combined 56 years in prison
May. 31, 20180943 By Heather Michon, Correspondent Dante Givens was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday (May 25) for his role in the 2016 robbery and shooting on Lake Monticello Road – the final sentence handed down in a crime that left a Fluvanna County man permanently injured. Givens sat at the bottom of what Commonwealth’s Attorney...
Flucos perform well at Region meet
May. 31, 20180139 By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent Impressive number head to States The Fluvanna High track and field teams turned in quality performances in the Region 3C meet held Wednesday (May 23) at Monticello High. The boys’ team under Coach Steve Szarmach finished in third place out of 13 teams, while the girls’ team under Coach Rose Brogan...