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Supervisors dive into budget details
Mar. 30, 2018080 TAX VOTE SET FOR APRIL 11 By Christina Dimeo, editor With less than two weeks to go, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors is closing in on finalizing a budget and tax rate. During a March 28 work session, supervisors and county staff ran through several budget iterations. Numbers were pulled, moved and shuffled; tax rates were...
Fortune 500 company headed to Fluvanna
Mar. 30, 20180252 SUPERVISORS APPROVE CONTROVERSIAL AUTO RECLAMATION FACILITY By Christina Dimeo, editor A Fortune 500 company is on its way to Fluvanna County. The Board of Supervisors Wednesday night (March 28) unanimously approved a special use permit to allow LKQ Corporation, an auto reclamation company, to open a facility off Route 250 near...
Aqua meeting reveals customer anger over steep bills
Mar. 30, 20180106 By Heather Michon, correspondent With just weeks to go before public hearings on the latest round of proposed water rate increases, Aqua Virginia invited customers to an information session Thursday (March 22) at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church that exposed the tensions between the company and residents over high water...
Conference helps African Americans trace roots
Feb. 15, 20180170 By Heather Michon Correspondent More than 30 people packed into a county conference room Saturday (Feb. 10) for “Hidden Away,” a day-long seminar on African American genealogy put on by the Fluvanna Historical Society. Fluvanna County has one of Virginia’s more substantial collections of African American genealogical...
New coach takes charge of Fluco football
Feb. 13, 20180656 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent When Fluco football coach Steve Szarmach announced his resignation, a search for a new coach began. Fluco Athletic Director Scott Morris said that 34 applications were received from near and far. The search ended with the selection of a candidate from nearby Buckingham County. On Feb. 9 Josh Wallace,...
Budget pressures force tax increase
Feb. 9, 2018068 By Christina Dimeo Correspondent Budget pressures will force another tax increase, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors learned Wednesday (Feb. 7) afternoon. While presenting his fiscal year 2019 (FY19) budget, County Administrator Steve Nichols recommended raising the real estate tax to 93.9 cents per $100 valuation from...
County pursues strategic zoning for Zion Crossroads
Feb. 5, 20180120 By Christina Dimeo Editor Rezoning land for economic development in the Zion Crossroads area may soon get a little easier. The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors directed county staff Wednesday (Jan. 31) to move forward with implementing “strategic zoning” in the Zion Crossroads community planning area (CPA). A...
CVEC announces new broadband access project
Feb. 1, 2018085 By Heather Michon Correspondent Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC) has unveiled a plan that could bring high-speed internet to customers across its 14-county service area. CVEC plans to spend at least $100 million over the next five years to install fiber optic cable parallel to its 4,600 miles of electrical lines. When...