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Mark Herring updates county on attorney general initiatives
May. 24, 2018062 By Ruthann Carr, Correspondent Whether it was the rain or the last-minute change of venue, only about 50 showed up Thursday (May 17) to hear the Virginia Attorney General. They met at Lake Monticello’s Ashlawn Clubhouse to listen to Democratic 5th District candidate Leslie Cockburn introduce Attorney General Mark...
Fluvanna native wins volunteer of the year award
May. 24, 20180182 By Ruthann Carr, Correspondent With a name like Haden Parrish there’s no doubt this 22-year-old is from Fluvanna. Parrish’s roots are in Fluvanna, but that doesn’t mean he is afraid of the outside world. Quite the opposite. He spent the last four years at the University of Virginia (U.Va.), he’s traveled to Ghana and...
Exciting one-day Faulconer golf tournament ends with four ties
May. 24, 20180330 By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent The big golf event of the year at the Lake Monticello Golf Course is the Faulconer Invitational. It is normally a two-day event. This year due to over 2.5 inches of rain on Friday night (May 18), the first round of the tournament had to be cancelled. The course was simply too wet. Sunday (May 20) was...
State Farm donates vehicles for extrication training
May. 24, 20180174 By Christina Dimeo, editor State Farm has donated five newer-model salvaged vehicles to the Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire Department to help firefighters train for extracting people trapped in crashed vehicles. The fire department’s extrication tools still work, but aren’t as fast as they could be on newer cars. “New cars...
Fluvanna writers celebrate 10 years
May. 24, 20180161 By Page H. Gifford, correspondent Every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. a small group gathers near the far corner of Cuppa Joe’s Cafe to talk about writing and read their current work. It is a mixed group of published writers and wannabe writers, but the Writers Group of Fluvanna welcomes anyone interested in writing, published or...
Mark Herring updates county on attorney general initiatives
May. 22, 20180105 By Ruthann Carr Correspondent Whether it was the rain or the last-minute change of venue, only about 50 showed up Thursday (May 17) to hear the Virginia Attorney General. They met at Lake Monticello’s Ashlawn Clubhouse to listen to Democratic 5th District candidate Leslie Cockburn introduce Attorney General Mark...
Arson ruled out in boat fire
May. 18, 20180187 By Christina Dimeo Editor Arson has been ruled out as the cause of the massive fire May 3 that destroyed six boats and damaged another at Lake Monticello’s Beach 4. Lake Monticello Fire Chief Richie Constantino, an arson investigator, said that the fire was accidental and likely electrical. “It started in the fourth boat...
Supervisors deny permit to Lake Monticello
May. 17, 20180265 By Christina Dimeo Editor The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors denied a special use permit request from the Lake Monticello Owners’ Association (LMOA) after five residents spoke at the Board meeting Wednesday night (May 16). All five were opposed to LMOA’s plan to construct a new golf maintenance building on a different...