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Schools provide lunch debt answers
Aug. 7, 20180617 By Ruthann Carr, correspondent A story about a $40,000 school cafeteria debt in the July 19 issue of the Fluvanna Review prompted much comment on social media. At the July 11 School Board meeting the Board directed Superintendent Chuck Winkler to look into the cost of debt collection. The $40,000 debt was incurred during the...
Supervisors put meals tax on November ballot
Aug. 2, 20180465 Voters will decide on 4 percent tax By Christina Dimeo, editor Fluvanna residents will vote in November on whether to institute a meals tax. The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors unanimously decided Wednesday (Aug. 1) to direct county staff to prepare an ordinance that would impose a meals tax. By law, Fluvanna voters need to...
County partners with CVEC to bring broadband to Fluvanna
Aug. 2, 201801334 By Christina Dimeo, editor Fluvanna County is partnering with Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC) to bring broadband internet service to many of its residents. Fluvanna’s Economic Development Authority has offered CVEC $500,000 in tax rebates for the portion of the project being completed in the county, said Eric Dahl,...
Thomas Joseph Farruggio
Thomas Joseph Farruggio, 51, husband, father, son, brother, uncle, coach and teacher, died on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, due to complications from heart surgery. Although originally from Freeport, N.Y., he made a home for his family in Palmyra, Va. Tom was born on Aug. 31, 1966, and spent his childhood in Freeport, N.Y., in a large,...
Schools prepare to welcome students for new year
Aug. 2, 20180163 School may not start for another week, but teachers and staff have been busy getting ready for the big day. That means prior to Aug. 9 nearly 300 teachers, including 31 new ones, are decorating classrooms, coming back from professional development seminars, boning up on the newest teaching tools and generally rolling out the welcome...
10-year-old driver crashes on interstate
Aug. 2, 20180144 A frightening scene played out Tuesday morning (July 24) when a 10-year-old Fluvanna boy and his 7-year-old brother were discovered driving down I-64 in Goochland County. According to Capt. David Wells of the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office, the children’s custodians called 911 to report the boys and the family’s black Lexus...