May. 1, 2024083
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Local artists are celebrating the visual arts including the annual Tiny Art Show with an exhibit at the Fluvanna County Public Library sponsored by The Friends of the Library. Featured are community members sharing their love of art from teens through adults. The library has the exhibit set up near the...
Apr. 25, 20240254
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Fluvanna residents will not see any increase in county taxes in the coming 2025 fiscal year (FY25), as the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the budget at its meeting Wednesday evening (April 17).
The final budget came out at $107,505,194. Tax rates per $100 of assessed value will stay...
Apr. 25, 20240184
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jerome Fjeld, Navy Office of Community OutreachThe U.S. Navy owns many large submarines, ships and aircraft carriers that need to be protected when operating at sea and close to the shore. A special group of sailors is charged with protecting these Navy investments.
Photo by Mass...
Apr. 25, 20240218
By Rae AlbertsCorrespondent
Fun Fact of the Week: You might automatically think of the Mississippi when I say the ‘longest river in the USA,’ but that title actually belongs to the Missouri River! It winds along for a staggering 2,341 miles across seven states. The Mississippi is only a mile shorter, though, at 2,340 miles, so...
Apr. 25, 2024071
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Landscape and wildlife photographer Ben Greenberg will talk to Friends of the Library about his work on May 1 at 10 a.m.. Greenberg's vibrant photos of his subjects capture a single element of natural beauty that attracts the viewer, from his weeping landscapes to his majestic birds.
From an...
Apr. 25, 20240104
By Kaiya Wrigley, FCHS journalism student
FCHS sophomores Brady Crisp and Logan Bishop are getting the rare chance to do what they love in a foreign country. The two will head to Northern Europe to play soccer this July.
Crisp and Bishop will be playing on a Charlottesville Alliance club soccer team that will be out of the country...
Apr. 25, 20240115
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
Thanks to soccer legend Pele, soccer is often referred to as “the beautiful game.” The phrase probably come from goals scored due to wonderful pass work by the offence. Even though soccer is the most popular game worldwide, it has never caught on in the United States. Few sports fans know the names of...
Apr. 17, 20240195
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
The question of charter schools again dominated the Fluvanna County School Board's monthly meeting on Wednesday (April 8).
Charter schools are alternative programs that operate outside the regular public school system.
Unlike tuition-based private schools, charter schools receive their...