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The FSPCA Joins BISSELL Pet Foundation to bring hope to shelter pets
Dec. 5, 2024092 By Duncan NixonCorrespondent During December, more than 400 shelters nationwide will reduce adoption fees and find loving homes for pets by participating in Empty the Shelters Holiday Hope reduced-fee adoption event Dec. 1-17. BISSELL Pet Foundation a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is...
Lake resident helps plant seeds of change in Haiti
Dec. 5, 20240256 By Heather MichonCorrespondent Deep in the remote mountains of northern Haiti, roads are passable only by foot or by mule. Residents of the region have no electricity, no running water, and almost no access to the outside world by phone or internet. It is about as different from Lake Monticello as a place can be. But one Lake...
Hospice of the Piedmont Brings Telephone of the Wind to Charlottesville
Dec. 5, 20240121 A quiet space for healing at Darden Towe ParkHospice of the Piedmont (HOP) is proud to announce the installation of the Telephone of the Wind. This unique space for community members to process grief and connect with lost loved ones is now open to the public in Darden Towe Park in Charlottesville. Inspired by a concept originating...
Piecemakers quilt donations brighten holiday season
Nov. 26, 20240105 Press ReleaseThe Lake Monticello Piecemakers are closing out the year by donating many of its creations to benefit local community service organizations, including Lake Monticello Fire & Rescue, the Lake Monticello Beautification Corps and the Lake Monticello Community Foundation. The quilters sold many of their creations again...
Fluvanna teen charged with homicide
Nov. 26, 20240907 By Heather MichonCorrespondent Fluvanna County deputies were called to the scene of an apparent homicide in Fluvanna near Scottsville on Monday morning (Nov.18). Investigators from the Virginia State Police’s Appomattox Field Office were alerted by Fluvanna authorities at around 11 a.m. that morning, VSP spokesperson Matthew...
Supervisors strike rural cluster subdivisions from county code
Nov. 26, 20240488 By Heather MichonCorrespondent In a major revision to county zoning, the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors voted to eliminate rural cluster subdivisions as a by-right use in A-1 zoning districts at its meeting on Wednesday night (Nov. 20). Rural cluster subdivisions have become ubiquitous in the local landscape since they were first...
Stargazing in Fluvanna: December
Nov. 26, 2024068 By Pat Beers BlockThis month’s premier skylight performers include the very active Geminids (Class I, Major) and Ursids (Class I, Major) meteor showers. The Geminids shower promises to produce as many as 120 meteors per hour during much of December. The maximum meteor activity will occur on Dec. 13 and early morning on Dec....