Jul. 10, 2025091
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
Although it was decided that, for safety reasons that Lake Monticello would have no fireworks on the Fourth of July in 2025, the traditional Spirit Run and the traditional swim across the lake continued. The Spirit Run is held starting at 7 a.m. The race got off on time starting at the Bunker ball field...
Jul. 3, 20250137
Two Arrested in Scottsville
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Residents on and around Bremo Road saw a heavy law enforcement presence for much of the day on Monday (June 23) as authorities searched for a man after an alleged assault and battery.
Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Virginia State Police officers were...
Jul. 3, 2025088
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Fluvanna County’s commercial kitchen has received a $7,400 grant from the Virginia Department of Agriculture’s infrastructure program.
Governor Glenn Youngkin’s office announced the grant on Friday (June 27). According to the grant proposal, the funds will be used to install a dedicated...
Jul. 3, 2025081
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
Lucas Dunaway of Troy has scored another top finish in a big-time golf tournament. Playing in the nine-year old competition at the Arnold and Winnie Palmer Foundation Kids Invitational at the Latrobe County Club in Arnold Palmer’s hometown, Dunaway finished second in a field of 18. Competing against...
Jul. 3, 20250114
Canada, Schoenster join directors
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Lake Monticello voters have approved the use of the Emergency Reserve Account (ERA) as a possible funding source to settle a federal government demand to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars from a COVID-era loan.
Election Committee member Barbara Rorh...
Jul. 3, 2025051
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
On June 21, Cynthia Moore held her monthly Hygeia Wellness program, "Setting the Stage for Successful Weight Wellness," with a presentation by Rachel Hart, MS, RDN, and owner of Central Virginia Nutrition Counseling. At Central Virginia Nutrition Counseling, Hart works with adults who are taking GLP-1...
Jul. 3, 2025047
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Kitten season is peaking and the Fluvanna SPCA urges residents to look, wait, and learn because not all kittens need saving, and the wrong move could do more harm than good. Every spring and summer, thousands of kittens are brought to animal shelters by well-meaning residents who find them...
Jul. 3, 20250335
Contributed by Mike Feazel
Five years ago, the music scene at Lake Monticello was what long-time Lake musician Gary Hawthorne called “dead, dead, dead.” Now it’s like a thriving mini-Nashville, with a dozen or so bands and maybe a score of single performers playing at multiple Lake venues and throughout the state of Virginia...