Oct. 18, 20230475
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Aqua Virginia has filed a request with the State Corporation Commission that could raise rates for Fluvanna customers by approximately 30 percent.
The petition, filed on July 27, asks for a 33.88 percent increase in water rates and a 21.08 percent increase in wastewater rates. This would result in an...
Oct. 18, 202301142
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Several Fluvanna County residents stepped up to the podium during the School Board meeting on Wednesday night (Oct. 9) to call out – and occasionally read explicit passages from – books they think do not belong in the Fluvanna County High School library.
Brittany Gray, who is currently running to...
Oct. 18, 20230155
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Fluco girls were first and the boys were second at the Monticello High Quad meet held on Oct. 11 on a 5K course laid out behind the Monticello High School. This was the last scheduled meet of the season for the Flucos. The Fluco girls won the meet easily. Sophomore Ruby Frazier was the first-place...
Oct. 18, 20230141
By Page H. Gifford Correspondent
The grand reopening of Sweet Art Emporium at its new location on Oct. 6 and 7, was a hit.
“It was amazing, I had 60 people in the first hour,” said owner Erika Mitchell. Mitchell and Sweet Art were also featured for a second year in a row as a stop on the Artist's Studio Tour.
Mitchell...
Oct. 12, 20230385
Descendants of enslaved celebrate its power
Contributed by Tricia Johnson
Around 40 people gathered on Oct. 7, at the Old Stone Jail Museum in Palmyra for a reception hosted by the Fluvanna Historical Society to celebrate a new exhibit, “The Words They Left Behind: Legacies of Bremo.”
Cool, blustery weather marked the...
Oct. 12, 20230152
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
Fluco Coach Mitchell Pace said that he was “proud of his team’s offense and defense” and proud of his team’s “toughness” after the Flucos dominated the Warriors from Western Albemarle by a 32-3 score on Oct. 6. This was a Fluco Homecoming game to be proud of. The win gives the Flucos a 4-2...
Oct. 12, 20230453
Parents meet with school officials about student safety
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Two teens have been charged in two separate threats of violence against Fluvanna County High School according to a sheriff’s office press release.
Following investigations into the Sept. 18 threat that caused a two-hour delay and the Sept....