July 12, 1939 - December 27, 2023
Kirk M. Dunklee, age 84, of Palmyra, VA, and formerly of Wyalusing, PA, passed away on Wednesday morning, December 27, 2023, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA.
Kirk was born in Towanda, PA, on July 12, 1939, a son of the late Elanson D. and Gladys Bahr...
Jan. 3, 2024099
By Pat Beers Block
Welcome to this month’s highlights of enjoyable events that will happen in the evening and morning skies above!
Sky gazing is a fun way to engage in the world around us, helping us to appreciate all of the exciting events that happen in the evening and morning sky. Events like meteor showers, solar and lunar...
Jan. 3, 20240228
By Harvey SorumCorrespondent
Kelley and Shawn, are you natives of Fluvanna County? If not, what brought you here?
Shawn was born and raised in Charlottesville, and I moved to Charlottesville in 1996. We moved to Fluvanna in the mid ‘90s to find land that we could afford for the growth of the business in the future. We also...
Jan. 3, 2024097
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
For the first time in its history, Carysbrook Performing Arts Center not only sold out for a theatrical performance but because of popular demand added another performance the same day. Elf Jr. the Musical smashed box office records.
The show performed by The Empowered Players, a Fluvanna-based...
Jan. 3, 20240128
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
How do you judge a year?
On the one hand, it seems like it’s been a very quiet 12 months. Mother Nature didn’t smack us too hard. The county’s budget and tax rates stayed about the same. Big, ongoing projects like the James River Water Project and the Comprehensive Plan crept forward. We’re...
Kenneth C. Doll, 79, of Palmyra, VA passed away on Friday, December 22, 2023 at the Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fall Church, VA. He was visiting his son's family to celebrate an early Christmas which he thoroughly enjoyed.
He was born in Jersey City, NJ on July 16, 1944, a son of the late Lester Dickson Doll and Theodora Kopf...
Jan. 3, 20240677
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Plans to build a $100 million luxury agri-tourism resort on Rolling Road South ran aground at the Dec. 6 meeting of the Planning Commission, as commissioners denied the multiple special use permits needed to get the project underway.
Sun Outdoors, a Michigan-based developer of resorts, marinas, and...