Alice Mary Finch Flanders passed away on August 18, 2025, in Aiken, South Carolina, following a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mary Finch, and her brother, James Finch.
Born and raised in Connecticut, Alice grew up alongside her brother, James, and sister, Jeanne Finch Strode. She left...
Sep. 4, 20250107
Press ReleasePiedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) has received official approval from the U.S. Department of Education to operate as a recognized Prison Education Program (PEP) Institution. This final approval marks the completion of the transition from the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative to full PEP status, as...
Sep. 4, 20250123
Press ReleaseThe League of Women Voters (of the Charlottesville Area (LWV-CVA) is inviting community members of all backgrounds , aged 16 or older, to join their efforts to strengthen civic participation. The League will host an outreach event “We Are the League” at the JMRL Charlottesville's Central Library on Sunday, Sept. 21,...
Sep. 4, 2025054
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
The Chesapeake Bay Program is being revised. The program charts a course for the future of Bay restoration and affects all waterways and communities, including Fluvanna’s, by influencing how we handle our storm water management.
The 2014 Chesapeake Bay Program agreement is being revised to better...
Aug. 28, 20250211
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
The Fluvanna County School Board unanimously voted to appoint Nikki Sheridan as interim representative for Fork Union during a brief special meeting on Wednesday (Aug. 20).
Sheridan, who was previously appointed by the school board as a citizen representative to the Library Resources Review Committee...
Aug. 28, 2025053
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Sarah Henrik (writing as Sara Read) will discuss her contemporary romance novels on Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Friends of the Library monthly meeting. She is the author of Johanna Porter is Not Sorry and Principles of Emotion—novels that bring a fresh and edgy perspective to romance and feature...
Aug. 28, 20250119
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Dr. Marko Ilich is the new owner of Dentistry at Nahor, taking charge of the dentistry practice formerly owned by the late Dr. Leo Scholl.
Dr. Leo Scholl’s widow, Kelsie Timbie, said Ilich was the perfect fit.
Referring to her late husband, Timbie said:
“I’ve witnessed firsthand the...
Aug. 28, 20250300
Contributed by Mike Feazel
Marvin Moss will step down as president of the Fluvanna Historical Society after a Sept. 28 special event, capping his decades as what one county native called Fluvanna’s “president of everything.”
That’s hardly an overstatement. Moss has been chair of the Fluvanna County Board, president of the...
Aug. 28, 20250414
FUSD billing error led to $102,000 revenue shortfall
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Accusations of mismanagement by a candidate for commissioner of the revenue may have led to a lengthy presentation on Fluvanna County’s land use assessment program at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday night (Aug. 20).
Palmyra...