Jun. 8, 20230414
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
County officials met with Fork Union community members on Saturday, June 3, to discuss the future of the village. The room was filled with residents from Fork Union as well as residents from other areas of the county.
Director of Economic Development Jennifer Schmack pointed out some difficulties...
Jun. 8, 20230142
By Harvey. J SorumCorrespondent
What you did prior to recently opening your Thrifty Fox Thrift Store.
I worked at a wonderful Emergency Animal Hospital in Charlottesville for six years. Leon (her husband) is a stay at home person. We have two children that are ours and two adopted.
Why did you locate in Fluvanna County's...
Jun. 8, 20230154
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
After a one day rain delay, the third seeded Fluco baseball team hosted the seventh seeded Fort Defiance High team on May 31. For those not familiar with “the Valley,” Fort Defiance High is located in a small town of that name, halfway between Harrisonburg to the north and Staunton to the...
Dick was born on December 1, 1944, in Ashtabula, OH. He graduated from Edgewood High School, and with honors from Kent State University. He completed his MBA at Case Western Reserve University. He married Beverly Sandfield June 11, 1966. After several years of courageously fighting prostate cancer, he passed away peacefully on...
Jun. 8, 20230946
Contributed by Bob and Mary Fleming Trumbull
Fluvanna native Mary Fleming Trumbull returned Monacan artifacts in the family’s possession since the 1870s to Lou Branham of the Monacan Indian Nation on May 25. The collection will be displayed at the Monacan Nation Ancestral Museum located at Bear Mountain in Amherst...
Jun. 1, 20230126
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
The members of the Fluvanna Art Association learned on May 16 a fun and easy way to make prints at home. Monoprints, often done on a commercial gel plate can be done on other surfaces as well. Fenella Bell, an art instructor with PVCC, demonstrated making prints with a glass plate. Plexiglass can also...
Jun. 1, 20230190
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Fluvanna County High School baseball team hosted the first round of the region play-off on May 26. After three scoreless innings, the Flucos put up three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-0 lead going to the top of the fifth. The way senior Nathan Gragg was pitching it looked like that...
Jun. 1, 20230222
Contributed by Mike Feazel
A program to provide special assistance to children in foster care is expanding into Fluvanna County and Lake Monticello, with plans to reach Madison and Orange counties sometime in the future.
The Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program is part of a nationwide program that has been...