Dec. 30, 2024096
BY PAT BEERS BLOCK
Happy New Year and welcome to this month’s highlights of celestial events visible in Fluvanna County!
Fun events to view in January
This month’s premier skylight performer, weather permitting, could be the Quadrantids meteor shower (Class I, Major) that will appear from early to mid January (...
Dec. 30, 2024076
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
It was an interesting and sometimes successful year for the Fluvanna County High School sports teams. Early in 2024 the Fluco boys basketball team had some strong performances, such as a five point win over Jefferson District rival Orange County, but the season had a somewhat middling ending with a 10-12...
Dec. 30, 2024092
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
The arts flourished in 2024 with another successful Artist's Studio Tour, sell-out crowds for Empowered Players at Carysbrook Performing Arts Center, while Fluvanna Art Association members' creative minds and imagination gleamed in the spring show Elements.
It wasn't a year just for entertainment...
Dec. 30, 20240118
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
As we head toward what is sure to be an action-packed 2025, let’s take a look back at some of the biggest stories from 2024…
School book committee
Late in 2023, a resident submitted a list of books in the Fluvanna County High School Library as inappropriate for children. In January 2024, the...
Dec. 23, 20240293
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
If Fluvanna County residents want political and business signs removed from private property off county roadways, they need to file complaints.
This was the message from the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday night (Dec. 18) during a discussion of sign regulations and enforcement.
Under county...
Dec. 23, 20240131
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
For those who are avid book lovers, on Jan. 8, at 10 a.m., Friends of the Library welcomes Kalela Williams, author and director of the Virginia Center for the Book in Charlottesville to talk about her new book, the center, and the upcoming Festival of the Book.
Williams' passion for the written word...
Dec. 23, 2024083
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Fluvanna County wrestling team under Coach Craig Connor scored three victories on Dec. 11 at a four-school meet held at the Flucos’ gym. Fluvanna crushed Western Albemarle 60-24. The Flucos topped Monticello High 46-36 and snuck past Goochland County 41-38.
In high school wrestling there are 14...