Feb. 29, 20240222
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Supervisors took their first in-depth look at capital improvement projects (CIPs) requested for Fiscal Year 2025 during their work session on Wednesday (Feb. 21).
County Administrator Eric Dahl proposed $7,998,711 in projects for the coming year, spread across public works, parks and recreation,...
Feb. 29, 20240278
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) visited Fluvanna County on Friday afternoon (Feb. 23) for a question-and-answer session with county supervisors and officials from Fluvanna, Buckingham, and Cumberland counties.
During the hour-long session at Fork Union Military Academy’s Wicker Chapel, the three-term...
Feb. 29, 20240305
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Members of the Learning Resources Review Committee met Thursday evening (Feb. 22) at the Fluvanna County High School Library for their second meeting following the appointment of five citizen representatives at the School Board meeting on Jan. 10.
The group of 11, comprised of librarians, school...
Feb. 29, 20240374
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Recently, three black bear cubs, each weighing less than two pounds, were admitted to the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro after their den was destroyed at a construction site in Orange County. The cub's mother fled during the incident, and one of the cubs was injured. Wildlife biologists...
Feb. 29, 20240115
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Carol Sorber is a unique artist among Fluvanna Art Association members, sculpting in glass using a small flame torch. Her studio is not like the other members who paint, do mixed media, or pastels.
At the FAA monthly meeting on Feb. 20, she described her working environment where she creates...
Feb. 29, 2024088
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Fluco spring sports season runs from mid-March to mid-May and there is a lot of activity packed into those 60 plus days. Baseball, softball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls lacrosse and track and field, all have to be accommodated. In addition, there are JV teams in...
Feb. 25, 20240223
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
The Learning Resources Review Committee (LRC) and its newly appointed citizen representatives met for the first time on Jan. 30 to discuss how they would tackle the two dozen library books challenged for alleged inappropriate content late last year.
But the public, for the most part, didn’t hear...
Feb. 25, 20240147
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
On March 6, at 10 a.m., at the Fluvanna County Public Library, artist Linda Staiger will discuss the collaborative portrait project, Looking Back Seeing Now at the monthly meeting of the Friends of the Library.
The original idea for the project began before the Covid pandemic when Tricia Johnson,...