Jul. 26, 20230212
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
High school football is the sport of “Friday Night Lights.” Usually, more local fans are interested in home football games than in any of the other high school sports. Here in Fluvanna baseball does get a lot of support from the community, but a good football team is still king. Before COVID, the...
Nancy E. Brown, 70, of Palmyra, Virginia passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at her home, in Lake Monticello with family at her bedside.
Nancy was born December 16, 1952, daughter of Alice Russell and Kenneth Russell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Craig and Mel, and also by her husband...
Jul. 26, 20230164
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
CASA, a child advocacy program that matches trained volunteers with children in foster care, is expanding into Fluvanna County,
Kate Duvall, president of Piedmont CASA in Charlottesville, gave a presentation on the program at July’s virtual meeting of the local progressive club, the Lefty Lunch...
Jul. 20, 20230464
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Fluvanna County High School could be getting some additional security support this upcoming academic year thanks to $100,000 in grant funding for two school security officers, or SSOs.
Captain Von Hill of the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office gave a detailed presentation on the role of SSOs at the...
Jul. 20, 20230213
Press Release
Rudy Garcia, a member of the Rotary Club of Fluvanna, began his one-year term as district governor of Rotary International District 7600 on July 1. District 7600 covers central and southeastern Virginia and includes 64 Rotary clubs with about 2,700 members.
Garcia, a Fluvanna County businessman, owns a tax...
Jul. 20, 20230696
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
When newly elected Fluvanna County Treasurer Linda Lenherr stepped into her office in January 1984, one of the first things she saw was a table stacked high with piles of unopened mail.
The outgoing treasurer had left a tangle of uncollected taxes and unrecorded payments. There were close to $300,000...
Jul. 20, 20230229
Farm Heritage Museum
By Emily SmedsIntern
Pleasant Grove park is already a popular spot in the community with its winding trails, soccer fields, playground, and community garden. It’s also a quaint spot to time-travel back through local history.
The Farm Heritage Museum, which opened in 2019, was the longtime dream of the...