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Local couple visits Istanbul
Jan. 5, 20230329 By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent Every year Al and Sue Mink travel overseas to exotic locales to “nest” for three months and soak up the local culture of the places they visit. They have been to many places in Europe and Asia and this time spent three months in Istanbul, Turkey. It's not a place that the average traveler puts at...
Despite 1,000 fire calls in 2022, 2023 starts quietly
Jan. 5, 20230121 Contributed by Judy Fish Lake Monticello firefighters responded to 1,000 calls in 2022, but fortunately rang in the New Year in relative quiet, according to the Lake Monticello fire chief. “New Year’s Eve was quiet, thank God,” Lake Monticello Fire Chief Richie Constantino said. “The only incident we had was a motor...
Guest Editorial: Fire company needs ambulance/career staff
Jan. 5, 20230235 By Andrew PullenFire Chief, Kents Store Fire Company The Kents Store Volunteer Fire Company has for several years, formally requested both an ambulance and cross trained career staff at our firehouse, 24/7/365, that can supplement and/or augment our current volunteers. Our volunteers do a remarkable job and their hard work...Fred DeFelice
Fred DeFelice, age 91, passed away at home on December 19, 2022 surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife Patricia, children James (Linda), Richard (Heather), Anthony (Andrea), Alicia Chuba (Michael), Timothy (Tina), and Alan (Teresa) as well as 17 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, 3 stepchildren, 12 step-grandchildren, 7...
Supervisors vote for 24/7 emergency service
Dec. 29, 20220327 By Heather MichonCorrespondent The Board of Supervisors held its final meeting of 2022 on Wednesday night (Dec. 21) and they did not take it easy on themselves, with an agenda full of work sessions, presentations, and action matters stretching over five hours. The biggest item on the evening’s to-do list was how to provide...
Commercial kitchen welcomed in Fork Union
Dec. 29, 20220369 Press Release A ribbon cutting ceremony for the Fluvanna County Commercial Kitchen was held Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Fluvanna County Community Center, in Fork Union. Collaboration between the county of Fluvanna and the Fluvanna Office of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, begun in 2015, culminated in the creation of a...
The arts: a year in review
Dec. 29, 20220200 By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent It has been a revolutionary year in the arts and 2022 will be a milestone that will have a future effect in Fluvanna County. Starting with Carysbrook Performing Arts Center, the Fluvanna County Arts Council officially opened the doors for a new season in September after showing their first film in July...