Jul. 3, 2025092
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Fluvanna County’s commercial kitchen has received a $7,400 grant from the Virginia Department of Agriculture’s infrastructure program.
Governor Glenn Youngkin’s office announced the grant on Friday (June 27). According to the grant proposal, the funds will be used to install a dedicated...
Jul. 3, 2025087
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
Lucas Dunaway of Troy has scored another top finish in a big-time golf tournament. Playing in the nine-year old competition at the Arnold and Winnie Palmer Foundation Kids Invitational at the Latrobe County Club in Arnold Palmer’s hometown, Dunaway finished second in a field of 18. Competing against...
Jul. 3, 20250138
Canada, Schoenster join directors
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Lake Monticello voters have approved the use of the Emergency Reserve Account (ERA) as a possible funding source to settle a federal government demand to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars from a COVID-era loan.
Election Committee member Barbara Rorh...
Jul. 3, 2025054
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
On June 21, Cynthia Moore held her monthly Hygeia Wellness program, "Setting the Stage for Successful Weight Wellness," with a presentation by Rachel Hart, MS, RDN, and owner of Central Virginia Nutrition Counseling. At Central Virginia Nutrition Counseling, Hart works with adults who are taking GLP-1...
Jul. 3, 2025048
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Kitten season is peaking and the Fluvanna SPCA urges residents to look, wait, and learn because not all kittens need saving, and the wrong move could do more harm than good. Every spring and summer, thousands of kittens are brought to animal shelters by well-meaning residents who find them...
Jul. 3, 20250350
Contributed by Mike Feazel
Five years ago, the music scene at Lake Monticello was what long-time Lake musician Gary Hawthorne called “dead, dead, dead.” Now it’s like a thriving mini-Nashville, with a dozen or so bands and maybe a score of single performers playing at multiple Lake venues and throughout the state of Virginia...
Jul. 3, 2025073
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Lake Monticello Swim Team (LMST) hosted swimmers from the Key West Swim and Tennis Club (the Killer Whales) on June 25. Key West is an older Charlottesville suburb off Rt.20 just east of Darden Tow Park. Jefferson Swim league meets are always long and occasionally very hot. It was in the...
Jun. 26, 2025017
Contributed by E. Dianne CampbellFluvanna Master Gardeners has recognized the achievements and potential of McKinley Jones with a $1,000 scholarship for her continuing education.
The 16-year-old has graduated from the Rosedale Academy of Virginia homeschool program with a 4.09 GPA and will attend the Southside Virginia Community...