Oct. 26, 20230192
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Fluvanna High volleyball team hosted the Hornets from Orange County High on Oct. 17 and traveled to Louisa on Oct. 19 to take on the Lions of Louisa County High. The outcome of both matches was the same, with the Flucos winning both matches three games to none.
In the first game of the match...
Oct. 26, 20230205
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
Helped by a daring play call, with only six seconds left in the half, the Fluco football team led the Louisa Lions 21-13 at halftime. With the ball at the Fluco 42, and the Flucos leading 15-13, Coach Mitchell Pace could have called on sophomore quarterback Will Lambert to take a knee, allowing the...
Oct. 18, 20230513
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Aqua Virginia has filed a request with the State Corporation Commission that could raise rates for Fluvanna customers by approximately 30 percent.
The petition, filed on July 27, asks for a 33.88 percent increase in water rates and a 21.08 percent increase in wastewater rates. This would result in an...
Oct. 18, 202301355
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Several Fluvanna County residents stepped up to the podium during the School Board meeting on Wednesday night (Oct. 9) to call out – and occasionally read explicit passages from – books they think do not belong in the Fluvanna County High School library.
Brittany Gray, who is currently running to...
Oct. 18, 20230170
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Fluco girls were first and the boys were second at the Monticello High Quad meet held on Oct. 11 on a 5K course laid out behind the Monticello High School. This was the last scheduled meet of the season for the Flucos. The Fluco girls won the meet easily. Sophomore Ruby Frazier was the first-place...
Oct. 18, 20230182
By Page H. Gifford Correspondent
The grand reopening of Sweet Art Emporium at its new location on Oct. 6 and 7, was a hit.
“It was amazing, I had 60 people in the first hour,” said owner Erika Mitchell. Mitchell and Sweet Art were also featured for a second year in a row as a stop on the Artist's Studio Tour.
Mitchell...
Oct. 12, 20230536
Descendants of enslaved celebrate its power
Contributed by Tricia Johnson
Around 40 people gathered on Oct. 7, at the Old Stone Jail Museum in Palmyra for a reception hosted by the Fluvanna Historical Society to celebrate a new exhibit, “The Words They Left Behind: Legacies of Bremo.”
Cool, blustery weather marked the...