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Sports in review – 2025
Jan. 2, 2026063 By Duncan NixonCorrespondent Overall, 2025 was a strong year for Fluvanna County sports. Fluvanna County High had some impressive teams and some outstanding individual athletes. The boys and girls basketball teams started off the year. The boy’s team under Heath Bralley was young but had a decent season. They were led by sophomore...
Tenaska outlines potential $5 million fund, advisory board tied to Expedition project
Jan. 2, 20260730 By Heather MichonCorrespondent Tenaska has proposed up to $5 million in direct payments to nearby homeowners and the creation of a temporary community advisory board as part of its plans for the Expedition Generation power plant, according to a letter sent to residents Dec. 18. The Nebraska-based energy company is facing a new...
Longtime reporter takes ownership of Fluvanna Review
Jan. 1, 20260373 The Fluvanna Review has been sold to longtime staffer Heather Michon, a Fluvanna County resident who joined the paper as a reporter in 2017 and currently serves as its advertising director. Michon and her husband, Douglas, have created Rivanna Publishing to operate the Fluvanna Review and future local media ventures. “The...Robert James Toepfert
Robert James Toepfert (Bob), 88, of Palmyra, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville. He spent his final days surrounded by family, friends and Fox News. Bob was born on January 13, 1937 in Queens, NY, a son of the late John and Josephine (Lavendowsky) Toepfert....
Looking back at 2025
Jan. 1, 2026081 By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent The past year was marked by celebrations, milestones, and struggles. The Fluvanna Art Association celebrated its 50th anniversary with five successful shows. Local author Barbara Vorndick, along with others, spearheaded a project to bring home the remains of Eliza Monroe Hay, President Monroe's eldest...
2025: A year of big questions for Fluvanna County
Jan. 1, 20260318 By Heather MichonCorrespondent It was another busy year in Fluvanna County, marked by debates over growth, rising costs, and competing visions of the county’s future. Here’s a look back at the year that was: Word of the Year? Tenaska. No issue loomed larger in 2025 than Fluvanna’s reckoning with...Supervisors close out year amid debate over speech, zoning and growth
By Heather MichonCorrespondent The year’s final meeting of the Board of Supervisors (Dec. 17) began on a contentious note, after Chair Chris Fairchild (Cunningham) raised a complaint he said he had received about a vendor at a recent Art in the Park event at Pleasant Grove Park being told they could not circulate a petition related...
