Jun. 26, 2025041
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Lake Monticello Travelers golf squad plays 12 matches this season with home and away matches against teams from six other golf clubs. On June 12, they hosted a team from the Old Trail course in Crozet. The format for this match was “Nassau.” Two-man teams match up against each other and there are...
Jun. 19, 20250148
Contributed by Amy WilliamsEach summer, The Jefferson Swim League (JSL), oversees 17 regional swim teams that compete in six weeks of competition, which are capped-off with a championship meet, the last week of July. For the Lake Monticello Swim Team (LMST) Sharks, each season begins when practices resume on the Tuesday after Memorial...
Jun. 19, 20250140
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
The Fluvanna County School Board was scheduled to hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday night (June 11).
This meeting did not happen.
Thirty minutes before the 6:30 start time, the Fluvanna County Public Schools Facebook page announced that the meeting was cancelled “due to lack of...
Jun. 19, 2025065
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Dog and cat owners should know that preventative care is key to good health and to head off needless trouble in the future. Vaccinations are the first step in caring for an animal. Rabies is legally required and proof of vaccination is required in Fluvanna County for a dog license. As we all know,...
Jun. 19, 20250796
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
New details surrounding the fatal shooting of a Kents Store man emerged during a bond hearing in General District Court in Palmyra on Tuesday (June 10).
Zhamere Llada Ross, 25, was arrested on a charge of second-degree homicide after the May 18 death of Marcus Allen Vargas.
Commonwealth’s...
Jun. 19, 2025054
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The State class 3 track and field meet was held on June 6 and 7 in Lynchburg. There are six classes of high schools in Virginia. Class 3 schools are the smaller of the middle-sized high schools. Class 3 high school track and field teams from all over Virginia sent their best to the meet. The Fluco boys...
Carol Blankenbeckler Eddy, 77, of Palmyra, Virginia passed away on May 28, 2025, at Albemarle Health and Rehab with her husband by her side.
Carol was an Independence Day baby, born on July 4, 1947, in Chilhowie, Virginia to the late Glen Franklin Blankenbeckler and Carola Nancy Blankenbeckler (nee Sheppard).
In...
Jun. 19, 20250328
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Those nostalgic for summer nights at the Fork Union Drive-In may be enjoying popcorn and a double feature by this time next year, as the Planning Commission unanimously approved use permits for the site at its monthly meeting on Tuesday (June 10).
First opened on Winnsville Drive in Bremo Bluff in...