Apr. 20, 20220318By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County High School softball team hosted the Dragons from William Monroe High on Saturday, April 16, in the first game of a three-team doubleheader. In this format, team 1 plays team 2, team 2 plays team 3 and then team 3 plays team 1. In their second game, the team played Broadway High...
Apr. 20, 20220288Press release
Farm-themed activities, favorite fair foods and live family entertainment are returning to The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County for the second annual Virginia Farm Festival.
The festival will take place May 7-8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will feature several of the State Fair of Virginia’s most popular family...
Apr. 20, 20220162Press release
Residents living in and around the Palmyra can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. Lake Christian Church will host this community event on May 2. The site is located at 733 South Boston Road...
Apr. 20, 20220361By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
"In 1835, Alexis De Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America that "… every citizen is taught the history of his country and the leading features of its Constitution. … it is extremely rare to find a man imperfectly acquainted with all these things, and a person wholly ignorant of them is sort of...
Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president, Scottsville Museum
At the March meeting of Scottsville's Town Council, its members voted to approve a new housing development on 20 acres of the land of the former tire cord plant west of town. The property, now owned by Charles Hurt, is zoned Village Residential and will be built on by the...
Apr. 13, 20220596By Heather Michon
Correspondent
More details about a potential dam breach near Bremo came to light during the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday night (April 6).
County Administrator Eric Dahl said McIver Lake was estimated to contain 60 million gallons of water – enough to put Bremo Road and the CXR railroad tracks under...
Apr. 13, 2022092By Harvey J. Sorum
Correspondent
Tell us what SCORE stands for and what SCORE does.
The acronym came from name “Service Corps of Retired Executives”, it is now just SCORE, meaning you don’t have to be retired or an executive to join SCORE.
Small business success across America is SCORE's mission. Since 1964, SCORE...
Apr. 13, 20220267By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
It was around the 6th grade when Diane Wilkin became interested in the visual arts after one of her drawings was featured on a bulletin board. After 10th grade, Wilkin spent the summer with her grandmother, helping her in her credit bureau business while painting on tabletop easels with her every...