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Supervisors wrestle with zoning/special use permit request
Jun. 23, 20220353 Electrical contracting business wants to expand By Heather Michon Correspondent A zoning request and special use permit for a new storage facility on Rt. 53 at Turkeysag Trail ran into difficulties at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday night (June 15), as complaints that arose during the public hearing convinced the...
Men’s Member-Guest at Lake Monticello has repeat winner
Jun. 23, 20220223 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent Although Sunday morning’s weather was troublesome, the Lake Monticello Men’s Member-Guest tournament ultimately was completed as scheduled on June 11. Heavy rain caused the start time on Sunday to be moved from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., but by the end of two rounds of nine holes, the weather was excellent....
Chiovaro talks about karate, her team, and championships
Jun. 23, 20220255 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent Lake Monticello Karate Academy will be sending 15 athletes to both the National Championship and World Championships this summer. Robert Silverman, their head instructor and owner of Lake Monticello Karate Academy, will also be in attendance. Silverman will also be a USA coach for Worlds. One...
Lake couple counts blessings after lightning damages home
Jun. 23, 20220475 Contributed by Judy Fish When Laker Teddy Gagnon returned home an hour early from work June 14, he was just in time to save his home from burning to the ground. When he arrived at his Jefferson Drive home, he found it full of smoke. Inside he discovered his home in shambles—all of the pictures and wall hangings had flown off...Hugh Klein Staiger
Hugh Klein (HK) Staiger of Palmyra, VA departed this life peacefully on June 9, 2022. He was born October 8, 1922 in Crafton, PA, the first son of Daniel Staiger and Juliana Flora Klein. Hugh frequently commented that in his younger life, during the Great Depression, he didn’t know that the family was poor since everybody was poor. He...
Demolition of Bremo Power Station to be completed by year’s end
Jun. 15, 202201267 By Heather Michon Correspondent By the end of 2022, all signs of the 90-year-old Bremo Power Station should be gone. The Fluvanna Planning Commission heard a presentation on the demolition project during their meeting on Tuesday night (June 7). Dominion representative Sarah Marshall said the demolition of the main...
Celebrating Juneteenth
Jun. 15, 20220313 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed the first Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday. “Now that it is a federal holiday, it has opened up for people to learn why this is an important celebration. Fluvanna is beginning to talk about a...