Feb. 9, 20220218By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
“Libraries across the U.S. have been pressed into action,” according to a Jan. 18 Washington Post article. Library workers were compared with front-line workers handing out supplies of free COVID test kits and ending up exhausted and overwhelmed. Is Fluvanna any different?
Library Director...
Feb. 9, 20220152Contributed by Mike Feazel
The pile of debris generated by the Jan. 3 snowstorm at Lake Monticello is nearly overwhelming the Lake Monticello Owners Association maintenance yard, but a chipper has begun chipping away at the pile.
To date, the LMOA maintenance department has cleared debris from roadsides in three sections of the...
Feb. 9, 20220142By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
It wasn’t a blowout, but the Fluvanna County High School girls basketball team gradually demonstrated its superior talent and topped the Monticello High Mustangs on Feb. 4.
The Flucos got virtually all their points from two standout juniors. Shooting guard Aniah Webb put on a very impressive...
Feb. 9, 20220353Contributed by Tricia Johnson
Four adorable puppies from Troy-based animal rescue Green Dogs Unleashed will be featured on Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl” airing Sunday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m.
Glaze, Pongo, Ridley, and Bunny will be representing Green Dogs Unleashed and Fluvanna County in the frolicsome competition. Puppies from...
Feb. 9, 20220290By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
In a ceremony held between the JV girls game and the varsity girls game the Fluvanna County High School sports department recognized the society-changing impact of the implementation of Title IX 50 years ago by honoring the astonishingly successful State Championship girls teams of 1981 and...
Feb. 3, 20220261By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
It would seem to those who know Horace Scruggs, that there isn't anything he won't try and master. It’s probably due to his meticulous character and willingness to explore and learn something new. Artists know that part of learning new skills and techniques is the ability to use curiosity to its...
Feb. 3, 20220473By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
Jennifer Schmack impressed County Administrator Eric Dahl at the start with her 18 years of public service and more than two years’ experience working economic development in Central Virginia.
That’s why when Bryan Rothamel, Fluvanna’s former E.D. Coordinator, took a job in Culpeper, Dahl...
School Board votes
By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
In response to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order allowing parents to decide whether their child wears a mask at school, Andrew Pullen (Columbia) pushed the Fluvanna School Board to vote: mask mandate or no mask mandate.
But Pullen took it a step further.
He asked the...