Southerners are such great people! On Thursday, July 31, my daughter’s dog, Roxy, jumped out of the car window while I was shopping inside the Food Lion. So many people were concerned and offered assistance. A special thanks to Alan Bingler. Alan...
On Wednesday, Aug. 6, at around 11 a.m., I was heading in to Charlottesville on I-64 west. I saw brake lights, a billowing cloud of black smoke and stopped cars ahead. I was three cars behind the tragic multi-vehicle accident that claimed two lives. The first on the scene were Virginia Department of Transportation officials. They...
Supervisors vote 3-2 to approve Poplar Ridge In a sometimes contentious meeting that ran long into the night, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 6 to approve the special use permit and zoning amendment to move forward with the Poplar Ridge development. Poplar Ridge, which would be located off of Rt. 644 near Palmyra,...
Supervisors approve Poplar Ridge In a sometimes contentious meeting that ran long into the night, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors voted tonight (Aug. 6) to approve the special use permit and zoning amendment to move forward with the Poplar Ridge development.
We have a few more spaces left in the Fluvanna Leadership Development Program for 2014-15. One of the first activities my husband and I got involved with when we moved to Fluvanna five years ago was the leadership program. The program opened my eyes to the beauty of all of Fluvanna, both the land and the people. Not only did I learn how...
The Board of Supervisors should request that the Obama administration send Fluvanna County 13,000 illegal aliens (roughly the number of households in Fluvanna.) The cost to Obama’s administration is $250 to $300 per day for each illegal alien. If each household would take one illegal then that household would get $250 per day.The...
You look so familiar…where do we know you from? I have been a teacher and school librarian in Fluvanna since 1986. I was a classroom teacher for nine years (4th, 5th and 6th grades,) and have been a librarian since.How long have you been a librarian in Fluvanna County Schools, and in which schools? What do you love about your job? This...
By now probably just about everyone has heard about the Fluvanna Leadership Development Program signup, but I wanted to take one more chance to encourage people to actually sign up. Whether you’re a relative newcomer like me (3.5 years) or a lifelong Fluvanna resident, the course is an eye-opener. You’ll see parts of the county...
