The Fluvanna SPCA requests assistance in handling a special animal population. Earlier this year, local and state officials broke up an alleged dog fighting ring and placed 10 pit bull dogs and puppies in our care. These dogs must remain with us...
The Fluvanna Review gave a good overview summary of the Board of Supervisor’s public hearing meeting on April 9 and in the words of the immortal Paul Harvey – “Now, for the rest of the story.”The opposition to the proposed raising of taxes was challenged at the meeting to present some ideas, some specifics, something more than...
My name is Trisha Thompson and I am Relay For Life of Fluvanna’s Event Chair for 2014. I am a lifelong community member and am now married and raising a daughter in Fluvanna as well as three step-daughters. I Relay in hopes that they will never hear the words “you have cancer”.Today, I wanted to take time to send this letter out to...
School board adopts new calendar, bus schedule The school board voted at its April 9 meeting to adopt a new bus schedule and calendar for the 2015 – 2015 school year. And even though health insurance premiums are expected to rise by about four percent, the current adopted 2014 – 2015 budget “holds harmless” employees for the...
Four residents speak in favor of increased taxes Supervisors gathered Wednesday evening (April 9) to hear the public speak out on the proposed FY15 county budget and accompanying tax rate increase to 88.5 cents per $100 valuation. But with only four citizens addressing the Board, the hearing was over eight minutes after it began. ...
I’m not sure if I agree that the new tax rate is something that “we all choke on” as stated by Mr. (Tony) O’Brien during the Mar. 12 budget meeting. This is in fact what Mr. O’Brien was elected to do by those whom he himself has acknowledged will be thankful for the increase. After all, there will be recipients that will...
Drug take back set for April 26 For the third year, the Fluvanna County Sheriff's Department will be hosting locations where citizens can drop-off unused and expired medications for safe disposal. The locations will be open for the the drug disposal on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Supervisors debate, pass code of ethics; reject Aqua Members of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors spent much of Wednesday afternoon (April 2) debating whether to approve a code of ethics. At the Board’s retreat in January, it adopted four strategic initiatives. One was “practice good governance.” On the action agenda for...
Kenney named director of Virginia Republican Party Shaun Kenney, former Columbia District supervisor and chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, has been appointed the new executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia.
