My family supports the growth of the village of Palmyra as detailed in the adopted county Comprehensive Plan. Our family does not support a rezoning that fails to address important planning considerations as outlined in the Comprehensive Plan....
“Note 7-Long Term Obligations” from the Fluvanna 2013 financial statements needs to be published. The financial statements are complete and excellent. Note 7 will end the questions regarding our county debt obligations. Page 51 lists all outstanding debt and obligations showing a June 30, 2013 balance of $108,112,185 which represents...
Around the time work was set to commence on Fluvanna’s new high school, I talked with a couple of county officials, including the man who was county administrator at that time, about the need to perform radon tests at the proposed construction site. They agreed that such tests would be a good idea.Some months later, shortly after the...
Fluvanna lost a wonderful contributor to our community when Jacques Ruch passed away on Jan. 17. Since 1980, Jacques has been an energetic contributor to, and frequently an effective leader of, a wide range of civic organizations in Fluvanna County. But perhaps his most significant contribution was to engender a spirit of civil discourse...
My name is Jennifer Dahl, wife and mother of 2 kids, living (and running) at Lake Monticello. I am training for my first full marathon which is a distance of 26.2 miles. I will be running the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach this March. I never like to make running just about me and decided to run in honor of something...
In her year-end round-up story, reporter Ruthann Carr summarized the political news of 2013. She pointed out that the group Focus on Fluvanna’s Future backed both Tony O’Brien and Mike Sheridan for supervisor in the recent election. The organization also endorsed a full slate of candidates for Board of Supervisors and School Board. ...
Fluco indoor track athletes compete with 41 other high schools The 25th Fred Hardy indoor invitational track meet was held at Fork Union Military Academy on Saturday (Jan. 11). Indoor track and field athletes from 42 public and private high schools all over the state descended on Fluvanna County and met at the Estes Athletic Center on...
Flu delays hearing; school budget may include $1.5 million hike request At Wednesday night’s (Jan. 15) meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the people who weren’t at the meeting affected it just as much as the people who were. Sick with the flu, Supervisor Bob Ullenbruch was unable to attend the meeting, which contained a scheduled...
Barbara Jean VanDeventer of Palmyra, VA, passed away on January 7, 2014. Born June 25, 1934, to Walter and Ellen Weber, she graduated from Princeton High School and later from Centenary Junior College in Hackettstown, NJ. From there she married Robert VanDeventer and raised four marvelous children, Rick, Tom, Bill and Jill. An avid...
