On the evening of June 26, friends had the opportunity to gather at Lake Bistro for an evening of superbly prepared pasta dinners at the Peaceful Passings fundraiser, “Pasta for Pets”. Everyone raved about the food, the staff could not have been...
I believe that the role of a school is to help every student make a year’s growth in a year’s time, every year. For students who are performing on grade level, this means taking them through the year’s curriculum and making sure that they both understand and retain the information and skills they are expected to master. Many...
I enjoyed the Lake Monticello Owners’ Association Board of Directors golf work group session at the club house on Thursday night (June 27). There was constructive comment by board members that they had no intention of closing the Lake Monticello golf course, it is actually required to be maintained by an original contract made years...
I read Joe Shaver’s letter with interest. I’d like to contribute to the discussion.Firstly, Mr. Shaver says that taxes are good because they make good things possible, like roads, the military, public education, and other valuable government services. He apparently thinks that governments should never have to cut back even during...
Schools seek extra money after state shortfall; supervisors step in A state funding shortfall of almost $500,000 left Fluvanna schools in the lurch just as they prepare to close out fiscal year 2013, forcing the Board of Supervisors to step in. Most of the loss of funds was due to a change in Fluvanna’s average daily membership...
Board moves forward with water at Zion Crossroads Supervisors took a huge leap towards economic development Wednesday (July 3) by voting unanimously to move forward with Aqua Virginia’s proposal to provide water and sewer to Zion Crossroads.
How many of us can honestly say that we knew exactly what we wanted to do upon graduation from high school? Some of us thought we did, but ended up changing majors at least two or three times during the first couple of years in college. For Michelle Painter, 2013 FEA Scholarship recipient, her decision to become a teacher was really not...
I don’t think anyone in our community would object to an “Elder Abuse Awareness Year”, do you? Last Saturday, we were called to take time out of our busy schedules to rededicate ourselves to putting an end to elder abuse.
Where do you live?In a tiny little house with a beautiful porch east of Palmyra, re-built with the help of many friends.How long have you lived in Fluvanna? What brought you here?We first moved here in 1989. Technically, it was the housing prices in Charlottesville that brought us out to Fluvanna. But more generally speaking, it was...
