Schools won’t get waiver for missed days A request by the Fluvanna County Public Schools for a waiver of three school days closed in part due to the aftermath from Hurricane Sandy has been denied.
I was diagnosed with acute myloid leukemia in early 2012 and received preparatory treatments for a stem cell transplant at The University of Virginia Medical Center from June to September. In September, I was transferred to the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Cancer Center in Richmond for the transplant.
I wanted to thank you for publishing the article about Psalm 91 House and our Spa Day fundraiser! We raised $3,400. We could not have done it without the unbelievable outpouring of community support. A tithe of $340 has been sent to the A21Campaign, a global ministry fighting human trafficking. The rest is being used to create a local...
The new Fluvanna County High School is a sight to behold and we would love to know that the students offered all of this state-of-the-art appreciate and are inspired by it. It seems it wasn’t enough to burden the taxpayers with the school, but the school board continues to want more. We have a small group of pupils who are not a burden...
Our wonderful sun, Helios to the Greeks, is so beautiful he turns heads. Especially in the world of flowers. Heliotropic plants turn their faces during the day to follow the sun. Alfalfa, soy beans and cotton are heliotropic but they are not ornamenting our gardens. The backbone of the heliotropes is the sunflower. Planted at the back of...
Burtons GrillThe Shops at Stonefield 2010 Bond StreetCharlottesville, VA 22902434-977-1111 www.burtonsgrill.comMonday - Thursday 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m. - 11p.m.Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.mBy now, everyone has watched Charlottesville’s expansion of stores, restaurants and a multiplex movie theater (finally)...
Rotary Club gives money to schools Members of the Fluvanna Rotary Club presented a check for $1,638.50 to the Fluvanna County High School athletic department at Wednesday’s (Apr. 10) school board meeting. Principal James Barlow and Athletic Director Scott Morris received the check. ...
Flucos defeat Black Knights In a game that Fluco baseball coach Mike Sheridan described as "a little ugly", the Flucos manufactured enough runs, and got enough good pitching, to defeat The Black Knights from Charlottesville by a 7-3 score.
