Mitt Romney’s positions change based on the office he seeks. He was leaning left when running for governor of Massachusetts, a staunch conservative in seeking his party’s nomination for president, and now wants us to think he’s moderate Mitt...
Scientists refer to the Earth’s five layers of atmosphere as “the thin blue line” because it protects us from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun the constant bombardment of meteors. Since the industrial revolution this protective shield has been under assault by human activity ranging from the release of chemical compounds...
October marks 11 years of our war in Afghanistan, costing us $300 million dollars a day! Think about it, every day we wake up, it’s another $300 million spent on that alone. Then there is the war winding down in Iraq; both wars unfunded, put on our national ‘credit card’; add to that is the accumulation of interest on our...
This is the most important election of our lifetime. Certainly of mine. Our personal liberties are at stake. In fact, our country as we know it, is at stake. Check out the executive orders the president has issued. Check out the czars he has at his beck and call. You will no longer recognize this country in four years if President...
Mr. Romney states he will create 12 million jobs as president. The auto parts plant, Sensata, is a subsidiary of Bain Capital in Freeport, Illinois. As a 51% shareholder in Bain Capital, Mr. Romney has been made aware of Sensata policy and should be held accountable. His tour bus was only a few miles away in Janesville, Wisconsin, and he...
It has been awhile since this writer has reviewed anything at Carysbrook but it was time to rally the community in support of the Fluvanna Arts Council and its hard work over the years.
A total of 19 Fluvanna County High School students have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams during the 2011-12 school year. Kelly Douma qualified for College Board’s highest honor of National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP...
Welcome to Gabriella Candela and Gaspare Ruggeri who moved to this country from Sicily nine years ago. Residents of Louisa, Gaspare traveled to Hanover for eight years as he cooked for another restaurant. This summer, they experienced the American dream as they opened their own restaurant in Zion Crossroads (in the strip shopping center...
Eleven, two-man teams competed this year in the Lake Monticello Men’s Member-Member Golf Tournament. The event was played on Sunday (Oct. 14). The format for the tournament was best ball of two, with competition in both gross and net scores.
I have a small field where we used to play whiffle ball until the children grew up. We could still play in the fall when the World Series is on TV, pretending to be the Red Sox or the Orioles and I want to keep it available for that. However, this doesn’t really suit my garden plan. So I planted it with 2,000 daffodils in the form of a...
