The Dogwood Restaurant saved the day for Fluvanna’s Meals on Wheels (MOW) and its hungry clients. In the past, Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA) provided hot dinners to MOW, delivering them right to the doorstep of Effort Church where volunteers stood ready to package them up and send them off throughout the county.But due to...
Note: Dennis Holder, a former humor writer for 713 Magazine, Ultra, and other publications, may have stretched the facts just a little for this interview.Where do you live?I live in Kents Store. Understand, though, that my home is not in downtown metropolitan Kents Store but on the outskirts. I live in a house that I built with my own...
As we celebrate the American Legion’s 97th birthday on March 15, duty, honor and country are the three words that capture the story of the American Legion over its more than nine decades in existence. The duty we have as Legionnaires is spelled out in the preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion. It’s our duty to “uphold...
As a county resident since 1994 I can tell you that our sheriff’s office has been used as a training ground for other agencies since I have resided here. It’s sad that our county is used in such a matter but it is very sad for me to read in the most recent issue of the Fluvanna Review that a new hire makes more money than an existing...
Supervisors to advertise 94-cent tax rate The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors decided Wednesday night (March 9) to advertise a real property tax rate of 94 cents for fiscal year 2017 (FY17). With the current tax rate at 89.9 cents per $100 valuation, the 94-cent rate would constitute a 4.6 percent tax increase for Fluvanna...
Did I miss something? I believe I read nearly everything written in this paper about needing more water at Zion Cross Roads for more needed development. If a Lowe’s or Walmart size business could not build there due to insufficient water, where is the water coming from for all the new homes being built across from Spring Creek? Please...
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Dominion Virginia Power’s coal ash ponds at their Bremo Bluff power plant are classified with a “significant hazard” rating. This means unlined impoundments that can easily leak toxic pollutants to the nearby groundwater and river. For over eight decades Virginia’s oldest...
Schools face likelihood of cuts to requested budget The schools probably won’t get the funding they’re seeking from the county, Fluvanna County supervisors decided Wednesday night (March 2). At a budget work session that lasted past midnight, supervisors took a hard look at the schools’ requested local funding of $17.8 million,...
