I am the mother of Kat Ditta, who is written about in Trisha Johnson’s piece in the Dec. 17 issue, but whose voice is, sadly, never heard. Ms. Johnson never attempted to reach my daughter or myself. If she had, or if she had even quoted from Jonathan Coleman’s book, your readers would have had the benefit of knowing more than that...
I am not a Rhodes Scholar but just an old country boy who has lived in Fluvanna County all of my life. It seems to me that you do not have to be a rocket scientist to know that you should never sign a binding contract until you are certain that you can meet all of its requirements. To not have the proper permits in hand prior to signing...
I coordinate a group from our Grace and Glory Lutheran Church who participates with an Adopt-a-Road program and picks up trash along Rt. 53 between Pleasant Grove and Rt. 15. We held our last pick up of the year a couple weeks ago, and one in the group asked me, “Why do people think it’s okay to throw all this stuff out of their...
I write concerning the James River Water Project. This longstanding issue has proven to be both divisive and contentious, not just with the Board of Supervisors, but with the populous as a whole. Realizing that the project will more than significantly increase the debt of the county, I suggest the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors...
Doris Bode Meyer of Lake Monticello, Va., and previously of Westwood, N.J., passed away on Dec. 15, 2015 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va.Doris was born on July 30, 1940 in the Bronx, New York. Her parents were Dora and Heins Bode. Doris was raised in the Bronx until the age of 12, when her family moved...
Bea passed away at home in Lake Monticello, Va. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Born in New York City on April 6, 1932, Bea was the second of four daughters born to Helen and David Brown, who both had emigrated from Ireland.Bea first met her husband of nearly 62 years, Richard T. Moore (Dick), in 1946, when she was 14 years old. They married...
Zion Crossroads water back on track The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors plunged ahead with water at Zion Crossroads at its meeting Wednesday night (Dec. 16) by reversing a vote from two weeks earlier that put the project on hold. The water project will draw up to 75,000 gallons per day of treated water from the Department of...
Supervisors affirm “secret” water vote After catching flak for a late-night, so-called “secret” water vote a month earlier, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday night (Dec. 16) affirmed its previous vote in an attempt to dispel lingering controversy over its actions.
