As a former student of FCHS, I realize that I had taken for granted the educational and extracurricular opportunities made available to students while I attended Fluvanna County High School. If students have the capacity to succeed at Fluvanna, they...
I am an Aqua Virginia customer living at Lake Monticello, Virginia. Aqua Virginia proposes an increase for water and waste of over 12%. Aqua Virginia is seeking higher profits while they fail miserably at their mandate and refuse to resolve problems while also polluting our air.Residents here already pay more for water than any other...
“To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe” – “You can’t fight City Hall” – Some folks consider these as analogies for the efforts of Lake Monticello’s ad hoc committee against Aqua Virginia’s rate request. We agree that it is a long shot – but-- with enough public outcry it is possible. Water...
Enough already - another Aqua Virginia water and sewer rate increase of 15% for water and 5% for sewer at Lake Monticello. But there’s more; Aqua’s parent company Aqua America has also petitioned the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for an infrastructure surcharge that would be applied to your bill to cover infrastructure...
In the Nov. 6 “The Lake” ad, Lake Monticello Owners Association Vice President Tom Braithwaite wrote about the buildings renovation and replacement project. He stated that “The Board of Directors intends to keep the membership informed…” and “The objective is to prepare full description of both buildings with not to exceed...
It shined like a beacon that Eric Hess and Mark Belew did outstanding jobs of managing their election campaigns, emphasizing their strengths and reasons to vote for them, without ever degrading or disrespecting the opponent. They did Fluvanna proud and may their high standard set the bar for all election campaigns to come in Fluvanna....
Carysbrook honor roll announced 3rd Grade Honor Roll 1st Nine Weeks * Denotes Principal’s List (All A’s) * Abel, Emma Grace Aljiji, Artela Andersen, Avery Marie ...
Flucos lose to James Wood HighSpectacular volleyball season ends In an extremely exciting and competitive match held on Nov. 11, the Flying Fluco volleyball team suffered only its second loss of the season, falling to JamesWood High school 3-1.
An effective wake-up call serves an important function that hopefully leads to alert action. Released this week, the synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a summary of the three previous reports and arrived with a warning attached: Climate change caused by humans is already happening and will get...
