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Ninth annual Timo’s Memorial 5K Run/Walk held at Pleasant Grove
The Saturday of Father’s Day weekend is now the date for the Timo’s Memorial 5K. The ninth annual running of this event took place on June 15 at Pleasant
Grove. A lot of rain in the days before the race made the course “wonderfully challenging” according to race organizer Angell Husted. On race day the conditions were near perfect, with a temperature around 70 degrees and reasonable humidity.
Fluvanna County Athletic Department stays alive through fundraising
Unlike most central Virginia high school athletic departments, the Fluvanna Athletic Department has no allocated budget from the school board. The 24 varsity sports, 17 junior varsity sports, eight middle school sports, forensics, scholastic bowl, and one act play all survive off of activities fees paid by students, fundraising, and sponsorships.
Read more...PVCC to offer classes in Fluvanna
Taking courses to improve your knowledge of anything from cooking to Microsoft Office may get easier for Fluvanna residents in the coming year.
“PVCC has a wealth of courses, and Fluvanna – of course – has classrooms, which is one thing that PVCC lacks,” said Dean of Workforce Development for PVCC Valerie Palamountain to the Fluvanna County School Board on Wednesday (June 13). “You have the classrooms, and we have the courses, how can we put these together?”
Read more...Rivanna Conservation gets $6,000 to monitor water quality
The Rivanna Conservation Society (RCS) has received a grant from the BAMA Works Fund to create a water quality monitoring network of citizen scientists throughout the watershed, according to Robbi Savage its executive director.
Read more...U12 football team may be coming to Fluvanna
There’s good news for Fluvanna seventh graders with no place to play football: A team is on its way. Although it’s not 100% guaranteed, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to prepare a formal motion for voting on June 19. That, combined with the verbal support expressed by the Board, paints a promising picture.
Read more...Franklin to run for supervisor’s seat
Elizabeth Franklin is running for the Board of Supervisor's open seat in the Columbia District being vacated by Shaun Kenney. Kenney, currently the chairman of the Board of Supervisors, decided not to run for re-election.
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Car explodes shortly after
We begin our 7th year at Pleasant Grove closer to Rt. 53 to avoid interfering with plans for construction to begin on the historic Haden House near the trees.
Since my announcement that I quit Facebook, I’ve received two types of responses. My parents’ generation wants to know why I’m quitting, but my generation cheers me on. “Good for you!” “I should do that.” One person even commented, “You must feel so free!” These encouraging and rather wistful responses have confirmed in me what I already suspected: Facebook causes far more angst than we want to admit.
An investigation by the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office into the disappearance of Robert Lee Hourihan – missing for two years as of April 8 – has proven fruitless.
Before one knows it, summer will be upon us and the kids will be out of school. What better way to spend time with the kids than to participate in the library’s annual summer reading program? The themes this year are dig into reading, beneath the surface, and groundbreaking reads. Cindy Hoffman, director of the Fluvanna Public Library, stated she is currently working with the county in an effort to get an outreach program into the communities and lure children to the library this summer.
