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Boys’ soccer team trounces Louisa; All-District players named
The Flying Flucos boys’ soccer team played extremely well on offense and defense on Friday night (May 17) as they soundly trounced the Louisa Lions by a 4-0
score. The Flucos were led by Jefferson District player of the year, senior striker and midfielder, Dale Ludwig.
Candidate Mike Sheridan: “I live, eat and breathe Fluvanna County.”
Husband. Father. Teacher. Coach.
Mike Sheridan wants to add another title to his resume: Columbia District Supervisor.
He’s got one thing going for him for sure – name recognition.
Read more...Weaver, Kelly nominated by Republicans to run for supervisor seats
The Fluvanna Republican Party tonight (May 16) nominated two candidates for the three Board of Supervisor seats up for election in November.
Read more...Supervisors discuss controversial “voluntary tax contributions
Consuming the first part of Wednesday night’s (May 15) board of supervisors meeting was an impassioned discussion on the timetable for the controversial proposition often called “voluntary tax contributions,” though county attorney Frederick Payne urged the board to drop the word “tax” like a hot potato. “These are ‘voluntary contributions,’” he said, stressing that the word “tax” is inaccurate and can “taint” the concept.
Read more...Shaun Kenney’s remarks stir controversy
A bit of a controversy is swirling in Fluvanna County over comments posted on the Internet by Shaun Kenney about the dead Boston Marathon bomber.
Posting on a friend’s Facebook page on Friday, Kenney, the chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, reacted to a recent news story by Boston.com detailing how the bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is buried in a Muslim cemetery in Doswell near Richmond.
Kenney wrote: “Did Virginia just open a new rest stop? Somehow I get the sense that I will feel..um..relieved after visiting that grave site.”
Read more...Teacher of the Year: I’ll work as hard as they’re willing to work.”
Sometimes the best teachers are the ones who struggled themselves. Such is the case for Fluvanna Teacher of the Year, Lori Hoffman.
Read more...Supervisor candidate Tony O’Brien says county needs to attract business
With Supervisor Joe Chesser (Rivanna) in the audience, local businessman Tony O’Brien announced Saturday (May 11) he is running for Chesser’s seat on the
Board of Supervisors.
The disease took her leg and ravaged her body, but not her spirit. And that was the focus of all those who attended the memorial service held Saturday (Jan. 5) at Belmont Baptist Church for 10-year-old Alyssa Divers of Fluvanna County.
An Amherst man has been arrested in connection with a series of nighttime home burglaries in Fluvanna County which in one case led to an armed confrontation with the homeowners.
Friday (Jan. 4) dawned clear and cold. A perfect day for hunting.
In the brisk and sunny early morning hours, employees bustled to load eleven fortunate dogs from the Fluvanna SPCA into a borrowed transport van. Dogs whined and danced at the ends of their leashes, and staff members and volunteers hugged and petted them farewell. The volunteer driver checked to make sure all of the supplies for the trip were in place, and pulled out, starting the long journey north on a path well-known to animal rescuers across the South.
The idea came to her in the middle of the night; but not in a dream. 
