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Why I call Fluvanna home

Written by Barbara Gibbons | 22 May 2013

My family moved to Fluvanna in 1992. In thinking back on our decision, it was truly a leap of faith. We quit our jobs, put our house on the market and set out to find a “better” place to raise our children. We settled on Central Virginia and began to look for a place to call home. After a long search, we settled in Fluvanna.
My first visit to register my kids in school at Cunningham Elementary cemented our decision. Yes, we liked that housing was less expensive and property taxes were virtually non-existent (we moved from NJ!), but it was meeting the custodian at Cunningham that said this is the place you want to raise your kids. I arrived with my two future students in tow, and Robert was the only person in the building that summer day. He gladly gave us a tour of the school, proudly showing off the classrooms and speaking with such respect of the staff. He was the first of dozens of school employees that I have met over the years who gave and continue to give their all to our children, families and community.
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Bad for taxpayers

Written by Elizabeth Franklin, Kents Store | 15 May 2013

A commercial project’s making money shouldn’t mean the rest of us lose money. But that’s what’s at stake if Walker’s Ridge – a mammoth 1,180-unit project proposed next to little Palmyra village – is approved. The largest development after Lake Monticello and the largest-ever rezoning in Fluvanna, it would have a huge negative fiscal impact on taxpayers.
Please turn out and show the Planning Commission that you care about this development’s threat to our wallets, road safety, the Rivanna and school capacity. Come to the developer’s presentation on May 22 at 7 p.m. at the county courthouse and the public hearing tentatively set for June 26 at 7 p.m.
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A special prom night

Written by Margaret Arnold, Tyler’s Mom,and Jean Bockman, Tyler’s Memaw, Lake Monticello | 08 May 2013

After reading the article “The prom as a rite of passage” (Fluvanna Review May 2 issue) we felt it was fitting to tell Tyler’s story. Tyler (Bockman) is a junior in the special education program at FCHS and it is safe to say it is not his cognitive delays that make him special.
Despite his delays, Tyler is a very happy, content young man who enjoys meeting new people and talking with anybody and everybody. Like all typical teenage boys, Tyler likes the opposite sex (it’s no wonder why, he has five sisters who adore him!) and whenever prom was mentioned he talked about going with a date.
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No liability

Written by Deborah Nixon, Lake Monticello | 15 May 2013

I was at the steering committee meeting on Monday, May 6 and wanted to give the Lake residents a report regarding access to LMOA recreation for 16 and under. According to Valerie Palamountain, board president, the steering committee was not the venue to discuss any issues, it was to set the agenda and that anything brought up for first reading needed to go back through the entire board. The only place to make your voices heard is the Board meeting on Thursday, May 23.
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Changes at the Lake

Written by Mike Luniewski, Lake Monticello | 08 May 2013

Your teenagers younger than 16 will be prohibited from being at the beaches, tennis courts, ball field, picnic areas, or basketball courts unless they are with someone at least 18 years old if the proposed change to the policy manual passes the second reading and vote on May 23. These amenities which you pay for with your annual dues will be off limits to them. Your 15 year olds will essentially have no place to go in Lake Monticello once they leave your yard. If two 15 year olds rode their bikes to the ball field to play some catch they’d be doing it illegally if this proposal passes.
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Why I call Fluvanna home

Bad for taxpayers

A special prom night

No liability

Changes at the Lake

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