Palmyra News

The election in November showed that Fluvanna government will be changing its direction due to the election of new faces.

School Board officials break ground on the new Fluvanna County High School. Photo by David Stemple.

By Joe Ronan The Fluvanna County Grand Jury returned 10 indictments on December 15th.

Colorful lights bring joy to Fluvanna at Christmas time. Photo by O.T. Holen. By Bill Jones "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose" The Christmas Song Mel Torme On December 12, the Christmas spirit was alive and well in Palmyra in Fluvanna County.

The Palmyra Country Store was filled with various types of crafts at its first craft fair.

By Joe Ronan It took a Fluvanna County jury one hour to convict Richard Wade Kendrick of Attempted Extortion and three hours to agree on the appropriate punishment.

At 11 p.m. Friday night, Albemarle County spokeswoman lee Catlin issued this statement: "Albemarle County Police and Fire Rescue personnel continue to deal with a large number of stranded vehicles across the County.

Fluvanna County is taking it to the turf. With a 4-2 vote, the Fluvanna County School Board approved the installation of an artificial turf field at the new high school at Pleasant Grove.

Volunteers are ready to begin loading the trucks that will take bags of food to needy familes.

Deadline is Feb. 12, 2010 Tenaska Virginia Partners, L.P., owner of Tenaska Virginia Generating Station, has announced it will again sponsor $4,000 in academic scholarships for college-bound Fluvanna County High School seniors.

Days after Virginia enacted a rule prohibiting smoking in restaurants, Fluvanna County has decided to take its employee policy a step further.

Richard W. Kendrick seen here in a January 1993 inmate photo. The star witness in the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority lawsuit against recycling entrepreneur Peter Van der Linde will appear in a Fluvanna County courtroom on Thursday to face an extortion charge that grew out of the lawsuit.

By Page H. Gifford It's that time of year again and as tradition dictates, the Fluvanna Community Singers will be giving their free Christmas concert at Carysbrook Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 13, at 3 p.m. This year, Choral Director Horace Scruggs plans on having the chorus perform familiar holiday ...

With anticipated budget cuts, Fluvanna County supervisors are looking to save a little money on the new high school.

Food Lion of Palmyra generously donated Thanksgiving food baskets to the Charlottesville Cavalier Aerie #4345 "Fraternal Order of Eagles and Auxiliary" to distribute to local families.

Marty Seavey was on hand with her Ostrich Egg pendants. By Page H. Gifford With the holidays fast approaching, there seem to be a glut of craft bazaars at local churches.

By Joe Ronan At a meeting of the James River Water Authority on November 19, it was announced that the appeal seeking to void the charter of the Authority issued by the Virginia Corporation Commission was dismissed.

By Bill Jones "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know" - " Irving Berlin Does Christmas conjure up memories of bygone days? Memories of relatives gathering around the tree, of smoke curling from chimneys, of carolers outside windows, of eyes shining in anticipation of childhood's finest dream.

Firefighters work the pump controls of Lake Monticello Tanker 54 and Fork Union Tanker 20.

Health officials visit the Kents Store site of the constructed wetland developed by the Enviro-Klean Co.