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 Fluvanna women’s prison segregated lesbians, others |
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Jun 11, 2009 - 8:21 AM - by administrator
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TROY — For more than a year, Virginia’s largest women’s prison rounded up inmates who had loose-fitting clothes, short hair or otherwise masculine looks, sending them to a unit officers derisively dubbed the “butch wing,” prisoners and guards say.
Dozens were moved in an attempt to split up relationships and curb illegal sexual activity at the 1,200-inmate Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, though some straight women were sent to the wing strictly because of their... [Read More]
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Large Fluvanna Resort Project Up For Rezoning |
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May 19, 2009 - 12:49 PM - by administrator
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The Fluvanna Supervisors will consider a big development Wednesday. The Rivanna River Resort (pictured) is seeking a zoning change from agriculture to residential planned community. The proposed development is on the west side of Route 15 between Palmyra and Zion Crossroads and is the current site of the Rivanna Woods golf course. Its former name was Laurel Ridge. The developer wants to create 254 housing units on a 220 acre parcel. The land is located in the Palmyra Community Planning Area. Fluvanna officials say that allows an expanded population base for business and commercial uses to complement historic Palmyra and its government... [Read More]
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Fluvanna Judge Rejects Request to Stop Regional Water Authority |
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May 18, 2009 - 11:29 AM - by administrator
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A Fluvanna County judge has rejected a voter-driven request to stop a regional water authority.
The decision was handed down Monday morning. In it Judge John Berry refused to immediately stop Fluvanna County’s participation with Louisa County in the combined board.
The issue was driven by opponents who wanted a county-wide voter referendum on the decision.
County supervisors approved the joint authority saying they alone had the authority to act on the... [Read More]
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Boil advisory lifted |
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May 01, 2009 - 10:28 AM - by administrator
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The company that provides water service for the Lake Monticello community has welcome news for those Fluvanna County families. Aqua Virginia notified its customers late Thursday afternoon that a boil water advisory has been lifted for Lake Monticello. That means the residents of Lake Monticello will not need to boil their water before consuming it. The directive urging families to boil water had been issued Wednesday. The now canceled alert was released following a Tuesday night and Wednesday morning loss of water service at the Lake.
Courtesy WINA.com
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Water Boil Advisory Issued for LMOA residents |
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Apr 30, 2009 - 9:48 AM - by administrator
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Many Lake Monticello residents were without water Wednesday after a valve malfunctioned during maintenance work on the gated community’s system.
The malfunction caused the system to lose most of its water pressure. The system was down from the early morning until about 1 p.m.
Once the system came back online, however, residents were urged to boil their water by the Virginia Department of Health, the Thomas Jefferson Health Department and Aqua Virginia, which operates the water system.
According to the boil advisory, the low water pressure could have introduced contaminants into the... [Read More]
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'Pajama Mom' Helping Jobless Online |
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Mar 09, 2009 - 8:33 AM - by administrator
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As employers shed jobs across the U.S., one web-savvy woman in Fluvanna County is helping others find success from the comfort of their own homes.
Leslie Truex, the self-named "Pajama Mom" has spent the past 10 years living and working online operating her own website, workathomesuccess.com.
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Fluvanna Citizens Launch Petition Drive to Place Water Authority on Ballot |
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Mar 04, 2009 - 10:04 PM - by administrator
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March 4, 2009 - Equipped with petitions and clipboards, Fluvanna citizens
are canvassing the County to collect 1800 signatures ahead of a March 18
Board of Supervisors public hearing. At the hearing, supervisors are
expected to approve creation of a James River joint water authority with
Louisa County.
The petition asks that the following question be placed on the ballot:
"Shall Fluvanna County join Louisa County in the formation of a joint Water
Authority?" Citizens backing the... [Read More]
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