Longtime Nelson County Board of Supervisors member Tommy Harvey is seeking another term, running as an independent and hoping to hold onto the North District seat he has held since 1984.
Heâs being challenged by Afton resident and former Nelson County School Board member Mary Cunningham, who has announced her intention to run for supervisor as a Democrat.
In an interview, Harvey said there was âno decision to it,â and he wants to see the North District do well. Harvey, said he and the board routinely have leaned on his past knowledge and experience.
âWhen you look at our board right now, youâve got two members that have less than two yearsâ experience. Then youâve got the other two members who have four yearsâ experience,â Harvey said.
Faith, family and friends.
It was those three pillars that helped carry Lovingston Volunteer Fire Department Chief Danny Johnson through numerous surgeries, repeated stays in the hospital and months of physical therapy.
âThe blessings that my family, friends and people that Iâve never met they prayed for me, donated â thatâs what got me here,â Johnson said.
When Johnson suffered severe injuries following a late-May motorcycle accident that nearly cost him his left leg and heavily restricted his mobility, it wasnât a matter of if he would walk again, but when.
A modified walker capable of supporting his left arm which had been fused at a 90 degree angle sat beside the fire chief as he recalled the past roughly nine months and the journey that led to him again being able to sit at his desk at his Lovingston business the Blue Dog.