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Chorale rehearsals begin Jan. 27
The Commonwealth Chorale of Virginia will begin rehearsals at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Farmville Presbyterian Church, ...
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Board names District 7 replacement
An attorney was selected last Tuesday to fill the District 7 supervisor seat that was vacant due to ...
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Discussion, no decision on four day workweek
A potential four-day work week as employee incentive for the Town of Farmville prompted more discussion at the ...
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Loan approved for school construction
Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors approved issuance of $25 million in bonds for elementary school renovation and ...
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Crime jumped locally in 2024
Virginia State Police’s (VSP) 2024 Crime in Virginia report shows a large increase in criminal offenses in Prince ...
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Prince Edward Crash kills one, injures two
A Rice woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash last week on Piney Grove Road. Virginia State Police ...
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Tale of three important souls
BY JAMES HARRIS Special to The Farmville Herald The tale of at least three servicemen from Kingsville comes ...
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Schools honored for substance prevention efforts
Two Farmville colleges are among the three institutions recognized by the Virginia Higher Education Substance Use Advisory Committee ...
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Estes posthumously honored with award
A lifetime commitment to the Five County Fair was honored last week at the Virginia Association of Fairs ...
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Rescue president named Hometown Hero
The White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue President and Co-founder, Jorg Huckabee-Mayfield has been selected as one of this ...
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Region’s hospitals issue masking guidance
With flu cases and hospitalizations surging across the nation and in the Commonwealth, several Central Virginia hospitals and ...
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Reid seeks re-election to town council
Armstead D. “Chuckie” Reid, a current member of the Farmville Town Council, has announced plans to seek re-election ...
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Civil War seminar set
Join the National Park Service and Longwood University Saturday, Feb. 7 for a free, day-long seminar in the ...
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Community Calendar for the week of Jan. 16
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. ...
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Seay Milling set to close at month’s end
After 116 years as a mainstay of Buckingham County commerce and community life, Seay Milling and Machinery Co. ...
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Tobacco Trail Solar permit approved
A special use permit requested by Tobacco Trail Solar LLC to build a 150-megawatt solar energy facility on ...
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Watch Your Language: Youth share insights on English changes
In a previous language column, I described some ways in which grammatical and spelling conventions that are typically ...
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AARP Challenge Grant applications sought
AARP Virginia invites local eligible nonprofit organizations and governments to apply for the 2026 AARP Community Challenge grant ...
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’71 Society forms to help others
Recently eight individuals born in 1971 that are Cumberland County High graduates founded the ’71 Society. The group’s ...
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Start the year off right with exercise
When the clock strikes midnight each Jan. 1, the new year comes blowing in with the good – ...
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Schools get $450K in literacy grants
Schools in Buckingham and Prince Edward counties have been named among dozens across Virginia receiving major state literacy ...
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Longwood Lancers break semester GPA record
Another semester, and more grade point average (GPA) records fall for Longwood student-athletes. The Lancers broke the department’s ...
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Cosmetology program honors graduates
Southside Virginia Community College celebrated its latest group of cosmetology graduates Monday, Jan. 5, at the Estes Community ...
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Area students named to SNHU president’s list
Five area students were named to the Southern New Hampshire University fall 2025 president’s list. The fall terms ...
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Museum, LCVA host MLK Day workshop
The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts and the Robert Russa Moton Museum are partnering to bring a ...