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Cumberland residents will have a chance to talk about what priorities they have for the county budget next week. The county supervisors plan to host a community town hall meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24, beginning at 6 p.m. The budget is one of several topics that will be up for discussion that night. In addition to the budget, county officials will be on hand at the town hall meeting to discuss public safety initiatives, as well as the county’s challenges and opportunities when it comes to operations and funding. 

Longwood softball continues fall schedule

The Longwood softball team dominated over the weekend, in the first two of a six-game fall schedule. The Lancers beat Patrick & Henry Community College in a doubleheader, winning 18-2 and 22-1, respectively. Up next are two more sets of doubleheaders, with Longwood playing host to Richard Bland College (Sept. 21) and Liberty (Sept. 28) at Lancer Field. Both twinbills are scheduled for a noon first pitch and seven innings.

VFW members help Fuqua School 

As part of the Sept. 11 tributes, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7059 came to the Fuqua School campus, retiring their old American flags and replacing them with new ones. Lower School students were able to witness the flag retirement ceremony, seeing how to properly dispose of American flags. The Upper School flag had been replaced before the start of school in a separate ceremony. 

Tigers name new tennis coach

Hampden-Sydney College seventh-year head tennis coach Byron Balkin has announced Rick Godsey as the program’s new assistant coach. Godsey last served as an assistant varsity boy’s coach at the Collegiate School in Richmond.

During his time at the Collegiate School, Godsey helped improve the program, ending his final season in 2024 with a Prep League Championship and a second-place finish in the state.

Prior to the Collegiate School, Godsey spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond from 2016-2018.

In addition to his coaching career, Godsey has supported the USTA by captaining teams over the last 20 years. He has also captained Westwood’s 4.5 and 5.0 Club Challenge teams.

Outside of tennis, Godsey owns a direct marketing company, YesDogDirect.

Rick is a 1985 graduate of Hampden-Sydney, where he earned a degree in Biology. While at H-SC, he was a member of the tennis team, playing in the top doubles and #2 singles during his junior and senior years.