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Flower Festival

Lifestyles

Garden Festival arrives: Calendar for the week of May 2, 2025

The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. ... Read more

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Public Schools

Buckingham County supervisors adjust budget to help schools

Before wrapping up this coming year’s budget, Buckingham County supervisors had one more piece to add. By a ... Read more

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News

Cumberland supervisors make final changes, adopt budget

The Cumberland County tax rate will remain the same for the upcoming fiscal year. During their Tuesday, April ... Read more

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Lifestyle Main

From the Editor’s Desk: Is the product worth the price?

Sonya Branch-Wilson raised an interesting point during last Monday’s public hearing. The current president of the AMMD Pine ... Read more

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News

School roof, courthouse design in Cumberland improvement plan

Cumberland County staff have done everything possible to find funding for capital improvement projects. That’s something Cumberland Administrator ... Read more

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Public Schools

Fuqua School Concert Band competes at WorldStrides, wins award

A total of 17 schools from around the country sent their concert bands, choirs and orchestras to Boston ... Read more

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Public Schools

Naming Committee moves forward for Prince Edward school board

A number of requests have come in to the Prince Edward County School Board, each asking for a ... Read more

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News

Prince Edward deputies make another arrest in narcotics bust

A Keysville man is one of three now facing charges as part of a narcotics investigation in nearby ... Read more

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Education

Buckingham County School Board warns of coming budget cuts

The Buckingham County School Board doesn’t have a balanced budget yet. As of now, they’re still looking at ... Read more

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Education

Track team makes history, as Prince Edward Middle wins title

For the first time, the Southside Boys’ Track Championship is coming home to Prince Edward County Middle School. ... Read more

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News

‘We have no tax increases’: Buckingham supervisors accept budget

They led with the good news. The proposed budget for Buckingham County, which comes in at $72,434,585, will ... Read more

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Church & Community

Art Walk, Market return: Calendar for the week of April 26, 2025

This week’s calendar spotlights events such as the annual Art Walk and the return of the Farmville Farmers ... Read more

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Education

Budget set for Prince Edward schools. Here’s a look at the priorities

The Prince Edward School Board has voted to approve next year’s budget. Now they’re waiting to see what ... Read more

Green Ridge landfill

News

Green Ridge project voted on by Cumberland commission

The future of the proposed Green Ridge landfill is now in the hands of Cumberland County Supervisors. After ... Read more

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News

Lieutenant Governor candidates set. No more Republican primary

There will no longer be a Republican primary in June for the lieutenant governor’s race. After Monday, only ... Read more

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News

Buckingham supervisors send repair shop request back

There’s just a couple of things Buckingham supervisors would like cleared up, before they consider the Church Automotive ... Read more

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Lifestyles

Farmville named VML’s Small Towns Conference host

Last year, town managers and politicians from all over Virginia made their way to Abingdon for the first ... Read more

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News

Lieutenant Governor debate plan scrapped in Cumberland

There won’t be a debate taking place on Tuesday, April 29 as originally planned in Cumberland County. That’s ... Read more

Easter

News

Easter Worship, Sunrise Services: A special holiday calendar

First off, Happy Easter everyone! For those who observe the holiday, it’s a time to gather in worship ... Read more

Green Ridge landfill

News

Green Ridge Public Hearing: Questions Asked and Answered

This coming Monday has been circled on quite a few calendars by Cumberland County residents. That’s when the ... Read more

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Education

Cumberland School Board chooses next county superintendent

Cumberland County Public Schools has a new superintendent. During a called meeting on Wednesday, April 16, the Cumberland ... Read more

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News

Prince Edward supervisors face choice about tax rate

Prince Edward County supervisors have a choice to make. They can fully fund the proposed budget, which would ... Read more

Easter

Lifestyles

Easter brings egg hunts, music: Calendar for week of April 18, 2025

The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. ... Read more

Buckingham County Public Schools

Education

Buckingham County Public Schools chooses new superintendent

Buckingham County Public Schools has a new superintendent, ready to take over as of July 1. During their ... Read more

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News

Local pharmacies wait to see governor’s decision on SB875

If you talk to pharmacy owners and Medicaid experts, they’ll argue the numbers speak for themselves. When other ... Read more

Farmville

News

Farmville town budget includes short-term loan to spread out costs

Over the last four years, the Town of Farmville has approached the budget in a different way, taking ... Read more

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News

Carl Eggleston withdraws from lieutenant governor’s race

Carl Eggleston will not be on the June primary ballot for lieutenant governor. The Farmville businessman failed to ... Read more

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