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2019-20 Fuqua School JV boys basketball team

The 2019-20 Fuqua School junior varsity (JV) boys basketball team members pictured include, from left, front row: Shawn Garceau, Matthew Pembelton, Trey Stimpson, Dalton Tucker ... Read more

by Fillmer Hevener, Wednesday, February 19, 2020 11:30 am

Columns

Advising against the library and debt

Recently, one person who does not reside in Buckingham County and a couple of people who do wrote letters to The Herald supporting the building ... Read more

by Fillmer Hevener, Thursday, February 4, 2016 3:27 pm

Columns

Libraries are outdated

My proposition is simple: Buckingham needs a new outhouse.  I, a 49-year resident of Buckingham and an educator for 38 years, am proposing that Buckingham ... Read more

by Fillmer Hevener, Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:29 pm

Columns

A fatal decline for society

Weeks ago, a reporter and photojournalist were killed in the Moneta area. The shooting happened on live TV at Smith Mountain Lake. WDBJ’s general manager ... Read more

by Fillmer Hevener, Thursday, October 8, 2015 1:06 pm

Columns

Oligarchy is in sight

The United States is rapidly moving toward a semi-constitutional oligarchy. What does this mean? Simply put, we have a written Constitution but the judicial and ... Read more

by Fillmer Hevener, Tuesday, August 18, 2015 1:43 pm