GROW YOUR OWN FOOD
Learning to grow and preserve your own food
When searching for positivity during the current public health crisis, I’m grateful to look no further than my neighbors’ yards. Many home gardens have been ...
When searching for positivity during the current public health crisis, I’m grateful to look no further than my neighbors’ yards. Many home gardens have been ...
This hard spring of 2020 in Farmville and for America is one we will never forget. Our proud two-college town has never looked more beautiful ...
Social distancing is a phrase we have come to know all too well through the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As good citizens, we practice ...
Story by Edward Kromer The houses on The Avenues in Farmville are rich with history. A 1918 Sanborn Insurance Company map shows a number of ...
Story by Dr. Ray Gaskins Professor emeritus, Hampden-Sydney College A story appeared on the front page of the Sept. 1, 2017 edition of The Farmville ...
Given all the disruptions which have overpowered the certainties in our lives brought about by the coronavirus, each of us probably starts each day wondering, ...
We came to Farmville from Huntsville, Alabama in 2004 when my wife Leigh took a position in the math department at Longwood. I had a ...
I hope everyone had a beautiful weekend remembering the crucifixion, death, burial of Christ and of course, celebrating Resurrection Sunday. For those of us used ...
This is a time of great concern for so many of us. As we monitor the COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia and across the nation, we ...
As spring bursts forth, we find ourselves living in a strange and different world. Flowers bloom, birds sing, the sun shines — and people increasingly ...
I have been reading with interest the opinions of those concerned about the Confederate monument and thought I would write to offer some historical context ...
This past week has been one for the history books. I was in Richmond Thursday to finish the 2020 General Assembly session and vote on ...
We all are familiar with guilt tripping ads that invade our private lives. The ads that show muddy hills held together by deforested stumps, house ...
Prayer is a strong and mighty force. Danish theologian, Soren Kierkegaard said, “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change ...
A bill that would allow state residents, nonprofits and schools to more easily seek and secure alternative energy sources such as rooftop solar recently passed ...
Some people believe if they are given a gift and it costs nothing, then it should be accepted without hesitation. But when it comes to ...
We’ve completed the fifth week of the 2020 Session and are headed into crossover on Tuesday, where we have to complete all the work on ...
Editor: I’m sorry that the Fauci’s were not at the December town council meeting when the representative from VDOT explained why a roundabout was the ...
The third week of the 2020 Session has concluded, and I wanted to take a moment to update you on the latest news from Richmond. ...
Editor: It is time for us to become proactive and save our state from environmental destruction by contacting state politicians to make changes in environmental ...
Editor: Fifty million Chinese locked down. Fifteen countries affected. Three confirmed cases in the U.S. These dramatic headlines announce one more pandemic caused by our ...
Editor: Thank you for the article, “He Loved What He Did,” by Titus Mohler about Bill Wall. Bill was an extraordinary man who loved and ...
BY ANDREW RINGLE Capital News Service Three bills that will prohibit firearm possession in public spaces, limit monthly handgun purchases and require background checks for ...
The 2020 General Assembly got off to a slow start last week, with many delays as the new democratic leadership tried to get organized. While ...
In January 2018, a meeting was held at Town Hall where the VDOT representative from Lynchburg, Gerry Harter, advised against a roundabout at the intersection ...
We have a gun sickness here in America. I believe we have confused and distorted the right defined by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. ...
In a matter of days, we will celebrate Christmas. There will be a wonder — an awe upon the face of children around the world ...
The New Orleans Saints (5-8) host the Washington Commanders (8-5) at Caesars Superdome on Sunday, December 15, 2024,…
The contest between the Washington Capitals and the Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET on Saturday has lots…
There is one game featuring a A-10 team on the Friday college basketball schedule, the Army Black Knights…
Southeast Division rivals meet when the Washington Wizards (3-19) welcome in the Charlotte Hornets (7-17) at Capital One…
The A-10 basketball slate on Friday is not one to miss. The contests include the Army Black Knights…