Buckingham
Inaugural event celebrates volunteers
The inaugural Thor’s Hammer Firefighter Rodeo and Chili Cook-Off, set for Sept. 30 at The BARN on U.S. Route 60 near Buckingham Court House — has ...
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Church & Community
Throwing strikes to raise stroke awareness
The sounds of laughter and pins falling in the Main St. Lanes bowling alley Sunday afternoon marked the scene for the annual Strike Out Stroke ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 3, 2017 10:42 am
Business
Grocery input sought
The community’s vision of having an additional grocery market in Farmville has taken another step to possibly becoming a reality. According to a press release ...
by Jordan Miles, Wednesday, August 2, 2017 5:29 pm
Farmville
Seal appointed for six-month term
The Farmville Town Council has unanimously agreed to a six-month term for Town Treasurer Carol Anne Seal. The action came following a closed session ...
by Jordan Miles, Monday, July 31, 2017 6:16 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Harper won’t build apartments off South Main
The controversial 100-unit apartment complex proposed by project developer Russell Harper, of Farmville Associates LLC, won’t be built. “We received a letter from the attorneys ...
by Jordan Miles, Friday, July 28, 2017 9:19 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Martins change apartment project request to rezone property
Robert R. and Sherry P. Martin, who own just more than an acre of property at the intersection of High, Oak and Appomattox streets in ...
by Jordan Miles, Friday, July 28, 2017 5:09 pm
Farmville
Farmer named fire chief
Dean Farmer has been appointed chief of the Farmville Volunteer Fire Department. The news of his appointment came during the Farmville Town Council’s July 12 ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, July 27, 2017 12:20 pm
Columns
Continually impressed
I’m continually impressed by the programming, services, community involvement and impact of Centra Southside Community Hospital. Between the free programming and services, health care afforded ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, July 27, 2017 11:47 am
Buckingham
Dixon ‘saw the potential:’ Prominent business leader dies Monday
Gene Bishop Dixon Jr. — who served as president of Kyanite Mining Corp. and chairman of The Disthene Group Inc., the parent company of Kyanite — is ...
by Jordan Miles, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 8:41 am
Local
5K will honor, celebrate Manifold
The inaugural Roderick “Rod” V. Manifold Memorial 5K — celebrating and commemorating the life of the late 69-year-old who served as executive director of Central Virginia ...
by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, July 25, 2017 11:55 am
Buckingham
Dominion sees ‘clear path for final approval’ — Regulators release pipeline impact statement
Federal regulators say the proposed 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project — one that would result a 42-inch natural gas pipeline spanning Buckingham and parts ...
by Jordan Miles, Saturday, July 22, 2017 2:54 pm
Farmville
Council approves open burning
The Farmville Town Council voted 5-2 during its July 12 meeting to allow open burning of brush, garden material, doing so to clear construction sites ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, July 20, 2017 2:35 pm
Columns
The bravery of Claude Morris
Not only did work make the late Claude Andrew Morris Sr. happy, but so did public service. Through his involvement in the community on the ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, July 20, 2017 2:35 pm
Buckingham
Supreme Court rules for landowners in ACP suit
The Virginia Supreme Court has reversed a decision by Buckingham Circuit Court Judge Donald C. Blessing who ruled that a March 6, 2015 letter from ...
by Jordan Miles, Friday, July 14, 2017 9:27 pm
Columns
Leading by example
It’s not every day that high school students can stroll through a bucolic college campus, meeting a former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:56 pm
Buckingham
Bryant barred from ballpark
Supervisors in Buckingham unanimously voted Monday to temporarily bar Jamie Bryant — the husband of Buckingham County Youth League (BCYL) President Denise Bryant — from ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, July 13, 2017 10:39 am
Education
195-bed complex proposed: Four-story building would be at the corner of High and Appomattox streets
A four-story, 195-bed student housing complex is proposed at the intersection of High and Appomattox streets across from Longwood’s Chichester Hall in Farmville. Robert R. ...
by Jordan Miles, Wednesday, July 12, 2017 7:42 pm
Buckingham
Permit granted for tower
Supervisors in Buckingham County have given the green light to Dominion and Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) to construct a 195-foot microwave communications tower as ...
by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:05 am
Farmville
Grocery store in discussion
Q: What’s the town doing to attract a new grocery store to Farmville? It seems like we keep getting new restaurants, but no new grocery ...
by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:00 am
Buckingham
DEQ hearing set for Aug. 10
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is set to hold a public comment period and five public hearings around the state next month to ...
by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 10:18 am
ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE
DEQ hearing set for Aug. 10
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is set hold a public comment period and five public hearings around the state next month to receive ...
by Jordan Miles, Monday, July 10, 2017 4:19 pm
Buckingham
Morris ‘put his heart into it’
The late Claude Andrew Morris Sr., a 91-year-old World War II veteran who died Thursday — is being remembered as a strong leader who cared ...
by Jordan Miles, Monday, July 10, 2017 4:18 pm
Columns
Independent Americans
Independence is much more than a word or a concept to celebrate with fireworks, picnics and live music. It is a lifestyle that we, as ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, July 6, 2017 12:46 pm
Buckingham
Walk celebrates the land
About six people recently concluded a 150-mile walk across five counties along a portion of the planned 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) route at the ...
by Jordan Miles, Thursday, July 6, 2017 10:43 am
BREAKING NEWS
One seriously injured in Buckingham plane crash
One person suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash of a small-single-engine fixed-wing plane crash Tuesday shortly after 12:20 p.m. in the 100 block of Mountain ...
by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 2:09 pm
Buckingham
Planners OK solar facility
Planners in Buckingham County have recommended approval of a special use permit (SUP) proposed for a $35 million solar facility, consisting of a 20 megawatt ...
by Jordan Miles, Monday, July 3, 2017 12:47 pm
Farmville
Town adopts $30 million budget
With little discussion, the Farmville Town Council unanimously adopted its $30 million fiscal year (FY) 2017-18 operating budget during a reconvened council meeting Thursday. The ...