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Buckingham

Compressor station land purchased

Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) LLC has purchased about 68.5 acres in Buckingham County to build a 41,000-horsepower gas-fired compressor station for the proposed interstate natural ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:06 pm

Church & Community

United for the community

The United Way of Prince Edward County has set a goal of raising $45,000 to distribute to 20 local community and civic groups this year, ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:04 pm

Business

New community center progressing

A new community center under construction at the intersection of Davenport and Cumberland roads in Cumberland is set to open late this fall. Construction crews ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:03 pm

Buckingham

Strength in spirit for a new church

“The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord,” the old hymn goes, written in 1866 by Samuel John Stone. It was only 10 years ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:02 pm

Buckingham

Planners set hearing for $35 million solar facility

County planners in Buckingham have set a Sept. 28 public hearing regarding a special use permit being sought by Virginia Solar LLC to construct a ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 27, 2015 11:48 am

Church & Community

Library receives grant

The Cumberland County Public Library has received a grant of 78 new children’s books from The Libri Foundation, with support from an anonymous donor.  According ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 27, 2015 11:45 am

BREAKING NEWS

Three arrested in vandalism spree in Buckingham

Three people have been charged in connection to a reported vandalism spree that took place on Aug. 15 in Buckingham which resulted in a dozen ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Wednesday, August 26, 2015 4:11 pm

BREAKING NEWS

Property for compressor station purchased for $2.5 million

Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC has purchased about 68.5 acres in Buckingham County to build a 41,000-horsepower gas-fired compressor station for the proposed interstate natural gas ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Wednesday, August 26, 2015 11:18 am

Buckingham

You Asked: The price flux at the pump

Q: How come our gas prices are so much higher than Powhatan, Dillwyn and so on? Powhatan is selling gas for $2.09 and Cumberland is $2.29. ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:14 pm

Columns

Waiting on the Route 60 battle call

As motorists travel up and down U.S. Route 60 in Cumberland and Buckingham this fall, absent will be the clanging swords of offensive plays, the ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, August 25, 2015 11:16 am

Buckingham

Taxes will remain the same, budget slightly increases

Property owners in the Town of Dillwyn won’t see any increased tax rates or fee increases next year. All tax rates for fiscal year 2015-2016 ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, August 25, 2015 11:12 am

Buckingham

Hurt visits local businesses & leaders

Fifth District Congressman Robert Hurt, left, recently visited business and citizens in Dillwyn, Buckingham, Farmville, Cumberland and Prince Edward as part of his Main Street ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, August 25, 2015 10:59 am

BREAKING NEWS

Yogaville decries possible route changes, cites likely temporary closure

  Yogaville officials are calling potential route adjustments to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) unconscionable. The potential changes to the 42-inch natural gas pipeline ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Saturday, August 22, 2015 12:41 pm

Buckingham

Firm seeking to build $35 million solar facility in Buckingham

Virginia Solar LLC is seeking to construct a $35 million solar energy facility at 623 High Rock Road in Buckingham County. The firm is seeking ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Friday, August 21, 2015 4:30 pm

Farmville

Bus hits underpass on Mill Street

A Longwood University bus struck a train underpass, now a portion of the High Bridge Trail on Mill Street near Second Street in Farmville, on ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Friday, August 21, 2015 3:29 pm

Education

New Tigers make their way to HSC

  Vehicles being unloaded by freshmen students and their parents lined parking lots and surrounded dorms at Hampden-Sydney College on Friday as the Class of ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Friday, August 21, 2015 11:02 am

BREAKING NEWS

Twenty guns stolen from home

Police in Prince Edward County continue to investigate a reported breaking and entering where 20 guns were stolen from a home on Bolden Flournoy Rd. ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 20, 2015 5:22 pm

BREAKING NEWS

Fire destroys Trice’s Lake home

  A three-alarm fire destroyed a home on Trice’s Lake Road on Thursday afternoon. According to Bradley Ingle, the assistant chief of the Cumberland Volunteer ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 20, 2015 4:41 pm

Education

Longwood freshmen move in

Hundreds of new Longwood University freshmen moved in Thursday, filling empty dorm rooms and residence halls with the chatter of new experiences and friendships. Upperclassmen ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 20, 2015 3:04 pm

Buckingham

Horne marks 50 years of working groceries

Andersonville native Charles Horne celebrated a major milestone in his life recently by simply putting on his blue Food Lion cap, shirt and name tag, ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:35 pm

Education

Schools receive $174K grant

Prince Edward’s high and middle schools are the recipients of new grants to fund 21st Century Community Learning Centers in communities across the state. The ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:33 pm

Columns

Students and community: SVCC’s dual purpose

Virginia’s community colleges play vital roles in many towns and counties across the state, offering opportunities to those who can’t necessarily afford the money or ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:16 pm

Buckingham

Pipeline could move closer to Yogaville

Dominion has confirmed that Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) LLC is studying route adjustments in the northwestern portion of Buckingham County that could see the proposed ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Wednesday, August 19, 2015 5:07 pm

Local

Photo stirs controversy, sheriff responds

  A photo of a person reclining under a blanket in the dispatch center of the Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office is drawing criticism in ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Wednesday, August 19, 2015 12:54 pm

Cumberland

Students learn letter of the law

For two weeks prior to the start of school, two Cumberland County High School students not only took time off to relax and enjoy the ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Tuesday, August 18, 2015 2:16 pm

Cumberland

Still operation seized in Cumberland

An 82-year-old Cumberland County man is facing four charges connected to allegedly operating an illegal still and manufacturing alcohol. According to Farmville Police and the ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Monday, August 17, 2015 10:55 am

BREAKING NEWS

Mailboxes, church property damaged Saturday in Buckingham

About 12 mailboxes were destroyed or damaged early Saturday morning on Back Mountain and Ca Ira roads in Buckingham. The melee spilled over to Salem ... Read more

by Jordan Miles, Monday, August 17, 2015 10:51 am

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