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Church & Community

FJWC to share Good Neighbor Day cheer

Good Neighbor Day, set for Wednesday in Farmville, has a special good neighbor this year. Thanks to the Farmville Junior Woman’s Club (FJWC), Santa will ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, September 10, 2015 10:11 am

Buckingham

PSR joins Amazing Raise to help seniors

Marie and Garfield Chaffin, ages 85 and 89, were a step away from a nursing home when Piedmont Senior Resources (PSR) stepped in. This year, ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, September 10, 2015 10:09 am

Church & Community

SPCA joins The Amazing Raise

The Southside SPCA is a local nonprofit that could use a raise. The Amazing Raise, set for Sept. 16-17, gives the Farmville community an opportunity ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, September 8, 2015 12:26 pm

Columns

Extension continues to serve our community

The Cooperative Extension Service reached an important milestone in 2014 — 100 years of service and support in agricultural research and education. Although its focus ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, September 8, 2015 11:09 am

Church & Community

Lee letters found in Longwood’s archives

Seven months on the job at Longwood’s Greenwood Library, Gavin Hosman made the discovery of an archivist’s lifetime. At the bottom of “an ordinary stationary ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:41 am

Church & Community

Master gardeners share down-to-earth skills

Do you need information on growing garlic or fire blight in fruit trees? Help is close at hand — and chances are that hand is ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:16 am

Buckingham

When turning left stop at the line

When waiting to make a left turn from a left turn lane, is there any law stating that you cannot do so from the middle of the intersection? I ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, September 1, 2015 11:10 am

Buckingham

Dillwyn man wins $225,000 in Virginia Lottery’s Treasure Hunt game

A Dillwyn man has won $225,000 with a Treasure Hunt scratcher ticket according to the Virginia Lottery. David Tolliver walked into his favorite store, Jake’s Gas ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 27, 2015 3:36 pm

Food & Fitness

Grape Expectations

Success in grape jelly making is like crafting a good wine — you have to know your grapes and when to harvest them. Depending on ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 27, 2015 10:55 am

Columns

View from the porch

Porches are making a comeback — and not a moment too soon! Fifty years ago, a house without a porch was like a ten-story building ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:40 am

Church & Community

Award honors tradition of service

Community service runs in the family for Farmville businessman Edgar Jones. Last week Jones received the Farmville Lions Club Lynwood B. Smith award for community ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:15 pm

Church & Community

Social Services with a smile

The Virginia Department of Social Services is in the process of creating a new policy with a “service with a smile” approach, and the Prince ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:38 pm

Church & Community

Modern farming yields rewards

A 40-acre field of five-foot soybeans reflects Cumberland farmer Robert Womack’s view of a time-honored profession. A third-generation farmer, Womack knows that in today’s world ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:34 pm

Farmville

Ready for class at Fuqua School

Media Specialist Jane Crews welcomes Wellsley Waller on Fuqua School’s first day of classes Thursday. For more photos see farmvilleherald.com: Photo Galleries: Snapping Southside/Fuqua’s First ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:15 pm

Church & Community

Feinman visits Farmville

Farmville Mayor David Whitus, left, and Evan Feinman, right, executive director of the Virginia Tobacco Commission and Community Revitalization Commission, share a smile during a ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:02 pm

Church & Community

Garden project grows neighborhood pride

Gerald Anderson’s young son tried fried squash and onions for the first time this summer. “He liked it!” Anderson said. The Virginia Street resident grew ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 20, 2015 9:26 am

Buckingham

Social Security turns 80

Social Security turned 80 last Friday, and Farmville Mayor David Whitus and Town Manager Gerald Spates were on hand to present a proclamation and offer ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, August 18, 2015 2:17 pm

Columns

On poems and pi: a STEM needs roots

Back-to-school time inevitably brings back memories. Anyone who has ever ascended the steps on a big yellow school bus knows that feeling — the excitement ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, August 11, 2015 5:32 pm

Farmville

Farmville woman discovers ‘Big Country’

Billed as “a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” appearing on US Cellular’s “Big Country” digital series starring food writer/chef Andrew Zimmern was that and more for Farmville’s Debbie ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 6, 2015 1:52 pm

Farmville

103 years of history — one smile at a time

For over a century, history has smiled on Elizabeth Lowry Barrere, and the 103-year-old Farmville resident has smiled right back. “I’ve had a wonderful life,” ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, August 6, 2015 8:47 am

Farmville

Art resides at Red Door 104

Red Door 104 on Main Street in Farmville has new life and a new purpose. As the name suggests, color and art await inside Audrey ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:52 pm

Farmville

Giving birth to history: Smithsonian exhibit tells local midwife’s story

From the back roads of rural Virginia, the story of Prince Edward County midwife Amanda Carey Carter has traveled to Washington, D.C. and the Smithsonian ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 1:36 pm

Columns

Down the back road: The art of canning

The old-fashioned art of canning, I am happy to report, is making a comeback. Recently NPR did a piece on the resurgence of home canning, ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:04 am

Local

Cemetery’s Past Unearthed

PROSPECT — From locating underground power lines to searching for unmarked graves — it’s all in a day’s work for GPRS. While the “G” does ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Thursday, July 23, 2015 5:04 pm

Columns

It’s Peach Season!

Enjoying a juicy ripe peach is one of summer’s greatest pleasures. Truly ripe peaches are a fleeting thing, however, so enjoy them now before the ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 1:57 pm

Columns

Cool Summer Meals With Pasta

Now that summer is heating up, keeping cool is the name of the game. Keeping cool in the kitchen is also a priority for the ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:47 am

Columns

Saving Lives One Animal At A Time

Can veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder benefit from service dogs or emotional support dogs? That’s the question Veterans Administration researchers hope to answer in a ... Read more

by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:06 am

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