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Editor’s Notebook: September inspires many songs

September is a month that has inspired artists to break out in song over and over again. From ... Read more

Local

Crossroads board embraces audit efforts

Emphasizing they were never against the idea of conducting a forensic audit, the Crossroads Board of Directors embraced ... Read more

News

Judge allows case against board to move forward

A lawsuit asking for a preliminary injunction against a zoning decision by the Cumberland County Board of Supervisors ... Read more

Opinion

Column – Stanley has turned out to be a terrific hire

Typically, personnel evaluations are done on an annual basis, but after 10 months I have seen enough. Doug ... Read more

News

Anti-ICE group wants meeting with town

After three months of utilizing the Farmville Town Council’s public comment period to submit testimony about the mistreatment ... Read more

News

Supervisors look back at tax rate decision

With the delta variant surging and the economic recovery in question, a couple members of the Prince Edward ... Read more

Opinion

Opinion — Finding America on the Crescent

A  fellow community newspaper editor and Amtrak enthusiast once told me if you want to see what America ... Read more

News

Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham all lose population

While Virginia’s population increased overall by 7.9% between the Census of 2010 and the newly released number for ... Read more

News

Farmville lets off some steam

After almost two years of silence at Farmville’s Riverside Park, the first Live@Riverside of 2021 cranked up Friday, ... Read more

News

Prince Edward to lead forensic audit of Crossroads

Frustrated by a decision from the Board of Directors of the Crossroads Community Services Board to derail a ... Read more

Opinion

Editorial – School Board can’t continue to shut out the public

Prince Edward County has some excellent public meeting facilities where citizen leaders can hear and address the concerns ... Read more

Education

Mold remains an issue at elementary school

It’s a new school year, but the same old problems cropped up even before the first day for ... Read more

News

Farmville’s free clinic is a community success story

A church sermon, a need found in an unlikely contingent of patients and networking with people in the ... Read more

Education

Prince Edward School Board takes no action

The Prince Edward County School Board did not take a vote to affirm or reject the state’s guidelines ... Read more

News

Farmville man arrested on sex charges

A 22-year-old Farmville man was arrested in Nottoway County Friday, July 23, on sex charges by the Portsmouth ... Read more

Opinion

Column – Get the shot or drink alone

In order to protect their employees and keep their doors open, businesses across the country are beginning to ... Read more

News

Ellett Embroidery moving downtown

Downtown Farmville will soon have another business to go into the vacant Red Front Trading Company space. Ellett’s ... Read more

Lifestyles

Habitat celebrates 50th home

The person who makes some of the best cheeseburgers in Farmville is now the proud owner of a ... Read more

Opinion

Opinion – Republicans need to stop rooting against the state

One would think that Virginia winning its second consecutive honor as the top state in the nation for ... Read more

News

North Street goes one way Friday

Traffic on a portion of North Street will be changed to one-way Friday, July 30. Beginning at the ... Read more

News

Fire department celebrates 50 years

The Darlington Heights community gathered to celebrate 50 years of the volunteer fire department protecting the community. The ... Read more

News

Darlington Heights celebrates anniversary

The Darlington Heights community gathered to celebrate 50 years of the volunteer fire department protecting the community. The ... Read more

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Editor’s Notebook — Town returns to life after pandemic

We’re alive again! After a season of darkness and inactivity, our calendars are filling up, and designer masks ... Read more

News

Message to commission: Keep towns together

Longwood University in Farmville was the first stop of a listening tour for Virginia’s newly formed Redistricting Commission ... Read more

News

Town pressured to end ICE contract

For the past three months, speakers asking the Town of Farmville to end its contract with the U.S. ... Read more

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STEPS crew makes old things new again

All those Amazon boxes ordered during the pandemic and placed by the curb for recycling ended up in ... Read more

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Keeping Farmville clean and pristine

The first thing you notice about Damon Streat is his speed. The man whose job it is to ... Read more

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