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From the Ground Up — Welcome the season with a wreath
Story by Dr. Cynthia Wood We’ve been using wreaths to decorate doors for many years. Victorians loved traditional ...
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Serving it Up — A healthful Hertzler favorite
Story and photos by Titus Mohler Michelle Hertzler grew up learning a skill that would allow her to ...
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A serving heart
Story by Crystal Vandegrift Anyone who knows Sarah Maddox Dunn knows the serving heart she has, but she ...
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Creating community across generations
Story by Titus Mohler Photos submitted Edgar Jones is a two-generation participant in the Prince Edward-Farmville Youth Association ...
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Why I Love Farmville – Caryn Kayton
of Caryn’s Bridals right on North Main Street in downtown Farmville HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN FARMVILLE, ...
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J & J Treeland bringing the holidays home
Story and photos by Marge Swayne J & J Treeland isn’t near the North Pole, but Santa would ...
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Town and Gown: Michelle Meadows
Story by Michelle Meadows When I arrived on Longwood’s campus in July of 2005 for an interview to ...
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Catching Up With … Lauren Irby
Longwood University graduate Lauren Irby now makes her home in Seaford, Delaware, but says the “heart of Virginia ...
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Editor’s Notebook: Keep the spirit of Christmas all year round
When my kids were younger, one of their favorite holiday videos was “Elmo Saves Christmas.” In the 1996 ...
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Kids talk Thanksgiving turkey
Where do you get your Thanksgiving turkey? You buy it from the store. How much does it cost? ...
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Speaking to your spirit
Marjorie “Margy” King Smith has made a remarkable impact in the area both as an artist and as ...
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Thanksgiving in Farmville 1,000 years ago
Story by Dr. Jim Jordan The Thanksgiving we celebrate today did not exist until 1621. That year the ...
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10 great holiday movies
It is that time of year when certain traditions really come to the forefront of people’s minds. Extended ...
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Why I Love Farmville — Doug Mooney
Doug Mooney Longwood University Chief of Police Q: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN FARMVILLE AND WHAT’S THE ...
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Serving it Up — Shaking up tradition
Cheryl White Gibson, of Farmville, does not consider herself to be a great baker of pies, but by ...
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Catching Up With — Dorothea Hescock
If you are a coffee drinker and love the hot beverage’s taste and smell, you can thank former ...
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Editor’s Notebook — We gather together, but differently this year
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens his will to make known; The ...
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No livestock show a letdown for local kids
Story by Alexa Massey The cancellation of this year’s Five County Fair caused dismay to yearly fairgoers, but ...
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No fair means no funds for community organizations
Story by Titus Mohler The cancellation of the Five County Fair didn’t affect only those who typically attend ...
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The year the fair went dark
Story by Titus Mohler The end of September is fair time in Farmville. It’s time for the community ...
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Waterway fun — up close and personal
Story and photos by Marge Swayne Working from home, the new norm these days, is not a problem ...
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Spiced pickled peaches – A Sunday dinner tradition
This difficult year has made many of us nostalgic for times past — family gatherings under the pecan ...
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Our favorite podcasts to relieve your pandemic boredom
By Roger Watson One of my newest discoveries of the pandemic has been podcasts. I’ve listened to podcasts ...
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Artist in Residence — From addict to artist: Tommy Winn finds redemption in chainsaw creations
Story by Roger Watson The story of how South Hill resident Tommy Winn went from a mobile home ...
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Publisher’s Notebook – Goodness and hope
In a year where it seems most everything we know has changed, it’s good to know there are ...
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A Look into the Past: A tale of two burials — out of sight but not out of mind
Story by Dr. Jim Jordan Archeologists are good at finding buried things, and when things turn up where ...
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Catching Up With… Angela M. Jackson-Mapetla
Story by Crystal Vandegrift Angela M. Jackson-Mapetla, former director of residential and commuter life at Longwood University, spent ...
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