Lifestyles
School officials, hospital co-workers remember Jennifer Halladay
FARMVILLE – An active member of the Farmville community will be remembered for her bright spirit and selfless…
Lifestyles
MLK Day event in Farmville will celebrate history
FARMVILLE – A three-day weekend right after the holidays can be too soon to plan a family trip.…
News
DAR gives Christmas gifts to veterans
The Service for Veterans committee of the Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter (JR-L), Daughters of the American Revolution, started a…
Lifestyles
Herald Church and Community Calendar for the week of Jan. 13
The Herald Church and Community Calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…
Lifestyles
Christmas concert held at Seminary
With plenty of Christmas cheer, lots of home-baked cookies and 22 gallons of homemade hot chocolate, St. Thomas…
Lifestyles
Commodity price trends announced
In Virginia, in comparison to pre-holiday prices, state graded feeder cattle mostly steady to 12.00 lower. Feeder cattle…
Lifestyles
Chamber visits St. Thomas Seminary
The Buckingham Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors took a trip Sunday for their holiday gathering, meeting at…
Lifestyles
Happy to be here — From cut to Farkleberry
Some of you have been asking about my progress reading Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. My original, overly…
Lifestyles
Moton Museum will host MLK Day Family Workshop
The goal is simple: Longwood University and the Robert Russa Moton Museum want students to see MLK Day…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds — 2023, $10 challenge and letters
Over the past few weeks, I challenged our congregation to take $10 and either multiply it and donate…
Lifestyles
Through the Garden Gate — ‘The neighbors are gonna talk!’
If you’re of a certain age and grew up in the South, then you’re probably familiar with this…
Lifestyles
Devotional — We can’t help looking back
Do you take things for granted, too? Well, of course you do. We all have this tendency, but…
Lifestyles
Herald Community Calendar for the week of Jan. 6
The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…
Lifestyles
The Word — The true test of mettle
By Jan. 23, 2016, British explorer Henry Worsley had traveled 913 miles on foot across Antarctica. He was…
Farmville the Magazine
Food for thought — La Parota is a constant community favorite
Imagine walking in the doors of a modest Mexican restaurant off of South Main Street. You’re greeted by…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News — Let’s talk about shortbread cookies
Friday, Jan. 6 is National Shortbread Day and I thought it was a good idea to start this…
Education
AKA sorority hands out scholarships
Residents from Cumberland and Charlotte counties were honored at the end of December with this year’s Hall-Harris Scholarship.…
Lifestyles
Garden club donates bench
Culminating an April-to-September drive to collect plastic film, members of the Buckingham-Dillwyn Garden Club gathered at the VCE…
News
Time is running out for local farmers
Time to respond to the 2022 Census of Agriculture is running out, and Virginia farmers are being encouraged…
Lifestyles
DAR honors multi-war veteran
The Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter (JR-L), Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), honored three war veteran Noland Skinner recently…
Lifestyles
The Word — New Year’s reflections
Happy New Year! The experiences of the great apostle Peter in the New Testament can help us…
Lifestyles
Recycled Christmas trees become fish homes
BY Savannah Halleaux U.S. Agriculture Harvesting and decorating a live Christmas tree is a holiday tradition in millions…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News — A new year, an old tradition
By the time you read this, we’ll be less than two days away from New Year’s Eve. That’s…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds — Christmas and tacky lights
For me, Christmas used to start with lights – lots of lights. What can I say? I grew…
Lifestyles
Herald Community Calendar for the week of Dec. 30
The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…
Lifestyles
Help for Horses: White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue all about love
If horses need help in Prince Edward, Cumberland or Buckingham counties, if they’ve been abandoned, beaten or in…
Lifestyles
Graduation ceremony held for successful living program
Piedmont Regional Jail Authority held its second graduation ceremony of its evidence-based re-entry program Successful Living on Monday,…