Lifestyles
The Word: Can these states be united again?
Do you drink “soda” or “pop”? How do you pronounce the words “roof” and “wolf”? I never cease…
Lifestyles
Updated: Herald Community Calendar for the week of August 9, 2024
Editor’s note: Currently, all of these events on the Herald Community Calendar are still scheduled to take place.…
Lifestyles
Hampden-Sydney goes to the bees: Apiary project launched
Hampden-Sydney is going to the bees. The college announced a new apiary project late last week, one involving…
Lifestyles
Devotional: The hand that rocks the cradle
Writing in 1865, William Ross Wallace’s poem, “What Rules the World” may offer us an insightful look at…
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Cainan Townsend: Let’s talk about Moton’s World Heritage status
Happy August, as our K-12 schools prepare to go back to school with our higher education institutions shortly…
Lifestyles
Waterworks Players present ‘provocative and hilarious’ adaption
This week Waterworks Players brings to its stage Alan Ball’s 1993 play “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress”.…
Lifestyles
Devotional: Nobody wants to go through things alone
Author’s note: This is a devotional by my niece, Emma Culver, recent LU grad in Health Promotion and…
Lifestyles
Through the Garden Gate: The Daylily Whisperer
Some gardeners grow lots of different plants. Others fall in love with one or two plants and specialize…
Lifestyles
The Word: Adam blew it
Which of us has not imagined winning the lottery? If you were the lucky winner, and you chose…
Lifestyles
Woodcarving project goes global: Karl Schmidt shares his hobby
When he started, Karl Schmidt had no idea how far his woodcarving hobby would go. But now, the…
Education
Telling family stories through art: LCVA exhibit amplifies memories
A trunk full of papers, photographs, letters and more became the gateway to discovery of family history as…
Lifestyles
Herald Community Calendar for the week of August 2, 2024
AUGUST 2 -4 PLAY PERFORMANCE — The Waterworks Players will perform the play Five Women Wearing the Same…
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Trents Mill News: Remembering when ice cream was a penny
Well, they say you can’t buy anything for a penny these days, but that wasn’t always true. In…
Lifestyles
Happy to be here: Caterpillars and butterflies
Earlier this summer, my husband and I were walking near our home. I stopped short to avoid stepping…
Education
Reunion held
Saturday, June 8, marked the 70th year reunion of the former Carter G. Woodson High School held. Carter…
Lifestyles
Dr. Witherspoon: On Call
A patient in the emergency room of a training hospital required admission for a drug overdose. The ER…
News
PSR brings home Aging Innovations Award
As the world looks toward the Olympics, there are some awards being given out here at home to…
News
Priority Mail: After 60 years, Debbie Scruggs Jones meets penpal
After almost 60 years, Debbie Scruggs Jones met her friend Elizabeth Skilbeck in person this month. The two…
News
Grateful Boomers go micro: Time for a visit to Holliday Lake
What is a microadventure? One might ask themselves if extensive travel is involved to qualify as an adventure?…
Lifestyles
Devotional: ‘The road to Gaza’
In the first 4 chapters of Acts, we see the early church growing by the thousands. This rapid…
Lifestyles
The Word: ‘Nothing shall be impossible to you’
Just the other morning, while walking the dog, I witnessed something that we have all seen many times:…
Lifestyles
Rotary Club of Farmville honors ‘service above self’ with awards
As the Rotary Club of Farmville welcomed in a new president, the group also honored several residents this…
Lifestyles
September wedding planned in Farmville
An excited little boy Easton Lee Tyson, age 4, along with his grandparents Barry and Donna Tyson and…
News
Herald Community Calendar for the week of July 26, 2024
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
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Waterworks Players wrap up season with ‘Five Women’ comedy
After enjoying one of its most successful seasons in recent memory, The Waterworks Players will conclude 2023-24 with…
Lifestyles
Just another day on the old age funny farm
By Jim Harris The Farmville Herald Tis time to once again reflect on what an ace I married…
Lifestyles
Moose Lodge donates to Cumberland groups
The Powhatan Family Moose Lodge helped a food pantry and athletics team this month in Cumberland. Powhatan Moose…