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LCVA hosts first ‘Wine and Brew’
The Farmville community gathered in the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) to enjoy wine, beer and…
Church & Community
Garden Club meets
The Buckingham Dillwyn Garden Club met at Ellis Acres Memorial Park with Wilbur Dean, executive director, and planted…
Business
Downtown Partnership says ‘thanks’
The community flocked to the Annual Farmville Downtown Partnership Thank You Party on Wednesday, May 11 at the…
Church & Community
CVA exhibit reception is Thursday
Central Virginia Arts invites the community to a reception presenting twenty CVA artists on Thursday from 6-8…
Church & Community
Outdoor Film Series opens June 10
Farmville’s Downtown Film Series has scheduled season 19 of the award-winning Stars Under The Stars program. Started in 1997…
Church & Community
A renaissance of art, 40 artists show at the Heart of Virginia Festival
Forty artists from as far away as North Carolina displayed paintings, pottery, jewelry, mixed media, watercolors and other…
Church & Community
Cumberland Club enjoys bucket program
The Cumberland Garden Club met April 26 at the Cumberland Library. After a business discussion and reminder that…
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Past comes to life in Stanley Park
A popular saying advises, “You can’t go home again.” Gordon Johnson and Alecia Daves-Johnson, of Prospect, beg to…
Church & Community
Weyanoke Club tours H-SC
In April the Weyanoke Garden Club enjoyed the spring beauty of the Hampden-Sydney College campus. H-SC senior Josh…
Church & Community
Hope and help rebuild Evergreen, ‘Torn-AID-o’ benefit set for May 7
“I didn’t know what to expect,” Bonnie Swanson said of her drive home from Appomattox County High School…
Church & Community
Community honors Johns, Griffin
Community members united on Sunday at the First Baptist Church to celebrate the 65-year anniversary of the historic…
Celebrations
To wed in June
Bill and Mae Duker, of Farmville, announce the engagement of their daughter Rebecca Lynn Duker, to Andrew Hardy…
Cumberland
An institution of community service
Let me live in a house by the side of the road, and be a friend to man.…
Buckingham
Gala to benefit the Free Clinic
The fundraiser that serves as the primary revenue source for the Heart of Virginia Free Clinic is set…
Church & Community
Hundreds attend Farmville Wine Festival
The Farmville Wine Festival’s fried foods and fermented grapes filled Riverside Park with relaxation as the community enjoyed…
Church & Community
From ‘Hurt’ to hope — film aims to heal
Kolby Grimsley is a teenager on a mission. Distressed by two suicides and the threat of a school…
Church & Community
The Woodland receives award
The Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce has presented its Looking our Best award for April to The Woodland’s…
Celebrations
Wine Festival is Saturday
FARMVILLE — The annual Farmville Wine Festival is set for Saturday at Riverside Park on Main Street in downtown…
Church & Community
Hospital’s Schwabe gives CPR demonstration
Centra Southside Community Hospital’s Anne-Latane Schwabe gave a demonstration and lesson on infant/child CPR and first aid to…
Church & Community
Murder and intrigue visit Hampden-Sydney — History provides lessons for today
It was a dark and stormy night in January of 1857 — the perfect setting for murder. Murder…
Business
From desk job to auger operator
By Carson Reeher Special to The Farmville Herald Charlotte Gaines helps keep the lights on in Farmville. She…
Church & Community
Reaching out is a Big Event, Longwood University students make connections
Ask Farmville resident Danny Marsh if Longwood’s Big Event improves community connections, and he will answer with an…
Church & Community
Photographer holds exhibit
The photography of Brenda Spencer is currently on display at Main Street Bagel and Bistro, 308 S. Main…
Church & Community
‘The Vagabond’ comes home, book reveals mystery of Stanley Park
Longwood University students housed in Lancer Park, formerly Stanley Park, live in the shadow of a Victorian mansion…
Church & Community
A history of Mercy Seat Baptist Church
Dr. Ray A. Gaskins Professor Emeritus H-SC Soon after the close of the Civil War, African-Americans in the…
Church & Community
Making a case for fashion of the past — Farmville nonagenarian hopes to bring back hats
Jane Crute, age 90, has watched countless fashions come and go over the years. Crute, who wears the…
Buckingham
‘A Racy Affair’ to benefit senior citizens
What do the senior citizens of the Piedmont Health District and the Kentucky Derby have in common? Thanks…