Celebrations

Pumpkin Lighting Festival

Fuqua School’s annual PTSA Pumpkin Lighting Festival was a huge success with glowing pumpkins and glowing smiles. The Lower ...

Church & Community

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts

South Central Virginia area families, churches and groups are not waiting until Thanksgiving Day to express gratitude. Instead, ...

Church & Community

Longwood Garden Club meets

Chris Rogers, owner of B&M Greenhouse in Farmville, spoke to the Longwood Garden Club on Oct. 24. His ...

Church & Community

Lutz leads agency to new heights

Helping struggling children and their parents or guardians get out of poverty, achieve an education and live in ...

Church & Community

Moving from campus to downtown with ‘David’

The Farmville Downtown Partnership (FDP) and Longwood Center for the Visual Arts(LCVA) came together Friday to celebrate another ...

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An Oakwood Halloween

Oakwood Homes will welcome the community for a Halloween event on Saturday. Children can don their best costume ...

Church & Community

A tin-canned success story

All it takes is a can-do attitude and a basket of ingredients to achieve success at the Prince ...

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Hunter Moon

Ron Card This picture of a “Hunters Moon” was taken by Ron Card in Abilene. He took the ...

Barbara Johns

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The signs of Farmville

You can tell a lot from the signs around a town — commercial signs, historical signs, unique signs ...

Church & Community

Looking to be top gun

Pilots of varying experience level from states such as New Jersey, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and more gathered ...

Church & Community

On-the-go bookshelf

A mobile book shelf is on the move in Downtown Farmville. The READ Farmville Book Cart — maintained ...

Church & Community

Waterworks Players touts Vanya cast

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang’s award-winning 2013 comedy, will open The Waterworks Players’ 2016-17 ...

Church & Community

BCHS Class of ’45 holds reunion

The Buckingham Central High School Class of 1945 held its 71st reunion earlier this year in July with ...

Buckingham

Epperson turns the page

After more than 25 years of working at the Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library, Peggy Epperson has turned the ...

Church & Community

Behind the Fair scenes

For generations, the Five County Fair has brought smiles to children’s faces and made memories for teenagers and ...

Education

Lancer improves literacy

What is now a nationally recognized book, tour and movement, began as a Longwood University student’s idea. Kathryn ...

Farmville

Vice Presidential Debate visitors can virtually visit High Bridge

For those people in town attending or covering the Vice Presidential Debate who can’t take the time to visit the ...

Farmville

The Debate: Town celebrates All-American style

Hundreds of people gathered on the High Bridge Trail Park plaza today in downtown Farmville for the All-American ...

Education

Mock debate builds excitement

Longwood University students celebrated the upcoming vice presidential debate in true political spirit: by hosting a mock debate. ...

Church & Community

Church breakfast recognizes police, others

A local church showed support for law enforcement by hosting an appreciation breakfast. Cedar Baptist Church, in Dillwyn, ...

Food & Fitness

Vino in the Village

Historic Buckingham Inc. (HBI) held its first wine festival Saturday in The Historic Village at Lee Wayside. The ...

Church & Community

Romeo and Juliet coming to Longwood

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) will present a free performance of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by ...

Education

‘Citizens and Leaders’ opens

Guests of all ages and backgrounds gathered in the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) during the ...

Church & Community

New Life Church Valor Day

New Life Church took the opportunity Sunday to put a spotlight on first responders who protect and serve ...

Church & Community

Enriching community fitness

Runners in the community and surrounding area gathered in Farmville to participate in the High Bridge Half Marathon ...

Church & Community

Valor Day Service is Sunday

The community is invited to a special Valor Day Service on Sunday Sept. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at New Life ...

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Labor Day on Main Street

Labor Day being a holiday didn’t mean folks just stayed home and lounged around. Plenty of people made ...

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