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 ...

Church & Community

Farmville UMC is ‘Looking Our Best,’ historic church completes $1.3 million renovation

Farmville United Methodist Church is an old church that has a new look. The stately centenarian of Farmville ...

Business

Volunteers provide free tax service

Farmville Free Tax Service volunteers have offered free tax preparation and filing service to taxpayers with incomes under $50,000 for ...

Business

Practice builds on support, community rallies after tragic loss

For the past few months Dr. Mark French has been doing a lot of smiling. The Farmville veterinarian, ...

Church & Community

Register receives Outstanding Conservation Educator Award

Kathleen “Katie” Register accepted the Outstanding Conservation Educator award at the Piedmont Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual ...

Church & Community

Offering tornado relief to man’s best friends

Humans and animals alike experienced the trauma of the devastating tornado that hit Evergreen on February 24. Providing ...

Church & Community

Take a tasteful tour of Virginia, Travel guide offers scenic views and local recipes

Part of the fun of traveling is sampling regional cuisine along the way. With the Great American Publishers ...

Buckingham

Dowdy recalls hunting trips with Scalia

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly last week at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Texas, ...

Church & Community

Drama unfolds beneath theater — Archaeologists uncover evidence of Farmville’s past

When people think of an archaeological dig, they usually picture a desert or a farmer’s field or someplace ...

Business

Offering a taste of art

Audrey Sullivan, owner of Red Door 104 art gallery and learning center, believes creating art is as simple ...

Church & Community

Rotary’s Taste of Farmville — good taste for a good cause

The Farmville Rotary Club’s Taste of Farmville event is all about community. Set in late January and billed ...

Church & Community

An umbrella defense — Super Bowl spotlights awareness

By Marge Swayne The Farmville Herald What do Farmville United Methodist Women (UMW) and Super Bowl 2016 have ...

Food & Fitness

Making the SNAP-Ed decision: Program offers healthy choices

Pauline Stokes and the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service SNAP-Ed program are on a mission to help local families ...

Church & Community

History preserved: Homemaking skills shared by Extension clubs

An era ended over lunch at the Riverside Cafe recently. The Just a Mere Club, one of Prince ...

Church & Community

Contributing to ‘fabric of local life’

Organized in 1920 the year women received the right to vote, the Woman’s Club of Farmville (WFC) has ...

Cumberland

Cumberland native taps artistic roots

The heart of the Harlem Renaissance is found in the influential work that came from the artistic explosion ...

Lifestyle Main

Playground fund established

Child’s play is generally defined as a trivial matter; 16-year-old Sean Murray doesn’t see it that way. Disturbed ...

Buckingham

A year in photos — 2015

The Farmville Herald’s talented reporters and editors snapped hundreds of photos in 2015, documenting baseball games, career highlights, ...

Food & Fitness

Southern tradition: Black-eyed peas and cornbread ensure good luck

I have a New Year’s confession to make. For most of my life I did not eat black-eyed ...

Church & Community

Live nativity shares true meaning of Christmas

The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at the Farmville Church of Christ. Presented every Christmas season, ...

Education

Fuqua students do the math for St. Jude’s

For more than 10 years Fuqua School students from kindergarten through grade 5 have been doing the math ...

Lifestyle Main

Pantomimes steal the show

When the holiday season draws near, children in the British Isles — and now Farmville — look forward ...

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