Food & Fitness
Grape Expectations
Success in grape jelly making is like crafting a good wine — you have to know your grapes…
Church & Community
Visits, car show top weekly news
Happy birthday wishes go out this week to Linda Sue Lipscomb, of Cumberland, and Mary Walter, of Farmville, both on…
Columns
View from the porch
Porches are making a comeback — and not a moment too soon! Fifty years ago, a house without…
Church & Community
Award honors tradition of service
Community service runs in the family for Farmville businessman Edgar Jones. Last week Jones received the Farmville Lions…
Church & Community
Homecoming and revival at Trinity UMC
Trinity United Methodist Church, 13463 W. James Anderson Hwy., Buckingham, will hold homecoming Sunday at 11 a.m. with…
Church & Community
Revival at Hobson’s Chapel
Hobson’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 6485 Old Buckingham Rd., Powhatan, will hold revival Aug. 23-25 at 7:30 p.m.…
Church & Community
Garden project grows neighborhood pride
Gerald Anderson’s young son tried fried squash and onions for the first time this summer. “He liked it!”…
Church & Community
SVCC’s Daniel Campus holds pinning ceremony
Southside Virginia Community College held a pinning ceremony on the John H. Daniel Campus Aug. 5 for the…
Church & Community
Parker receives scholarship
The Cumberland County Public School Foundation, Inc. recently presented several scholarships to current and former Cumberland High School…
Church & Community
New Life internship
The Class of 2015 at New Life Schools participated in internships last semester related to their career interests.…
Lifestyle Main
Growing season for farmers market
It’s a beautiful Saturday. Vendors are aligned under the covered area of Farmville’s Community Marketplace on North Street.…
Columns
Help! There’s frog spit on that plant
When I was a kid, I loved to look for frog spit, those bubbly blobs of foam found…
Church & Community
SPCA fundraiser at Sweet Frog
A fundraiser for the Southside SPCA will be held at Sweet Frog, 101 Midtown Ave., Farmville, on Monday…
Church & Community
‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ to conclude Outdoor Film Series
The Downtown Film Series will present “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Friday at dusk as this season’s final…
Church & Community
STEPS presents program at Redbud Garden Club
The Redbud Garden Club held its June meeting in the home of Mary Hazlegrove with Barbara Stimpson as…
Business
Farmville Walmart holds grand re-opening
The Farmville Walmart celebrated a grand re-opening of their recent storewide upgrade on July 17. The upgrade included…
Farmville
For author, a time of reckoning
By Sean Korsgaard Special to The Farmville Herald Journalist and author Kristen Green grew up in Farmville, having…
Farmville
Art resides at Red Door 104
Red Door 104 on Main Street in Farmville has new life and a new purpose. As the name…
Lifestyle Main
New Art Exhibit At Bank
Martha Pennington Louis, well-known Buckingham artist, has a new multimedia exhibit at Dillwyn Branch of The Farmers Bank…
Church & Community
Digital Marketing Seminar
Want to dive into the world of digital marketing? Farmville Newsmedia, LLC will present a free 60-minute fast-paced…
Church & Community
SPCA Cat Of The Month
The Southside SPCA July Cat of the Month is Calamazoo. Also known as Callie, Calamazoo came to the…
Church & Community
Farmville Churches Share In Grief
FARMVILLE — One by one, the names were read. Charleston, S.C., is six hours from Farmville, but there…
Farmville
‘Road To Africa’ Leads To Global Understanding
FARMVILLE — Nine years ago Farmville physician Dr. Kwabena Donkor held his first “Road to Africa” event to…
Lifestyle Main
Waterworks Sets Auditions For Adrift In New York
The Waterworks Players next production is the melodrama Adrift in New York, or Her First False Step. Described…
Lifestyle Main
BCHS Students Show True Colors
BUCKINGHAM — It was a far shot from the Invasion of Normandy, or the gun fights at Gettysburg,…
Engagements
To Wed In June: Samantha O. Gowin and William Morgan Smith III
Samantha O. Gowin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah S. Gowin, of Dillwyn, and William Morgan Smith…
Lifestyle Main
Pancake Dinner At Randolph VFD
The Randolph District Volunteer Fire Department is holding a pancake dinner on May 29 from 4:30-7 p.m. at…