Lifestyles
Field Day on Saturday: Calendar for the week of May 30, 2025
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
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Harbor Freight opens its doors in Farmville
It’s been a question Prince Edward residents have asked for more than a year now. “When will Harbor…
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Author Talk on Saturday: Calendar for the week of May 23, 2025
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
Lifestyles
Events center launching in Rice? Commission hears proposal
The goal is to build a place where people can hold weddings, have a family reunion or rent…
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Planning commission hears restaurant proposal for Green Bay
Ever since he sold the Hillside Restaurant in Burkeville, former patrons have been asking Paul Ward Jr. to…
Lifestyles
Herald News Briefs: Farmville splashpad set to reopen this week
Farmville splashpad set to reopen When will the splashpad reopen? That’s a pretty common question we get asked.…
Lifestyles
New community food pantry set to open in Appomattox this summer
A new community food pantry will open up in Appomattox later this summer. Feeding Appomattox announced that they…
Lifestyles
MayFest, SpringFest return: Calendar for the week of May 17, 2025
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
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Rice resident earns multiple awards at statewide competition
Local author and Rice resident Chapman Hood Frazier won three first-place awards in this year’s 2024 Poetry Society…
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Prince Edward, Farmville complete StormReady program
Nobody can stop weather from happening, Eric Seymour pointed out Tuesday. He works as a warning coordination meteorologist…
Lifestyles
Yogaville events center gets a final vote from supervisors
No one spoke in opposition to the proposal on Monday night. In fact, as supervisors held a public…
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‘This is only the beginning’: Hampden-Sydney students challenged
Hampden-Sydney College’s soon-to-be graduates were challenged on Saturday. Don’t focus on yourself, but on what you’re producing. Don’t…
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NAACP honors Brown v. Board anniversary with multi-day tribute
“When day is done, greet the dawn and not the setting sun.” That was the favorite quote of…
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New hope for Mary Branch Center? SVCC offers proposal
Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) may be getting a new facility soon. Or at least given use of…
Lifestyles
Tammy Mulchi: Electric bills are high right now. Here’s why.
Lately, every time I turn around, someone is asking me why their electric bill is so high. Some…
Lifestyles
Grateful Boomers go off-road, celebrate Earth Day & end of April
The Grateful Boomers blew it out of the water for Earth Day 2025! On a perfect-weather day, they…
Lifestyles
Karen Bellenir: Into every life, some rain must fall
As the saying goes, into every life some rain must fall. Moderate rain is good. It makes flowers,…
Lifestyles
Garden Festival arrives: Calendar for the week of May 2, 2025
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
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From the Editor’s Desk: Is the product worth the price?
Sonya Branch-Wilson raised an interesting point during last Monday’s public hearing. The current president of the AMMD Pine…
Lifestyles
Letter to the Editor: Time to take a deep breath
It is time to take a deep breath. If you believe the other side, then we are in…
Columns
Lee Banton: Cumberland County has debt, will travel
Editor’s note: This is the third and final column in the current series Dr. Lee Banton is writing…
Lifestyles
Review: Latest from Waterworks Players is a ‘play of ideas’
It’s been described as philosophical. Red, the latest production from the Waterworks Players, showed on the opening weekend…
Lifestyles
Spring Showcase: Flower and Garden Festival returns to Farmville
By the beginning of May, flowers are in full bloom around Farmville. In many gardens, you’re also starting…
Lifestyles
Letter to the Editor: The hard work of unity
Too often, we lament the lack of decency in our society while refusing to extend it to those…
Church & Community
Art Walk, Market return: Calendar for the week of April 26, 2025
This week’s calendar spotlights events such as the annual Art Walk and the return of the Farmville Farmers…
Lifestyles
Lee Banton: The Cumberland Sheriff’s Office needs more funding
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns Dr. Banton is writing for The Herald,…
Lifestyles
Lee Banton: What do the numbers say in Cumberland?
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of columns by Dr. Banton, using his local, regional…