Lifestyles
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.…
Lifestyle Main
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…
Opinion
Mike Wilson: A story of goose conservation and Brother Wayne
We looked everywhere. For a good 20 minutes and I truly mean a good 20 minutes, we looked…
Lifestyles
Farmville named VML’s Small Towns Conference host
Last year, town managers and politicians from all over Virginia made their way to Abingdon for the first…
Lifestyles
Farmville Art Walk returns this week, setting up at High Bridge
Last year’s project was a successful experiment, setting up a Farmville Art Walk at the end of April.…
Lifestyles
High Bridge Station opens its doors, welcomes travelers
The doors have opened, the lights are turned on and travelers from all over the region can officially…
Lifestyles
Easter brings egg hunts, music: Calendar for week of April 18, 2025
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
Lifestyles
Hope Day returns to Dillwyn, honoring cancer survivors
Later this week, the Town of Dillwyn will once again come together for Hope Day, an event dedicated…
Lifestyles
‘How Not to Drown’: Dos Passos Prize recipient tells her own story
This past Wednesday, April 9, novelist and editor Angie Cruz paid a visit to Farmville to receive the…
Lifestyles
Ruth Adams Garden Club looks back over their 45th year
The March meeting of the Ruth Adams Garden club was held at the Farmville Library on March 26. …
Lifestyles
Buckingham County High welding team competes for state title
On Saturday, April 5, the welding fabrication team of Martayvon Epps, Grayson Talbott and Ethan Walter from Buckingham…
Lifestyles
Easter celebrations arrive: Calendar for the week of April 12, 2025
The Herald community calendar is published each Friday. Easter items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for…
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Are there rules for being a granddad?
Is there a handbook of some kind? Some guidelines? Basically, what I’m asking is if there are rules…
Lifestyles
Easter Bunny is coming to Farmville
The Easter Bunny is coming to Farmville, and his first stop will be Piedmont Senior Resources (PSR). That’ll…
Lifestyles
Herald Community Calendar for the week of April 04, 2025
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…