Lifestyles
Farming impact exceeds pre-pandemic level
A boost in jobs, wages, exports and tax revenues shows the robust growth and enduring impact of U.S.…
Lifestyles
Garden club attends district meeting
Buckingham-Dillwyn Garden Club members attended the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs South Central District Spring Meeting in Keysville…
Lifestyles
TV Review: The Diplomat
Netflix is hitting it out of the park this year, releasing two of my favorite series with BEEF…
Lifestyles
The Word: Jesus makes all things new
“I feel like a new person” someone will say. Maybe you’ve even expressed that same sentiment. I have…
Lifestyles
Mother Nature’s Garden: The amazing things that plants do
While plants don’t move around like animals, that doesn’t mean they’re incapable of reacting to their environment. For…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds: We are the church, together
A dictionary defines church as a building for public and especially Christian worship or a body or organization…
Lifestyles
Happy to be here: Finding the flowers
In 1955, Pete Seeger wrote a song asking “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” Additional verses were later…
Lifestyles
Chamber hears from Wise Ridge’s new owner
A large turnout of business owners, community leaders, and advocates marked the April meeting of the Buckingham Chamber…
Lifestyles
Good Citizen Award given
The Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, was privileged to honor one of the…
Lifestyles
Opening Day for Farmville Farmer’s Market
Saturday, April 29 marked the first Farmville Farmer’s Market of this season. Business owners from across the area…
Education
Fuqua Falcons put on a night to enjoy
By Elena Meader The Farmville Herald Fuqua School’s 2023 Jazz Night offered a performance of lively instrumentals and…
Lifestyles
Devotional: Trusting God
Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him…
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Herald Church and Community Calendar for the week of May 5
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
Lifestyles
Garden Club visits the Awareness Garden
The Buckingham-Dillwyn Garden Club recently visited the Awareness Garden in Lynchburg. The Awareness Garden honors families, friends, and…
News
Centra Hospice honors Vietnam veteran
Centra Hospice volunteers Betty Baskin, Fred Hill and Tom Crouse recently honored Vietnam veteran George Lacks with a…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Sending out thoughts and prayers
First off this week, we want to encourage several folks to heal up after recent troubles. We send…
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Book Club learns about the outdoors
The Third Thursday Book Club held its April meeting at the home of Lila Reach. Lee Woodruff, an…
Lifestyles
New member inducted
The Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, recently added two new members, Jane Elizabeth Atkins Crockett…
Lifestyles
Bird Club holds season’s final program
Stories from both here at home and across Africa will be the focus of the final Margaret Watson…
Lifestyles
Changes coming for Dillwyn parks, with work beginning this month
DILLWYN – As summer quickly approaches, families will seek more opportunities to spend time outside. Even though all…
Lifestyles
Letter to the Editor: It’s not always about fire safety, but it should be.
Recently, the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors and the Buckingham fire departments had a conversation about fire safety…
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Dear Farmville, I’m not a caffeine addict, I promise
Apparently I scarred my grown daughters for life by chugging down a Red Bull at 2 a.m. We…
Lifestyles
Medicaid changes coming to Farmville, rest of state on May 1
Medicaid changes are coming for local residents. Specifically, for the first time in three years, Virginia residents on…
Lifestyles
Through the Garden Gate: Just a typical week in the garden
Gardening is supposed to be peaceful, calming, and restorative. Most of the time that’s true, but once in…
Lifestyles
The Word: Be the good needed where you are
I have struggled in finding the origin of this wise short story for quite some time as numerous…
Lifestyles
Devotional: Coalition for moral excellence
The Almighty provided an excellent example for our reflection. On Sunday, April 9, Jews, Christians and Muslims observed…
Education
Cole Foster finishes his Eagle Scout project, helping Fuqua School
Earlier this month, Cole Foster reached a milestone. A Life Scout from Troop 6516 and Fuqua School junior,…