Living & Leisure
Plants offer both barriers and environmental benefits
With houses being built more closely together, it’s often hard to find privacy. But homeowners can plant shrubs…
Community Calendar
Farmville Community Calendar — Week of August 19, 2022
The Farmville community calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that…
Lifestyles
Honoring Barbara Rose Johns : New project will tell her story
FARMVILLE – Many people know the Supreme Court’s Brown v. The Board of Education ruling declared segregation in…
Lifestyles
The Word — Can You Still Sing?
Little can compare with traditional Irish folk music for down-to-earth, heel-kicking fun. Some friends of mine had discovered…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds — Godly influence and shooting stars
A friend recently described tense moments while waiting for his wife’s surgery. He wrote: “It was ten o’clock…
Lifestyles
Devotional — God connects through our senses: Hearing
One of the amazing things about being human beings is that we have different ways of experiencing the…
News
Dance fitness class set
Weekly class sessions started for the Farmville Recreation Department’s dance fitness class… the Trae Experience. Get your workout…
Lifestyles
Garden Club collects plastic film
Buckingham Dillwyn Garden Club members are collecting plastic film for recycling. This is part of a cooperative project…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News — Sending out birthday wishes and a few updates
Happy birthday wishes go out this week to the following people: Mattie Bell Gilliam of Dillwyn on Saturday,…
Lifestyles
75th wedding anniversary celebrated
Lindbergh and Evelyn Hardiman are celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary. They were married on Aug. 16, 1947. They…
Education
Back to school prayer
This past week, Farmville United Methodist Church, located at 212 High Street, put together a prayer for kids…
Lifestyles
Commodity prices announced
In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds — Surfing for God
You don’t hear much about it anymore but during the 1960’s and early 70’s there was nothing cooler…
Lifestyles
Devotional — It’s a time in the middle of a time
“Wars and rumours of wars,” (Matthew 24:6); “Earthquakes in divers places, (Mark 13:8); “Men shall become lovers of…
Lifestyles
The Word — Focus on what matters most
Last week I went for a hike with my son, who recently returned from two years of missionary…
Lifestyles
Farm Agency makes changes
As a former rancher myself, I know the tremendous investments — in time, sweat, and thought — that…
Lifestyles
Fundraising gala set for State Fair
Country meets glamor for a good cause at the annual Black Tie & Boots fundraising gala at 6…
Lifestyles
Investment into agricultural bioeconomy
The next generation of Virginia’s agricultural biodesigners are growing their own household items and supply-chain components. Using mushroom…
Lifestyles
Through the Garden Gate — A message from Anca
Hi fellow gardeners, it’s me, Anca. My Mom is busy filling in some holes in the backyard, so…
News
Nottoway Grays Reunion held
A reunion of the 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment Co. G, “Nottoway Grays” was held in Farmville at the…
Trent's Mill News
Sending birthday wishes and sympathy: News from Trent’s Mill
TRENT’S MILL – It’s Friday, Aug. 12. Here’s all the latest news from the Trent’s Mill community. Happy…
Lifestyle Main
After two year pause, Visual Arts program returns in Farmville
FARMVILLE — It’s been nearly two years since the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts held an Art…
Living & Leisure
Movie Review — Bullet Train
BY LAUREN BRADSHAW Special to The Farmville Herald BULLET TRAIN, directed by David Leitch, is an entertaining enough…
Community Calendar
Farmville Community Calendar — Week of August 12, 2022
The Farmville community calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that…
Lifestyles
Dry weather prior to harvest locks in watermelon’s iconic summer sweetness
The drier the days at harvest time, the sweeter the watermelon. Streaked with dark and light green stripes…
Education
FFA competes at state convention
Six members of Buckingham County High School’s FFA earned their state degrees, while many of the students placed…
Lifestyles
Happy to be here — Keep distance from bears, despite the cute, cuddly look
Maybe you’ve seen amusing bear videos on the internet. There’s a cute one with a cub climbing onto…