Lifestyles
Vacation bible school activities
The Cumberland County Landfill Alert Committee, a nonprofit organization, will be hosting its regular monthly meeting on Sunday,…
Lifestyles
Working farm dogs contest set
Farm dogs protect livestock and property, herd animals and neutralize pests, all while providing loving companionship for farm…
Lifestyles
Church and Community Events for the week of May 13
The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…
Lifestyles
Through the garden gate — Iconoclastic container plantings
Now that warm weather is definitely here to stay, it’s time to prepare new container plantings for the…
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Devotional — Careful consideration of symbols
Numbers 21:4-9 is an interesting and troubling story of the people of God on the Exodus becoming bitter…
Lifestyles
Commodity prices released
Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on May 6: In Virginia, state graded feeder…
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Open house set
St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwyn is hosting an Open House on Saturday, May 14, from 11 a.m.…
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Mayfest planned
Mayfest will be held Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Historic Village at…
Lifestyles
Movie Review — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
BY LAUREN BRADSHAW Special to The Farmville Herald DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS is without a…
Lifestyles
Can trees save lives?
BY CONNIE HO USDA Natural Resources and Environment Over the years, natural outdoor environments in cities have disappeared…
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Removing dangerous medications
On Saturday, April 30, the Farmville Police Department and Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office joined together for the…
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Fireworks in the woods
One of my favorite spring ephemerals, the eastern shooting star (Primula meadia), has a variety of common names…
Lifestyles
‘New life in Christ Jesus’
Life changes as time goes by. Life starts at conception, and for those who make it safely from…
News
Good neighbor fundraiser
Through the month of May, the Applebee’s in Farmville will host a Good Neighbor Fundraiser to benefit United…
News
PSC holds fundraising banquet
The Pregnancy Support Center (PSC) of Southside Virginia hosted its first in-person fundraising banquet since 2019 on Thursday,…
Lifestyles
Guided tours of Mulberry Hill to be held
Starting in May, Mulberry Hill will be open the first Saturday of the month through September. There will…
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DAR announces newest member
The Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), has announced their newest member. Following…
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Community Calendar for the week of May 6
The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…
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Movie Review: The Northman
By Lauren Bradshaw Special to The Farmville Herald THE NORTHMAN, written and directed by Robert Eggers, is totally…
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Lab workers celebrated
The theme for Lab Week 2022 is “Giving the Gift of Health.” “This year, we celebrate diversity among…
Education
The Monuments Men at High Street Theatre
High Street Theatre presents The Monuments Men, a film about one of the largest art heists in history,…
Lifestyles
Starfield exploration with Crewe Astronomy Club
Camp Paradise Access and the center of High Bridge will be the location for a spring sky program,…
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Auditions for The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
The next production at Waterworks will be The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, by John Bishop, and will…
Lifestyles
HOVMGA continues book donations to libraries
The Heart of Virginia Master Gardeners (HOVMGA), which has been donating books on gardening topics to local libraries…
Education
Winners of Young Writers Competition announced
In a partnership between Creative Writing and English Education at Longwood, and with support from the Cook-Cole College…
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Devotional – God Cries
He replied, “I have kept all these since my youth.” 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to…
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Church and Community Events for the week of April 29
The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…