Engagements
Garden Club held holiday luncheon
The ladies of the Nora Lancaster Garden Club recently held their annual holiday luncheon and yankee swap. Laughter,…
Lifestyles
Hotel Weyanoke and Farmville revisited
BY KATHERINE (PETERS) WEBSTER During the fall, my husband and I (two old people and a dog) decided…
Lifestyles
Garden Study Club creates holiday wreaths
On Nov. 17 the Garden Study Club held a program on Making Holiday Wreaths. The program was led…
Lifestyles
Church and Community events for the week of Dec. 24
The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…
Celebrations
Ribbon cutting held
The Farmville Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting at James River Home Health and Hospice. They recently…
Lifestyles
Column — Grace this Christmas
Is it really so hard to get along with one another? Are you concerned about how your Christmas…
News
Battle of the Bulbs winners announced
The Farmville Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 2021 Battle of the Bulbs Holiday Decorating…
Lifestyles
Garden club decorates park
For the last quarter-of-a-century, the Appomattox Garden Club has given their time and service every year in December…
Lifestyles
‘It’s not wonderful for all, but it can be’
I find it ironic that we call the Christmas Season “the most wonderful time of the year.” As…
Lifestyles
Christmas giving: Letters
I wrote about a plea for help from a family with no way to provide Christmas for their…
Lifestyles
Church and Community Events for the week of Dec. 17
The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…
Lifestyles
Holiday and Christmas programs
Buckingham Baptist Church located 24234 North James Madison Hwy., New Canton will host its annual Christmas program on…
Lifestyles
Movie Review: West Side Story
When is a remake better than the original? Almost never. So the fact that Steven Spielberg has improved…
Public Schools
Jackson finishes second in tractor competition
Sarah Jackson, an eleventh grade student at Cumberland High School, recently placed second in the State Tractor Driving…
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Spending our time
And Jesus said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s…
Lifestyles
Donation given
Farmville Moose Lodge 968 gave a donation for $1,000 to the Burkeville Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. From left…
Lifestyles
CCLA meeting canceled
The Cumberland County Landfill Alert Committee, a non-profit organization, due to the busy holiday schedule has canceled its…
Lifestyles
Yoga classes offered
The Farmville Recreation Department will begin holding yoga classes on Monday, December 13. Join new instructor Torian Jones,…
Lifestyles
Church and community events
The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…
Lifestyles
Fitzgerald completes bags for seniors
The Fitzgerald Baptist Women on Missions group completed 200 gift bags for senior adults in Cumberland County as…
Lifestyles
Youth can apply for 2021 State Fair exhibitor scholarships
The State Fair of Virginia is pleased to announce details for the 2021 applied scholarship program. Youth who…
Lifestyles
The fanciful turkey tail fungus: nature’s recycler
“Nature doth thus kindly heal every wound. By the mediation of a thousand little mosses and fungi, the…
Lifestyles
Come and see promises fulfilled
“Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the…
Lifestyles
Christmas parade brings holiday cheer
It seemed like nearly all of Farmville had come out Sunday, Dec. 5, to watch the annual Farmville…
Lifestyles
Christmas giving
A recent email: “Pray for my children. I know they will have nothing for Christmas, and it’s tearing…
Lifestyles
Ladybug, ladybug
A couple weeks ago, I stepped out of my house on a warm, Indian summer day. A ladybug…
Lifestyles
SEC, CoBank support National D-Day Memorial
Southside Electric Cooperative and banking partner CoBank donated a combined $15,000 to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation a…