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May is Business Appreciation Month

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has proclaimed May as Business Appreciation Month in Virginia. “Businesses of all sizes have…

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Farm moms featured in online series

puckettfh.com. Behind every bit of food and fiber is a person with a unique story. The webinar series…

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Sailor’s Creek to host Memorial Day tribute

Sailor’s Creek Battlefield will host a Memorial Day Tribute entitled “The Vacant Chair” Saturday, May 29, at 10…

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Clinical depression in college-aged adults is up 90%

BY HUNTER BRITT Capital News Service Devastated. Drained. Depressed. Those are just a few words college students used…

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Memorial Day garbage schedule

There will be no residential or business garbage pickup, cardboard pickup or miscellaneous/brush pickup on Memorial Day, May…

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It’s time to make jam

Strawberries are ripening in fields across Virginia and more berries will join them soon, which makes it the…

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Crossroads recognizes May as Mental Health Month

This past year presented many different challenges and obstacles that tested everyone’s strength and resiliency. The global pandemic…

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The impossible dream is alive in each of us

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Even during tragedy and disappointment, God is in control. If…

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It’s time to take off the mask

Are you still going to wear a mask? That’s not a question regarding COVID protocol or the relaxing…

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Church and community events

The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…

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Master Gardeners donate books

The Virginia Master Gardeners recently donated a copy of “The Seed Garden – The Art and Practice of…

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Buckingham Baptist Church is 250 years old

Congratulations to Buckingham Baptist Church located at 24234 North James Madison Highway in the Gold Hill area of…

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Wisteria is the perfect plant for a pergola

Whenever I visit friends in England, I’m seriously envious of their garden, but especially the wisteria (wisteria sinensis)…

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Browns Chapel to host benefit gospel sing

The Cumberland County Landfill Alert Committee will host its regular monthly meeting Sunday, May 16, at 3 p.m.…

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Finding true unity is a messy process

In the scriptures we find many calls for unity. From the Psalms: “How pleasant it is for brethren…

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Church and community events

The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…

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We can always rely on God

Tis the season for graduations. Hampden-Sydney just had two, this year’s graduating class and the previous year’s class…

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Benchmark Community Bank is ‘Looking Our Best’

The Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce presented the “Looking Our Best Award” to Benchmark Community Bank Tuesday, May…

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LCVA features youth art exhibition

The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts presents “Start with Art, Learn for Life: The Annual Area Youth…

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In search of the impossible dream

My favorite song within my favorite play, “Man of La Mancha.” is “Impossible Dream.” The story is loosely…

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Finding true unity is a messy process

In the scriptures we find many calls for unity. From the Psalms: “How pleasant it is for brethren…

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Kids to Parks Day

In cooperation with the National Park Trust, Holliday Lake State Park will participate in National Kids to Parks…

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Sailor’s Creek hosts Junior Ranger event

Sailors Creek Battlefield Historical State Park will host a day of Junior Ranger activities and self-guided battlefield exploration…

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Strawberry season has arrived

Strawberry season is here, and farmers are eagerly welcoming guests and their strawberry-picking buckets. “Consumers can expect a…

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Commemorating Hospital Week

Town Manager Dr. Scott Davis and Mayor David Whitus present Centra Southside Community Hospital CEO Thomas Angelo with…

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God loves us in all our varieties

I believe that God likes variety. I also believe that God likes to “paint.” Look around the world…

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For all those contacts in our phone, rejoice

“Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about…