Business

Tharpe speaks to BEST

Tim Tharpe, manager and co-owner of J.R. Tharpe Trucking, was guest speaker at the March meeting of the ...

Business

From desk job to auger operator

By Carson Reeher Special to The Farmville Herald Charlotte Gaines helps keep the lights on in Farmville. She ...

Business

SEC observes Lineman Appreciation Day

Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) observes the second Monday in April as National Lineman Appreciation Day. Joining electric co-ops ...

Business

Chamber recognizes longtime members

The Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce recently recognized several longtime members with over 25 years of membership during ...

Business

Centra SCH observes National Volunteer Week

Centra Southside Community Hospital marks National Volunteer Week by saying thank you to all its dedicated volunteers. National ...

Buckingham

Pilots decry tax increase, farmers defend land use taxation program

Pilots who own planes and fly out of the Farmville Regional Airport and farmers who own land across ...

Business

Southall named to leadership team

Farmville native Sheila Southall has been named to a leadership team by McClung Companies. The team will study ...

Business

Spring railroad excursions planned

The Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society has announced its spring railroad excursions. Catch the ...

Business

Chamber, Centra and H-SC strike out strokes

On Tuesday, the Farmville community gathered at the Ty Cobb Stadium at Hampden-Sydney College to learn about the ...

Business

Longwood ceramics, pottery studio collaborate

When the owner of a Farmville pottery studio had a problem with one of her glazes recently, all ...

Business

Projects win grant money

By Carly Shaia Special to The Farmville Herald On Friday, $5,000 in grant money was divided and awarded ...

Business

Centra to mark Autism Awareness Month

Centra Autism & Development Services will celebrate Autism Awareness Month on Saturday, World Autism Day. Centra Virginia Baptist ...

Business

Great Clips holds ribbon-cutting

A ribbon cutting was held recently for Great Clips, 7793 Richmond Highway, Appomattox. The business provides haircuts only ...

Business

SOUP event to be held Friday at the LCVA

The community is invited to the inaugural Farmville Downtown Partnership’s SOUP event, set for Friday at 6 p.m. ...

Business

‘Strike Out Stroke’ game is Tuesday

FARMVILLE — Centra Southside Community Hospital, Hampden-Sydney College and the Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce are teaming up ...

Business

Tobacco Commission awards producer support grant

CAMPBELL — Livestock producers in 14 counties across southside Virginia will be eligible for matching grants this year under ...

Business

Colonial Farm Credit announces earnings for 2015

MECHANICSVILLE — Agricultural lender Colonial Farm Credit reported a large net income for the year ending December 31, ...

Business

Brennan to join the Centra Autism Center

Centra is pleased to announce Teresa Brennan, M.D., developmental pediatrician, will be joining the Centra Autism & Development ...

Business

Centra celebrates Doctor’s Day

Centra Southside Community Hospital in Farmville recently celebrated Doctor’s Day, observed on Wednesday. According to doctorsday.org, the observance ...

Business

Centra physician wins national award

For substantial work in geriatrics, including her dedication and work in the Centra PACE program, Dr. Verna Sellers ...

Business

Farmville Chamber meets

Brad Watson, of Davenport LLC, and Longwood University President W. Taylor Reveley IV were the guest speakers at ...

Buckingham

Market will offer SNAP payments

A $500 donation from Centra Southside Community Hospital is enabling the most needy and low-income in the community ...

Business

Hospice of Central Virginia files for bankruptcy

RICHMOND — American Hospice Management Holdings LLC, including Richmond-based Hospice of Central Virginia, has filed for Chapter 11 ...

Business

Mid-Atlantic Broadband presents donation to robotics team

For the first time, Cumberland County Public Schools competed in the FIRST Robotics competition. FIRST Robotics, founded in ...

Dr. Quentin Johnson

Business

SEC and MEC endorse SVCC Lineman School

Following the early March announcement of the launch of Virginia’s first Power Line Worker Training School, students and ...

Buckingham

Tax hikes proposed, real estate tax rate would increase from 50 to 55 cents

County supervisors in Buckingham are proposing a 5-cent increase in the county’s real estate tax rate for fiscal ...

Business

Banks wants April vote on water, sewer rates

County supervisors in Cumberland recently tabled a code amendment that, if approved, would increase water and sewer utility ...

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