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Letter to the Editor: Is a solar takeover really needed in Virginia?
I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around what exactly the Democrats in Richmond are thinking. Having ...
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Letter to the Editor: We need to stop the proposed landfill
It’s not a done deal as Cumberland County just received a second conditional use permit application for the ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: I appreciate what Amos did about fences
On Wednesday, January 15, I looked up from my copy of the Herald. It seemed the sun shone ...
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Tommy Wright: I stand with local government. Solar is their choice.
Both a subcommittee and the full Commission on Electric Utility Regulation heard recommendations from staff at their meetings ...
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Letter to the Editor: Data centers at the heart of solar push
HB 2068 by Tom Garrett, ensuring that county government would continue to have the land use decision right ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: When will Kinex be finished?
How much longer do some people in Cumberland County have to wait, before Kinex Telecom finally gets the ...
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Letter to The Editor: Why does the Assembly want control of solar?
According to The Herald, some of our senators are pushing ahead to try and take the decision regarding ...
Opinion
Letter to The Editor: We need more foster families in Farmville
I’ll never forget our first foster care placement, a sibling set in need of an emergency placement. After ...
Opinion
Letter to The Editor: The solar bill makes me think of a landfill
I admit, I wasn’t even thinking about solar when reading your editorial. I was and still am thinking ...
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Sharon Harrup: A response to concerns about STEPS
As the President & CEO of STEPS, I had decided not to engage in a “point counter point” ...
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From The Editor’s Desk: Does Assembly work for residents or investors?
It all made sense after I sat through Monday’s meeting. Before that hearing, I was trying to understand ...
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Tommy Wright: Why do some people laugh at a Virginia tax cut?
The 2025 General Assembly Session will start Wednesday, Jan. 6 and Democrats have apparently learned nothing from the ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: We need more people to foster children
I am writing on behalf of UMFS. I would love the opportunity to share with the community my ...
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Tammy Mulchi: Here’s what I’ll be working on in the Assembly
I hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas filled with love and cherished moments with family and ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Why I’m voting for Jack Trammell
We have an upcoming special election on January 7th to fill the 10th District Virginia Senate seat formerly ...
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: A low crawl lesson, a gift given at Christmas
First of all, to the grandparents and parents out there who raced around big box stores, who stared ...
Lifestyles
From the Editor’s Desk: As Christmas bells ring, what do you hear?
He hadn’t given permission. I mean that didn’t matter now, because Charles was gone. But it was another ...
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Letter to the Editor: An open letter to Cumberland supervisors
It is my understanding that the Cumberland supervisors don’t allow folks from outside the county to speak during ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: We need more in Cumberland
Cumberland, Virginia. It is a complex issue for me to grasp the inactivity of the county. I know ...
Lifestyles
Edward Strickler: The 10th District answers were interesting
First, thank you Farmville Herald for publishing verbatim responses of 10th District Republican candidates who want to represent ...
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Letter to the Editor: This Confederate case could be a long one
The Confederate Battle Flag has a “newer” use that goes beyond its original use as a Civil War ...
Lifestyles
Bellenir: A Christmas lesson, joining hands to overcome fear
One iconic moment in the traditional Christmas story is when an angel appears to some shepherds. “Fear not!” ...
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: A cautionary tale of hunting season and Cedar Island
As we head into hunting season, I reflect back on one of my unique experiences from years past ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Some history of Venable Hall
I was pleased to read about the renovation of Venable Hall at Hampden-Sydney College. I hope your readers ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Fix the system at the source
Dear Editor, State Senator Tammy Mulchi (Senate District 9) misleads her constituents and your newspaper readers by saying ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Our president is a lame duck
Dear Editor, To my observation and opinion, what has unfolded in politics since this past July has exceeded ...
Opinion
Tammy Mulchi: Less than two weeks left
We will be less than two weeks away from the Nov. 5 election by the time this article ...
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VCU vs. Saint Bonaventure Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total – January 24
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