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Letters to the Editor for June 20: Solar and school board raises
A school board pay raise now doesn’t make sense Dear Editor, When people were telling us to “think…
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Opinion
Bill Janis: The App Store Accountability Act creates safety net
The digital age is here to stay. From searching for recipes and movie trivia, to researching complex questions…
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Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, June 18
Since when are spending needs so dire? This letter is with regard to the Green Bay solar site…
Lifestyles
Brian Vincent: ‘We are all in this endeavor, this enterprise together’
Editor’s note: After his speech at last Wednesday’s council meeting, The Herald asked Farmville Mayor Brian Vincent to…
Lifestyles
Letters to the Editor for the week of June 7
We have three pieces from the community in this week’s Letters to the Editor. You can submit your…
Columns
Justin Reid: Dear Cumberland supervisors, ‘don’t poison the well’
In 2018, Cumberland County’s then Board of Supervisors agreed to host — some say illegally (litigation is still…
Lifestyle Main
From the Editor’s Desk: Is the product worth the price?
Sonya Branch-Wilson raised an interesting point during last Monday’s public hearing. The current president of the AMMD Pine…
Lifestyles
Letter to the Editor: Time to take a deep breath
It is time to take a deep breath. If you believe the other side, then we are in…
Columns
Lee Banton: Cumberland County has debt, will travel
Editor’s note: This is the third and final column in the current series Dr. Lee Banton is writing…
Lifestyles
Letter to the Editor: The hard work of unity
Too often, we lament the lack of decency in our society while refusing to extend it to those…
Lifestyles
Lee Banton: The Cumberland Sheriff’s Office needs more funding
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns Dr. Banton is writing for The Herald,…
Lifestyles
Lee Banton: What do the numbers say in Cumberland?
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of columns by Dr. Banton, using his local, regional…
Opinion
Mike Wilson: A story of goose conservation and Brother Wayne
We looked everywhere. For a good 20 minutes and I truly mean a good 20 minutes, we looked…
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Are there rules for being a granddad?
Is there a handbook of some kind? Some guidelines? Basically, what I’m asking is if there are rules…
News
Letter to the Editor: Why do we keep missing the point?
I truly would like someone to explain to me why it is everyone gets so caught up in…
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Is this what you want?
Nobody elected or asked Elon Musk to take a chainsaw to our democracy. But for the last two…
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: ‘We the People’ are still in charge
If you’re not an American who watches for a monthly Social Security check to land in your bank…
News
Letter to the Editor: We just want to see work being done
What a mess. I hate saying that, but it’s true in about every way these days, when someone…
Opinion
Tammy Mulchi: What is Executive Order 47?
As we await further action from the Governor on legislation passed earlier this year, I would like to…
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Dear McGuire, is there waste in government?
Representative McGuire had a telephone call in to hear concerns of constituents earlier this month. He kept emphasizing…
News
Letter to the Editor: Cumberland is a do-nothing county
Cumberland County government has no real leadership; I myself am new to Cumberland, I don’t know the good…
News
From the Editor’s Desk: Courthouse plan raises so many questions
It seemed like a simple question, to me at least. Over the last two weeks, I’ve asked a…
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: ‘You chose poorly’
The scientists noted all the seismographic readings from the San Andreas fault in California. The readings indicated an…
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: The next person has some big shoes to fill
To my understanding Mr. Rob Atkins will be retiring from his role with the Town of Farmville on…
News
Celebrate the Man, Learn from His Legacy: Reflections on Rev. J. Samuel Williams Jr.
Editor’s note: After the death of J. Samuel Williams Jr., we tried to come up with a proper…
News
From the Editor’s Desk: Why the obsession with less local control?
I’m starting to think some General Assembly members want to reset the factory setting way too much. In…
News
Letter to the Editor: How will Farmville be remembered?
When I was a kid, wandering the banks of the Bush River, I remember developing an early consciousness…