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Lifestyles
Edward Strickler: Sometimes promises are all we have
The Farmville community celebrated an annual LGBTQ Pride Picnic recently. Sixty or more attended – grandparents, parents and…
July 8, 2025
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…
June 18, 2025
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…
June 15, 2025
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…
June 4, 2025
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…
April 29, 2025
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,…
April 26, 2025
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…
April 25, 2025
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…
April 23, 2025
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…
April 11, 2025
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…
March 21, 2025
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…
March 12, 2025
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…
February 19, 2025
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…
February 18, 2025
News
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…
January 22, 2025
News
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”…
January 13, 2025
News
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…
January 11, 2025
News
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…
January 10, 2025
Opinion
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…
January 9, 2025
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…
December 26, 2024
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…
December 25, 2024
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…
December 12, 2024
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!”…
December 12, 2024
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…
November 30, 2024
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…
October 25, 2024
Columns
Mike Wilson: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
How did I spend my summer vacation? Short version: In a sensorial semi-fog. Detailed version: Plan A was…
October 23, 2024
Lifestyles
Edward Strickler: We need to get involved with county planning
In the matter of changes for the better with local public education: It is excellent to read and…
October 11, 2024
Education
Justin Pope: For the next school leader, we must aim high
The first thing to say about the departure of Dr. Barbara Johnson as school superintendent is “thank you.”…
October 6, 2024
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