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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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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 ...

Opinion

Editor’s Desk: You never know what you’re missing

I was wondering when the first call about this would come in. And when it did happen, basically ...

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Columns

From the Editor’s Desk: Little things help after Hurricane Helene

It may seem a bit corny or even too old fashioned to ask for this. Ironically though, it’s ...

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Lifestyles

From the Editor’s Desk: You’d be surprised how much that helps

They said it was pretty impressive how quickly the thing spread. And no, that’s not an actual compliment. ...

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Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: We can’t just ignore a parking fine problem

There has to be a balance. We can’t just ignore a problem, but the response can’t be so ...

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From The Editor’s Desk: I have yet to meet the free money fairy

I have yet to meet the free money fairy. I’m told that much like Santa Claus, all it ...

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Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: There’s no quick fix button on this

Some problems don’t have an immediate fix. You can’t just press a button and hit reset. Instead, it ...

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From The Editor’s Desk: Some solar decisions don’t make sense

There comes a point where common sense has to win, where you weigh the pros and cons and ...

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Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: Let’s talk about the dreaded ‘A’ word

Ok, so the headline is a bit of a tease. I can think of plenty ‘a’ words that ...

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Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: Better schools don’t just benefit families

The man was more than a little irritated. After we published my story about the Prince Edward sales ...

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Opinion

From The Editor’s Desk: If Prince Edward doesn’t grow, stores won’t come

Promises alone won’t attract companies. I know that’s not what some people want to hear, but if you ...

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Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: Forget Target, we’re just not there yet

There are some things people don’t want to hear. Nobody wants to be told they’re not good enough ...

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A Thanksgiving Editorial: We should all aim to be like Sarah Hale

The letters just kept coming. Year after year, decade after decade. Sarah Hale never stopped, despite being ignored. ...

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From the Editor’s Desk: Sometimes, a forfeit isn’t a bad thing

They knew what they did was wrong. It was clear as crystal on each of their faces as ...

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Lifestyles

From the Editor’s Desk: I think I’ve seen this movie before

The emails started coming in not even a day after the story went up. Last week, we covered ...

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Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: What will bring young people back? Not this

“What will bring young people back here?” Now, I might not be the best person to be asked ...

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Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: I still don’t understand this flag fight

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around something for a while now and it still just doesn’t ...

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Brian Carlton: Buckingham, you can’t win unless you play the game

The numbers weren’t great. Buckingham County has 16,824 residents, but out of that number, only 26 felt the ...

Opinion

Maggie Snoddy: Let’s talk about the registrar’s office

On June 14, former Buckingham County interim registrar Luis Gutierrez, was given space in this paper to share ...

Farmville Rock the Block fireworks

Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: Dear Farmville, here’s what I saw Monday

The kids were laughing, the parents were relaxing and plenty of people, including myself, were in line to ...

Memorial Day

Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: A lesson from the American Revolution

A British doctor named Richard Schuckburg came up with the idea, decades before the American Revolution. In 1755, ...

Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: We need to hear from one more side

You have to respect the Buckingham County Planning Commission’s work. And they have done the work. They’ve held ...

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News

From the Editor’s Desk: What should the future of Farmville be?

Aldi said no. It wasn’t a maybe. It wasn’t a ‘we’ll see’ or ‘I’ll let you know’. When ...

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Education

From the Editor’s Desk: Virginia schools need answers, not delays

You can always tell when something’s not a priority. People give big speeches, we hear how much they ...

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