Opinion
A note of encouragement
The Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors is entering a time of key transition in the next several…
Editorials
The benefits of community newspapers
The Information Age has changed the way many of you get your news, but community newspapers continue to…
Opinion
Cause for celebration
The Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce, while honoring area businesses and individuals making strides in our community, had…
Opinion
What to make of this transition
We stand at the beginning of a new year, and being at this point recalls a line written…
Opinion
Write it out
If you live in the counties of Buckingham, Cumberland and Prince Edward, you may be familiar with the requests…
Opinion
Retrospective of 2018
The year 2018 has contained a lot of memories for the Heart of Virginia. Before the clock strikes…
Opinion
Climate change
Regardless of where you stand on the topic of climate change, there’s no denying that potential variations in…
Opinion
Together in times of crisis
The severe weather in the region this year has been alarming. The extent of the destruction we’ve seen…
Opinion
Commendable government
Whether the government in question is local, state or federal, we have certain words that come to mind…
Opinion
Parade a community effort
The organizations and individuals that lined up for Sunday’s Farmville Jaycees Christmas Parade spanned nearly three digits, 89…
Opinion
Salute to small businesses
Small businesses are an important lifeblood to any economy. They may be the seed that later becomes an enormous…
Opinion
Highlighting studious supervisors
It is a commendable thing for public servants to push themselves to become better at their job, especially…
Opinion
Salute to the restorers
Some of us gained a glimpse of another world when we lost power and saw our access blocked…
Opinion
Perpetual thanks
There is much present in what constitutes Prince Edward, Buckingham and Cumberland counties that we have to be…
Opinion
Veterans Day thoughts
If you heard bells peal across the Heart of Virginia Sunday at 11 a.m., anywhere from churches, to…
Opinion
Best healthcare possible
It was encouraging to see leadership with Centra Southside Community Hospital and Centra Health organize and interact with…
Opinion
Keeping our communities safe
Halloween is upon us. We at The Herald wish families, parents, guardians and children a fun and safe…
Opinion
Salute to gridiron stalwarts
The work that our high school football players are putting in right now is extraordinary and quite worthy of…
Opinion
Festival of growth
We would like to congratulate Juanita Giles and everyone else involved in the Virginia Children’s Book Festival (VCBF)…
Opinion
Coming together for a cure
John Horoszewski with Edward Jones in Farmville may have said it best when he described Alzheimer’s disease as…
Opinion
Endorsing happily ever afters
It was a gratifying thing to see the community turn out in support of the Farmville Area Habitat…
Opinion
Have an illuminating, fair old time
While rain and some fog is shaping up to be in the forecast Thursday and Friday, Saturday will…
Opinion
Following Griffin’s example
Residents of the Heart of Virginia celebrated the 101st birthday of The Rev. L. Francis Griffin, who was…
Opinion
Making information accessible
A number of questions and issues were asked by Buckingham residents and residents of counties across Virginia during…
Opinion
Alive and thriving
The lifeblood of Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC) and Longwood University is students, and naturally, both institutions prefer to welcome…
Opinion
In celebration of school traditions
It is around this time of the school year that an abundance of traditions are upheld and highlighted,…
Editorials
A step in the right direction
Last week the U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously to remove tariffs on newsprint, putting an end to…