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Encouraging planning

As I’ve alluded to before, I enjoy covering college athletic signings, events in which high school student-athletes announce ...

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Support for gun laws

Peter Kapuscinski in his letter “On Northam’s response to gun violence” says that Governor Northam should enforce current ...

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Democrats are not socialists

Editor: I’m tired of hearing how Democrats are socialist, we’re not. We do believe that some parts of ...

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Piedmont Regional Jail captains honored

The Piedmont Regional Jail Authority recently honored Captain Lanay Walker, left, and Captain Royal Eanes for outstanding service ...

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Veterinary clinic receives Community Pride Award

Slate River Veterinary Clinic, located on Twin Creek Road east of Buckingham Court House, received the Buckingham Chamber ...

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Accountable for health

The 17 people who are detained and the five employees of the Farmville Detention Center are in a ...

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Part II: Do’s and don’ts of tree planting

Last month, we talked about how to properly plant and care for trees. In this column, we will ...

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Attentive representatives

A concept that seems as old as time is that of a representative who is elected or appointed ...

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Special session

Governor Northam has set the date of the Special Session for Tuesday, July 9. We know now is ...

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On Northam’s response to gun violence

Editor: Governor Northam advocates new gun control laws while at the same time, is OK with terminating the ...

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Town recital held

The 48th town recital was held Sunday, May 5, at College Church at Hampden Sydney. Four piano teachers ...

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Tribute to the Dukes

We would like to take a moment to celebrate and commend the 2019 Cumberland County High School varsity ...

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The role of our 29th Division 116th Infantry on D-Day

As Virginia prepares for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, it is a good time to look back to ...

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Apathy … alive and well in Cumberland County

Editor: Election time is quickly approaching. Parker Wheeler (Cumberland County Board of Supervisors 5th District) would not commit ...

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Club saver of the month

Ruth Horst of Benchmark Community Bank presents Breanna Bryant with a certificate for being one of the monthly ...

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Keeping people informed

This article has been corrected from its original version.  An organization can only improve if its leaders take ...

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Victory Gardens: How vegetables helped win a war

Tomorrow is D-Day. This day commemorates the events of June 6, 1944, when allied troops stormed the beaches ...

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June 6, 1944 – 75 years ago

Editor: They were the men who never talked about the horrors of war or the bravery required on ...

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179th successful appointment

Transporting Lilly Norman, center, served as Piedmont Senior Resources’ (PSR) 179th successful appointment with its booming non emergency ...

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Finding the truth of the story

President Trump uses the term “fake news” in his public pronouncements quite often. While he never defines it, ...

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Retirement dinner honors educators

A retirement dinner was held for retirees of Buckingham County Schools May 9 at the Buckingham CTE Center. ...

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More on the ACP

Editor: I would like to add a little more to the opinion that was written by my friend, ...

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Always remember

One of the largest takeaways from the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, ...

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Graduation reflections

I covered a couple of graduations this past weekend — one in The Herald coverage area — and ...

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Raising the federal tobacco age to 21

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), youth e-cigarette users increased by 1.5 million from ...

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CUCPS staff members win SVRTC awards

Three staff members of Cumberland County Public Schools (CUCPS) received awards at the 13th Annual Awards Banquet sponsored ...

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May Community Pride Award

Herbert E. Maxey Jr. PC Attorney at Law is the May recipient of the Buckingham Chamber of Commerce’s ...

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