Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Showing up matters

Dear Editor,  Over 35% of Prince Edward County public school students were reported chronically absent – missing 10% ...

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Tommy Wright: As the political year winds down…

As we enter the final weeks of 2023, the political year is winding down as well. Governor Youngkin ...

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Letter to the Editor: We can’t keep giving money away

Dear Editor,  I grow tired of politicians who just think they have an infinite piggy bank, filled with ...

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Letter to the Editor: Charting the course

Dear Editor, This time of the year brings out the best in our human character. We are grateful ...

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Letter to the editor: This isn’t going to work

Dear Editor,  I am writing regarding the story related to a sales tax increase to help pay for ...

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Frank Ruff: I had to make a choice

By now, you may have seen the headlines about my pending retirement from the Senate. That decision did ...

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Quentin Johnson: Working with our first college-wide SGA

During my college years, I served on the Student Activities Board, an organization that worked closely with the ...

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Cainan Townsend: There’s a lot coming from the Moton Museum

With the end of the 2023 year, we wanted to take the time to tell everyone we appreciate ...

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From the Editor’s Desk: You need to lay a strong foundation

You don’t run before you can walk. You don’t deliver a speech in German without first learning the ...

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Frank Ruff: Blessed by many angels here on Earth

During my experiences with cancer and surgery, I appreciated the great folks surrounding me. I thought they were ...

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Lifestyles

Mike Wilson: Oh, he will be back …. and so will I

I suppose I am sometimes viewed as “portly” by those with enriched active vocabularies. Accordingly, my chest waders ...

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Dr. Quentin R. Johnson: Early college classes can be a benefit

The U.S. Department of Education reports that students who earn college credits before high school graduation reap numerous ...

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Tom Noehren: It’s Kennedy for me

Sixty years ago, in November of 1963, President John F. Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Texas and succeeded ...

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Mike Wilson: A grand sweep, thanks to Hampden-Sydney

Back when our girls were small, my teaching schedule at Hampden-Sydney College allowed us to make a grand ...

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Frank Ruff Jr.: The path not taken

As with most, when we hear the term ‘cancer’ in relation to ourselves or those we love, our ...

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Josh Blakely: If we only…

Over the past several years, I’ve worked in an academic program that challenges undergraduate students to learn about ...

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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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Letter to the Editor: Three minutes for what?

Dear Editor,  I just heard from my Board of Supervisors (BOS) member that the public comments at the ...

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Letter to the Editor: Some changes for Habitat

Dear Editor,  Jayne Johnson, the Executive Director of Piedmont Habitat for Humanity, has a very distinct honor that ...

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Dove Standley: Thoughts on resilience, authenticity, neighbors and support

On Nov. 20 every year, we observe Transgender Day of Remembrance. The week preceding is Transgender Awareness Week. ...

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Letter to the Editor: Let’s stop littering

Dear Editor,  I am part of the “What’s Happening in Farmville’ group on Facebook. The other day, a ...

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Letter to the editor: ‘A call to action’

Dear Editor,  As I write this, votes are being tallied and winners announced. It appears that the Democrats ...

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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 ...

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: The definition of a veteran

Dear Editor,  We’d like to share a definition of a “veteran”: a veteran is someone who, at a ...

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Mike Wilson: Make mine a redhead

If zipping along in the dark at 26 knots in 25 degree temperatures and 20 knot winds in ...

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Letter to the Editor: Solar farm not for our neighborhood

How would you feel if you learned an energy company had proposed building a solar farm in your ...

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