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It’s time to raise the minimum wage
Two bills to raise Virginia’s minimum wage currently advancing through the General Assembly will clearly show if legislators ... Read more
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Economic development is a team sport
The days of individual towns and counties having separate economic development departments who play nice in person while ... Read more
Editorials
New board, same issues
Cumberland County voters stated their feelings about the Board of Supervisors loud and clear at the ballot box ... Read more
Opinion
A tribute to Mr. Bill Wall
We are grateful to the late William Bidgood “Bill” Wall for the time, energy, passion and dedication that ... Read more
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Cheering on our team
Excitement for Longwood University men’s basketball was ignited in a special way last season, as new Head Coach ... Read more
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Helping you be in the know
It is an important thing for voters to have a good understanding of who the candidates are that ... Read more
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Extolling Call Me MISTER
We would like to take a moment to highlight and praise Longwood University’s Call Me MISTER (CMM) program, ... Read more
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Positive community engagement
It has been encouraging to see authorities engaging with the community, and vice versa, in intentional and especially ... Read more
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Commending first responders
Fire departments, police departments and rescue squads in the Heart of Virginia have an enormous responsibility: to save ... Read more
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Highlighting discernment
All too often in government it seems like there is a lack of proper discernment and planning for ... Read more
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Chance to learn about alpha-gal
Health has a critical role in our lives as individuals, and as a community. Education is an important ... Read more
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Realized hopes
In the March 30, 2018 edition of The Herald, we published an editorial expressing our hopes for the ... Read more
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Insight into journalism
We would like to take a moment to highlight the Rhetoric Film Series taking place at Hampden-Sydney College ... Read more
Opinion
A note of encouragement
The Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors is entering a time of key transition in the next several ... Read more
Editorials
The benefits of community newspapers
The Information Age has changed the way many of you get your news, but community newspapers continue to ... Read more
Opinion
Write it out
If you live in the counties of Buckingham, Cumberland and Prince Edward, you may be familiar with the requests ... Read more
Opinion
Salute to small businesses
Small businesses are an important lifeblood to any economy. They may be the seed that later becomes an enormous ... Read more
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Salute to gridiron stalwarts
The work that our high school football players are putting in right now is extraordinary and quite worthy of ... Read more
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Coming together for a cure
John Horoszewski with Edward Jones in Farmville may have said it best when he described Alzheimer’s disease as ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Opinion
Bringing to light
The community meeting involving those affected by the circumstances that brought about the Robert Russa Moton Museum, representatives ... Read more
Editorials
Remarkable contributor
Monday was, indeed, an exciting day for Farmville as the grand opening of Hotel Weyanoke took place. High ... Read more