Guest Column
Sundari Morgan: Expressing yourself can help build self-esteem
March is Women’s Month, and the topic of “female empowerment” is all the rage, but how do we apply that to our daily lives? Expressing ...
Guest Columnist, Author at Farmville
Columns
Chambers: Seven things the Lord hates
This is taken from Proverbs 6:16-19. There are seven things that the Lord hates and cannot tolerate. A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, March 17, 2023 4:14 pm
High School
Breaking the color barrier: Stopping for a snack
By Dr. Ray A. Gaskins Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series by Dr. Gaskins on the struggle to break the color ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, February 25, 2023 6:44 pm
Farmville
‘Same Time Next Year’ delivers a peak performance
By Evelyn Wozniak The Waterworks production of Same Time Next Year, directed by Billy Tucker, is a sentimental dance thru time bursting with a genuine ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, February 24, 2023 8:05 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: We want our leaders to answer us
Everything is possible if you wish hard enough is supposedly what Peter Pan said. Well, the citizens of Buckingham County and perhaps the greater Virginia ...
by Guest Columnist, Tuesday, January 10, 2023 11:28 pm
Columns
Your Turn — Adieu 2022, welcome 2023 with hope and optimism
If there’s one thing we have to do now is to say adieu 2022. With all the events and situations that made 2022 unforgettable and ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, December 30, 2022 5:31 pm
Farmville
Theatre Review: Players tell a great story with latest panto
By Jes Simmons Youngsters and those who are young-at-heart in Farmville and surrounds are in for a December treat as Mary Jo Stockton directs the ...
by Guest Columnist, Thursday, December 8, 2022 2:45 pm
OPINION
Sundari Morgan: It’s time to be your own icon
The holiday season is truly “the most wonderful time of the year,” but for those struggling with self-image, it can be a time tainted by ...
by Guest Columnist, Thursday, December 1, 2022 12:00 pm
Columns
Your Turn — Let’s give thanks for our ambassador teachers
Topping my “thankful” list in our community this holiday season are Kerensa Smith, Raymond Tubojan and all of their fellow teachers from abroad, working incredibly ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, November 25, 2022 2:13 pm
Columns
Your Turn — Paying tribute to Gunther, Havlat and the 11th hour
The 11th hour has become synonymous with Veterans Day, originally called Armistice Day, in recognition of the document signed at the 11th hour, or the ...
by Guest Columnist, Thursday, November 3, 2022 11:34 am
WATERWORKS PLAYERS
REVIEW: A strong cast leads Waterworks’ rendition of Twelfth Night
FARMVILLE – Waterworks Players’ bewitching production of Twelfth Night — Shakespeare’s tale of desire and disguise, vanity and vacillation, lunacy and lovesickness — opened in ...
by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 2:14 pm
Editorials
Reflections on National Newspaper Week
This is National Newspaper Week, and if you are reading these words, chances are you already have an appreciation for the role that newspapers – ...
by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, October 5, 2022 12:50 pm
Columns
Your Turn — I’ll let you in on a secret
I was truly disgusted when I saw the blatantly transphobic and uninformed “opinion” piece The Farmville Herald allowed to be printed on Wednesday, September 28. ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, September 30, 2022 10:40 am
Devotional
Devotional — ‘When we all get to heaven’
As a little girl, I loved watching the older women (who we called “Mothers of the Church”, or elders) get excited when certain gospel songs ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, September 16, 2022 3:34 pm
Columns
Opinion — This is all of us
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. These are precious words to live by. They are woven through the fabric of ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, September 2, 2022 4:35 pm
Guest Columns
Your Turn — What about the impact?
Recently, a number of conditional use permits (CUPs) in agricultural areas have been handed out to industrial businesses, specifically permanent sawmills, without considering if they ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, August 26, 2022 3:53 pm
Columns
Column —Your family’s life is on the November ballot
Everyone needs to understand that politics drives human functioning, as well as your dignity and quality of life. Stated simply, the action or inaction of ...
by Guest Columnist, Thursday, August 4, 2022 3:18 pm
Columns
Opinion — Cumberland County does not need the Green Ridge Mega-Landfill
A group of concerned citizens of the Commonwealth, residents of Cumberland County, and stakeholders in the historically Black Pine Grove community take issue with mischaracterizations ...
by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, August 3, 2022 2:40 pm
YOUR TURN
Your turn — Buckingham schools prepare for new year
At Buckingham County Public Schools, we are eagerly gearing up for the new academic school year, beginning Monday, Aug. 8. Faculty and staff have been ...
by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 12:15 pm
Columns
Your Turn — Google and Facebook are threatening local news
Dean Ridings, CEO America’s Newspapers Thomas Jefferson famously declared, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, July 22, 2022 6:51 pm
Columns
State birds and flowers have rich history
By Randi Clifford VCE South Central Master Gardener Did you ever wonder how the state bird designation got started? In the 1980s official state bird ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, July 2, 2022 3:20 pm
Columns
The Word: Seek the peace and prosperity of the city
It can be easy to feel like an exile in our world today. Cable news, social media, even family dinners and break room conversations can ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, July 2, 2022 10:55 am
OPINION
Love is more than a notion
In a recent Bible study at our church, we began by sharing our feelings on the massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvale, Texas. Some ...
by Guest Columnist, Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:15 pm
Columns
YOUR TURN — Community
Community: living in the same area, sharing, caring and helping one another in a time of need. It is our vision at STEPS Inc. to ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, June 3, 2022 4:06 pm
Columns
A Bridge afar
By James Harris Special to The Farmville Herald Mickey Smith, Billy Simmons, Chris Harvell, and I met at the Wingina boat landing on the James ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, June 3, 2022 11:35 am
OPINION
Reflect upon the sacrifice
As Benjamin Franklin walked out of Independence Hall at the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, an elder woman approached him and asked, “Well, ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, May 27, 2022 12:30 pm
OPINION
Your turn — Why the golf course should be kept open
The recent decision by the Farmville Town Council to close the Municipal Golf Course effective June 30 of this year should be reconsidered. Based on ...