Columns
Historic Moton strike continued founding America
When in the course of human events… We gather here in the course of our human event to celebrate and commemorate the 65th anniversary of ...
Ken Woodley, III, Author at Farmville
Hampden-Sydney College
Rep. Hurt Extols Virtues Of H-SC: ‘Engaged, Educated Citizens Can Meet The Challenge’
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY — Fifth District Congressman Robert Hurt initially approached Hampden-Sydney College’s invitation to speak at commencement as if it were a large, prickly cactus. He ...
by Ken Woodley, III, Friday, May 29, 2015 6:12 pm
Editorials
My Final Editorial
How do you say farewell, as editor, to an entire community? And after 36 years, the last quarter century spent “preaching” from this pulpit, a ...
by Ken Woodley, III, Friday, May 29, 2015 5:23 pm
Columns
Caught Up In The Slipstream Of Another’s Wings
The sun wasn’t setting. Even though this moment of daylight-into-darkening was the precise minute sunset was forecast by calculations based on latitude and longitude. Nor ...
by Ken Woodley, III, Friday, May 29, 2015 4:52 pm
Farmville
Bowen Stitches 4-H Excellence
FARMVILLE — If Jennifer Bowen’s winning Virginia Tech’s 2015 Alumni Award for Excellence in Extension were the eye of a needle, then her triumph is ...
by Ken Woodley, III, Friday, May 29, 2015 4:28 pm
Farmville
Woodley Departs Herald After 36 Years
FARMVILLE — After 36 years with the newspaper, today’s edition is the last for Ken Woodley, who has worked for The Farmville Herald since 1979 ...
by Ken Woodley, III, Friday, May 29, 2015 4:24 pm
Farmville
Easement For Dorm Approved By Town
FARMVILLE — During a special called meeting Tuesday, town council granted a perpetual site development easement, necessary for new dorm construction, to the Longwood Real ...
by Ken Woodley, III, Friday, May 29, 2015 4:14 pm
Farmville
Community Yule Plans Unfolding: An Artificial Tree Appears Headed To N. Main Plaza
FARMVILLE — The proposed community Christmas tree appears headed toward the plaza where High Bridge Trail crosses North Main Street. The initial question of a ...
by Ken Woodley, III, Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:26 am
Editorials
Sen. Garrett’s Regional University Philosophy Also Argues For Increased State Pre-K—12 Funding
Why not, wonders our state senator, Tom Garrett, link every locality in Virginia to a regional university—such as Longwood—and offer that area’s very best and ...