Buckingham
Letter to the Editor: A return to Mt. Trashmore
Dear Editor, A Buckingham County concerned citizen did a spot viewing on Google Earth of the growing environmental and health hazard at the 2660 Pattie ...
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Farmville
Letter to the Editor: Think small, not big
Dear Editor, I read with interest your recent article on Farmville’s population and its relationship to attracting big box stores. There was also a story ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, March 22, 2023 12:15 pm
Buckingham
Letter to the Editor: Rights based ordinance is viable
Dear Editor, After learning about the many communities that have been prevented from protecting themselves through zoning law because of corporate pressure, I felt a ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, March 22, 2023 12:00 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: Green Ridge landfill still not needed
Dear Editor, “Where does the Green Ridge landfill project stand?” was front page news in the February 22 edition of The Farmville Herald. Every story ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, March 16, 2023 4:13 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: What do we want our town to be?
Dear Editor, I attended the “PUD” meeting 2/13/23 at the Moton Museum building, and came away with these premises: • If you build it, they ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, March 3, 2023 5:10 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: Why I endorse John McGuire
Editor’s note: Prince Edward , Buckingham and Cumberland counties are all in the new 10th District for the Virginia Senate. John McGuire and Duane Adams ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:00 pm
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Buckingham needs to take another step
Dear Editor, On Feb. 13, the Buckingham Supervisors voted to send to the Planning Commission a request to amend the County’s zoning code to remove ...
by Letters to the Editor, Saturday, February 25, 2023 6:40 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: It’s time to end the legal battle
Dear Editor, Your Feb. 16 article about the Prince Edward County Confederate flag issue was quite revealing. “This issue has caused considerable consternation in the ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 11:45 am
Buckingham
Letter to the Editor: We need some answers, not silence
Dear Editor, At the Jan. 17 meeting, the new GOP dominated electoral board in Buckingham County promised an opportunity for public comment at the next ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 11:32 am
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: Incompetency and hypocrisy in Buckingham
Dear Editor, The Buckingham Board of Supervisors were recently forced to buy back the Knight Valley property for $170,000 more than what they sold it ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 10:30 am
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: Let’s not make this about politics
Dear Editor, I am responding to Sen. Frank Ruff’s concern that capping prescription prices will “damage innovation” by the pharmaceutical industry. May I bring attention ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 10:00 am
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Entertainment without the cost
Dear Editor, If you live in Buckingham County cancel all your online services for entertainment and save money. Free entertainment, comedy, drama, roast sessions, and ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, February 3, 2023 5:31 pm
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: ‘Why I support Tom Garrett’
Dear Editor, To my fellow Republicans who live in the 56th House District! I am proud to announce that I am endorsing, supporting and plan ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, February 2, 2023 5:31 pm
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor — Your work is appreciated
Dear Editor, I am writing to say we appreciate Farmville residents sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. ...
by Letters to the Editor, Sunday, January 29, 2023 6:51 pm
Buckingham
Letter to the Editor — We all need to show up and speak out
Dear Editor, I have attended every Electoral Board meeting in Buckingham County since July of 2022, and public comment, with a two minute limit, has ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, January 27, 2023 6:50 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: We want our leaders to start listening
Dear Editor, An unprecedented event occurred in Buckingham on Jan. 17. At a regularly scheduled meeting of the Buckingham County Electoral Board held on that ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 11:00 am
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor — Public Works came to our rescue
Dear Editor, Once again the workers from the Farmville Public Works Department came to our rescue. While most of us were warm indoors, celebrating the ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, January 4, 2023 12:15 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor — We need a broader committee
Dear Editor, I was a member of the State Committee to assess the impacts of gold mining in Virginia. Unfortunately Virginia Energy, who oversaw the ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, January 4, 2023 12:00 pm
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter: Why won’t a new build work for Prince Edward Elementary?
Editor’s note: For more on the issues surrounding Prince Edward Elementary, which is referenced in this letter, click here. Dear Editor, I keep reading about ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, December 15, 2022 6:42 pm
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter — I appreciate election workers
Dear Editor, I want to say I appreciate all of the dedicated officers of election, the Buckingham Voter Registrar, the Buckingham Electoral Board and others ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, December 15, 2022 4:42 pm
Letters to the Editor
Letter — We’re fortunate to have Heritage Hall
Dear Editor, I was a guest/patient at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Dillwyn, for 18 days for therapy after a fall. It was a very ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, November 30, 2022 11:55 am
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter — We need to pay attention
Dear Editor, I know we’re all sick of hearing about the 2022 elections, but I got two emails right after Veterans’ Day — one from ...
by Letters to the Editor, Sunday, November 20, 2022 6:04 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Listen to the traffic experts
Dear Editor, When we had the Grand Opening for “the road to nowhere”, which was supposed to solve our school traffic problems, the head of ...
by Letters to the Editor, Saturday, November 19, 2022 6:03 pm
Letters to the Editor
Letter — We need to be protected from metallic mining
Dear Editor, According to a recent report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Buckingham County cannot rely on Virginia’s existing regulations to ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, November 18, 2022 6:03 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor — Teachers can’t teach empty seats
Dear Editor, We often read about Governor Glenn Youngkin’s displeasure regarding student test results. Yet there is rarely mention of the absenteeism rate among students. ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 12:00 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter — Hunter-McKinney represents the best of our town
Dear Editor, I am writing in support of Shaunna Hunter-McKinney who is a Write-In candidate for Farmville Town Council, Ward A. Shaunna was one of ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, November 3, 2022 4:30 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter — This is who Hunter-McKinney is
Dear Editor, The following quote, often attributed to Martin Luther King Jr., summarizes why you should write in Shaunna Hunter-McKinney as the Town Council Representative ...