Buckingham
Dowdy recalls hunting trips with Scalia
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly last week at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Texas, was described as one of the nation’s ...
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Buckingham
Bringing the homeless home — group offers shelter
A brisk wind whistles around Beulah African Methodist Episcopal Church on a 20-degree day as Pastor Matthew Shannon and Monroe Preston step outside. They don’t mind ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, February 18, 2016 1:20 pm
Church & Community
Finding February
February isn’t hard to find — it’s the second page on the calendar, after all. In terms of popularity, though, February is at the bottom ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:22 am
Columns
Support the arts
Farmville is a town that supports the arts as evidenced by two stories in the news this past week — The Southern Gothic: LCVA’s 2016 ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, February 16, 2016 4:00 pm
Business
Offering a taste of art
Audrey Sullivan, owner of Red Door 104 art gallery and learning center, believes creating art is as simple as making a cake. “It’s like a ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, February 11, 2016 3:16 pm
Church & Community
Rotary’s Taste of Farmville — good taste for a good cause
The Farmville Rotary Club’s Taste of Farmville event is all about community. Set in late January and billed as an after-work evening out, the fundraiser ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, February 4, 2016 5:03 pm
Church & Community
An umbrella defense — Super Bowl spotlights awareness
By Marge Swayne The Farmville Herald What do Farmville United Methodist Women (UMW) and Super Bowl 2016 have in common? The answer is traffic. While ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, February 4, 2016 4:28 pm
Buckingham
A Mardi Gras Taste of Farmville
Centra Southside Community Hospital (CSCH) brought a taste of Mardi Gras and jambalaya to the Farmville Rotary Club’s 12th annual Taste of Farmville Thursday at ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, February 2, 2016 12:37 pm
Business
Christmas Mother program established
Farmville’s Christmas Mother project is coming up roses. The Farmville Junior Woman’s Club (FJWC) spearheaded a Christmas distribution last month providing for 55 local families. ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:07 pm
Food & Fitness
Making the SNAP-Ed decision: Program offers healthy choices
Pauline Stokes and the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service SNAP-Ed program are on a mission to help local families “Eat Smart, Move More.” Stokes shares her ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:09 am
Columns
Winter games and ‘snow-bored’ goats
Snow finally arrived this week at Elam, and the winter games are on. While the next Winter Olympics aren’t scheduled to begin until 2018, the ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:53 am
Columns
Emergency personnel helped us weather the storm
Winter Storm Jonas paid a visit to Farmville over the weekend and left over 10 inches of snow in many localities. That’s a lot of ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, January 26, 2016 4:15 pm
Church & Community
History preserved: Homemaking skills shared by Extension clubs
An era ended over lunch at the Riverside Cafe recently. The Just a Mere Club, one of Prince Edward’s original home demonstration clubs organized in ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, January 21, 2016 4:25 pm
Church & Community
Contributing to ‘fabric of local life’
Organized in 1920 the year women received the right to vote, the Woman’s Club of Farmville (WFC) has come a long way. Today, some 96 ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, January 19, 2016 2:13 pm
Education
Adding work gloves to King’s dream
I have a dream today … that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low. The rough places ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, January 14, 2016 1:33 pm
Lifestyle Main
Playground fund established
Child’s play is generally defined as a trivial matter; 16-year-old Sean Murray doesn’t see it that way. Disturbed by a dilapidated playground near his home, ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, January 12, 2016 11:50 am
Columns
Don’t just resolve — evolve
It’s the first week in January and time for making resolutions. For most of us, making a New Year’s resolution is like buying a lottery ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, January 5, 2016 2:32 pm
Food & Fitness
Southern tradition: Black-eyed peas and cornbread ensure good luck
I have a New Year’s confession to make. For most of my life I did not eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. No I ...
by Marge Swayne, Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:04 pm
Church & Community
Live nativity shares true meaning of Christmas
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at the Farmville Church of Christ. Presented every Christmas season, the church’s live nativity has become a ...
by Marge Swayne, Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:40 am
Columns
Christmas Eve in a stable
‘Twas the night before Christmas at Stillmeadow Farm, And the goats were assembled in front of the barn, They knelt in the straw, their vigil ...
by Marge Swayne, Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:23 am
Local
Operation Blue Christmas brings holiday cheer
When the Farmville Police Department says Operation Blue Christmas, don’t be alarmed. The police officers you see gathering at Walmart have Christmas in mind. Their ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 7:13 pm
Columns
There really is a Farmville
Recently a radio team from the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) visited Farmville to gather information for “a programme to be broadcast to 44 million listeners ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 7:01 pm
Lifestyle Main
Pantomimes steal the show
When the holiday season draws near, children in the British Isles — and now Farmville — look forward to Christmas pantomimes. Mary Jo Stockton, director ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, December 17, 2015 2:08 pm
Lifestyle Main
Lighting the way to Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Prospect now that John and Nancy Mottley have decorated for the holiday season. “I started doing ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:00 am
Local
Tractor-trailer driver charged with reckless driving
Randy D. Dorsey, 60, of Rome, Ga., driver of a tractor-trailer that overturned on Route 460 East Tuesday at approximately 7 a.m., was charged with ...
by Marge Swayne, Thursday, December 3, 2015 4:26 pm
Local
Tractor-trailer overturns on 460
A single-vehicle accident at approximately 7:15 a.m. Tuesday on Route 460 East between Tuggle and the Dowdy’s Corner exit to Farmville sent a tractor-trailer over ...
by Marge Swayne, Tuesday, December 1, 2015 8:30 am
Business
Tree of Lights brings holiday spirit home
The Centra Southside Community Auxiliary believes health care begins at home. The auxiliary’s annual Tree of Lights event with tree lighting ceremony at the hospital ...