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In a few days, having given and received generously with friends and loved ones, let us all consider giving something back to our community. The ...
In a few days, having given and received generously with friends and loved ones, let us all consider giving something back to our community. The ...
On Thursday, Americans will pause to count their blessings. My list could go on and on. • I’m thankful to live in a country where, ...
National media attention, which can harm as much as it can help, treated Farmville kindly during the recent Vice Presidential Debate. For national reporters, the ...
Before the major networks went live with their broadcasts of the Vice Presidential Debate on Tuesday night, Longwood University President Taylor Reveley IV welcomed attendees ...
Add Voice of America to the national media outlets taking a deeper look at Farmville as the Vice Presidential Debate nears. Reporter Kathryn Gypson found ...
With the Vice Presidential Debate just hours away, Ilsa Loeser, whose firm Letterpress Communications handles marketing and public relations for the town of Farmville, reflected ...
Javier Colon, who was the winner of the inaugural season of NBC’s “The Voice” in 2011, opened Jubilee festivities for Longwood University students Monday in ...
Supporters of Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson gathered Sunday outside the office of Longwood University President Taylor Reveley IV to lobby for the inclusion ...
If you want a seat in Willett Hall for next month’s vice presidential debate, call Hillary Clinton. Or Donald Trump. Don’t call Taylor Reveley IV. ...
One of our goals with the launch of Farmville the Magazine was to bring a smile to the faces of its readers. With your overwhelming ...
Our newest publication will hit the streets next week, and we think you’re going to like it. Farmville the Magazine is a publication for and ...
Farmville arguably is a better place because of the investments of real estate developer Russell Harper. He reminded us so at a town council meeting ...
Revisiting a couple of recent column topics … Thumbs up to the Longwood University softball team for arguably the most accomplished season, in any sport, ...
Longwood University completed a sizzling two-day run through the losers’ bracket of the Big South Conference softball tournament, beating Campbell 10-0 in Saturday afternoon’s championship ...
Lloyd Banks, the thin-skinned bully who leads Cumberland County’s Board of Supervisors, needs a refresher course on his role in government. “This is my meeting,” ...
Exhibit A for Longwood University’s ability to compete in college athletics’ highest division is the Lancer softball team, which continues to set a standard for ...
A proposed civil rights walking trail, done correctly, can be an important piece of downtown Farmville’s revitalization. Organizers convened citizens and community leaders recently at Moton ...
If voters give state Sen. Tom Garrett, R-Buckingham, a promotion to Congress this fall, Farmville and Prince Edward County should be ready to claim the ...
Regardless of which search partner the Prince Edward School Board uses to find the county schools’ next superintendent, here’s hoping the board thinks big. Few ...
Community newspaper publishing requires us to thoroughly chronicle the Heart of Virginia region, warts and all. On any given day, chances are good in a ...
A not-so-farfetched assessment of technological advances foretells a bleak future for bricks-and-mortar college campuses. In an age when one can earn a degree on a ...
FARMVILLE — The Virginia Communications Cache will conduct its quarterly training in Farmville and Prince Edward on Friday and Saturday. According to Prince Edward Assistant County ...
In early June, as Kristen Green celebrated the release of a memoir that trashed her hometown, the people of Farmville and Prince Edward County quietly, ...
The Free News, a weekly newspaper for area residents who don’t subscribe to The Farmville Herald, went away last week — a relic of a ...
Six decades ago, Farmville and Prince Edward County made national news for the wrong reason, shutting down the public schools to avoid court-ordered integration. The ...
Farmville Mayor David Whitus’ convocation address at Longwood University last week was another symbol of improved relations between two institutions whose fates are forever intertwined. ...
Two weeks in, we hope you’re enjoying the resized and redesigned Farmville Herald. We appreciate the many readers who’ve called or written to tell us ...