Columns
Opinion — Unlikely Longwood has hoops world buzzing
With the Hokies and ’Hoos scrambling just to get on the bubble for next month’s NCAA Tournament, we hoops fans should begin thinking about our ...
Steve Stewart, Author at Farmville
Columns
Opinion — Let’s talk about something other than politics
When you read these words, the 2021 election will be over and the outcomes known unless, heaven forbid, a race is so close that it ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, November 4, 2021 9:22 am
Columns
Opinion — Gerrymandering won’t die an easy death
Turns out that hyperpartisan citizens are no better than hyperpartisan legislators when it comes to ending gerrymandering. Two-thirds of Virginia voters last fall took the ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, October 28, 2021 6:59 pm
Columns
Make a dollar go a long way
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 12:54 pm
Columns
Many reasons to be thankful
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, ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 1:40 pm
Columns
Unburned by the national spotlight
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, October 25, 2016 2:15 pm
Education
Longwood president welcomes debate audience
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 9:24 pm
Local
Voice of America deems Farmville as Trump country
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 6:18 pm
Local
Debate prep culminates for town of Farmville
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 6:09 pm
Longwood University
‘The Voice’ star entertains at pre-debate Jubilee
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Monday, October 3, 2016 4:01 pm
Local
Libertarians still pushing for seat on debate stage
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Sunday, October 2, 2016 2:51 pm
Columns
For Longwood, more than a debate
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. ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, September 8, 2016 1:21 pm
Columns
Magazine response wows us
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:53 pm
Columns
Magazine on the way
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, July 19, 2016 2:44 pm
Columns
Rise above the drama and serve the citizens
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Friday, June 17, 2016 11:26 am
Columns
Thumbs up; thumbs down
Revisiting a couple of recent column topics … Thumbs up to the Longwood University softball team for arguably the most accomplished season, in any sport, ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 2:05 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Longwood rallies to win Big South softball tournament
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, May 14, 2016 12:27 pm
Columns
Banks should apologize
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,” ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, May 10, 2016 1:13 pm
Columns
A home team to root for
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, April 12, 2016 11:49 am
Columns
History attracts tourists
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:23 pm
Columns
Wanted: resident lawmaker
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, February 23, 2016 4:39 pm
Columns
School board mustn’t settle
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, February 2, 2016 12:30 pm
Columns
Showcase edition coming soon
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, January 12, 2016 11:43 am
Columns
Longwood’s grand slam
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, December 8, 2015 3:11 pm
Local
Communications cache training is Friday and Saturday
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, December 3, 2015 9:29 pm
Columns
Unmistakable progress
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, ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, November 19, 2015 3:25 pm
Columns
A victim of the times
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 ...