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Back in the spotlight
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 ...
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Joined at the hip
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. ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, September 15, 2015 10:41 am
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Help shape our content
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 ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, August 13, 2015 5:26 pm
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A bigger footprint
As you might have seen on last Friday’s front page, The Farmville Herald’s newspaper family grew recently when we welcomed The Charlotte Gazette and The ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, August 6, 2015 3:03 pm
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For the record
Among the new content in your reformatted and redesigned Farmville Herald will be a more robust selection of public records: information that you, as citizens, ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:13 pm
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You’ll Find Much To Like About ‘Right-Sized’ Herald
Come Wednesday, The Farmville Herald will be proof that good things can come in smaller packages. A 3-inch reduction in the width of our pages ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, July 23, 2015 3:15 pm
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No Perfect Way To Choose School Board Members
Should school boards be elected or appointed? If a current citizen petition drive is successful, Prince Edward County voters will grapple with that question on ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, July 9, 2015 2:53 pm
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You Read It Here First: Herald Is Strong And Getting Stronger
As I’m out and about town, the question I hear most often relates to the future of newspapers: bluntly stated, why invest in a dying ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, June 18, 2015 2:23 pm
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New Web Feature Offers Easy Access To Us — And Other Readers
Thanks for visiting the new, free FarmvilleHerald.com, where your readership has exceeded our loftiest expectations. Our digital audience has grown daily since the site’s June ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, June 11, 2015 11:53 am
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An Opinion Page Where Yours Are Valued More Than Ours
The recent departure of Ken Woodley, whose words graced – and dominated – this page for three decades, begs the question that many of you ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, June 4, 2015 5:59 pm
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Free Online News Coming Soon
Newspapers everywhere are grappling with whether to charge readers for access to news on the Internet. So-called “paywalls” on newspaper websites are rising and falling ...