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Outdoor dining, no restaurant needed
What’s better than enjoying a meal or a snack? Enjoying them in the great outdoors. We asked readers ...
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Catching Up With…Katie Bratcher Rhine
After having spent nine years working in Florida with SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, Katie Bratcher Rhine has moved ...
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From the Ground Up: That’s not a Christmas tree!
It’s not even an official holiday, but it’s the fastest growing festive occasion in the United States. We ...
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From the Ground Up: Late Summer in the Garden
Story and photos by Dr. Cynthia Wood When the dog days of summer set in, most gardeners and ...
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General Sam Exhibit Open at Hampden-Sydney Museum
Story by Dr. Ryan Pemberton, Director of the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest at Hampden-Sydney ...
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Editor’s Notebook: September inspires many songs
September is a month that has inspired artists to break out in song over and over again. From ...
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From tipis to Treetops
For nine years, Sandy River Outdoor Adventures in Rice has greeted guests from all over in every season. ...
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Heartland Horse Heroes: Therapeutic riding helps local children
Heartland Horse Heroes, headquartered out of Sprouse’s Corner Ranch in Buckingham County, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit which impacts ...
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From the Ground Up — Boxwood provides the bones of many gardens
Virginians have always loved boxwood. They’ve traditionally rooted sprigs and given them to newlyweds setting up housekeeping in ...
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Editor’s Notebook — Town returns to life after pandemic
We’re alive again! After a season of darkness and inactivity, our calendars are filling up, and designer masks ...
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Catching Up With…Ridge Fuller
Hampden-Sydney College graduate Ridge Fuller is making a name for himself in the sports world but says Farmville ...
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Why I Love Farmville — Rick Ewing
I’ve lived in Farmville for five and a half years. The first thing I remember noticing about the ...
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STEPS crew makes old things new again
All those Amazon boxes ordered during the pandemic and placed by the curb for recycling ended up in ...
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Keeping Farmville clean and pristine
The first thing you notice about Damon Streat is his speed. The man whose job it is to ...
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Sweet treats for a cause
Waldy’s makes hot summer days a little cooler Hidden away among the warehouses and baseball fields scattered along ...
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From the Ground Up — Life is awakening everywhere
In time of silver rain The earth puts forth new life again, Green grasses grow And flowers lift ...
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The symbiosis of an icon
There is a short list of things that are synonymous with the Town of Farmville. “I often tell ...
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Serving it Up — A meal fit for a king
Titus picks his perfect Farmville meal I was truly on my own for the first time in my ...
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Catching Up With … William Moss
Moss turns passion for sports into a business William Moss has turned his passion for sports and his ...
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A timeless symbol signifies Farmville
Downtown landscapes are often known for a singular feature that grabs the eye and helps define the look ...
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The civic club model of service
Communities are sustained and come to thrive through the service of people. There are a variety of ways ...
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Editor’s Notebook — A quintessential Farmville edition
In this edition of Farmville the Magazine, we didn’t plan to write an edition about all things quintessentially ...
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Artist in Residence — Painting a visual symphony
God answered Charles Hartwill’s prayer, and the rest was history. “When I was living in Maryland before I ...
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A Look into the Past — Farmville in 1899: ‘We have a great and growing town!’
A page one article in The Farmville Herald in 1899 began, “Farmville is the metropolis of Southside Virginia ...
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From the Ground Up — Master Gardeners celebrate 20 years of service
Ever since they were founded in 2001, the Heart of Virginia Master Gardeners have been enthusiastic about sharing ...
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Art goes outdoors: Bringing Beauty to Farmville’s Downtown
Story and photos by Marge Swayne What do tourism and art have in common? The answer, according to ...
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Catching Up With…Blake Phillips
Blake Phillips found his way to Farmville by way of Longwood University when he took the job as ...