Lifestyles
Movie Review — Elvis
BY LAUREN BRADSHAW Special to The Farmville Herald Elvis, directed by the wonderfully flashy Baz Luhrmann, is as ...
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Buckingham
Annual picnic held
On Monday, June 13, Buckingham-Dillwyn Garden Club members and guests gathered at Ellis Acres in Dillwyn for their ...
Celebrations
Celebrate Juneteenth at Twin Lakes
Celebrate Juneteenth at Twin Lakes State Park on Saturday, June 18 with rangers and local hiking group Black ...
Lifestyles
New app helps farmers manage row crop pests
Using modern technology ensures farmers can produce more efficient, maximum crop yields, and now there’s a new tool ...
CUMBERLAND GARDEN CLUB
Garden club meeting held
At the April meeting of the Cumberland Garden Club, Tina French, pictured, Food Safety Manager from Sunnyside Farms, ...
Columns
A Bridge afar
By James Harris Special to The Farmville Herald Mickey Smith, Billy Simmons, Chris Harvell, and I met at ...
Lifestyles
Book club meeting held
The members of the Third Thursday Book Club had a most enjoyable morning, Thursday, May 19, hearing Hedwig ...
Lifestyles
Farmers preparing for sweet berry season
Strawberries are center stage right now, but blackberries and blueberries will get their time to shine in a ...
Lifestyles
Regional conservation organization formed
A new regional conservation organization has formed to create nature preserves in Central and Southside Virginia. Tadpole Land ...
Church & Community
Spring music festival set
PolyCeltic, an acoustic trio who focuses on a British Isles/American folk sound, will perform at the Farmville Presbyterian ...
Lifestyles
Farmers report positive news following multiple late freezes
If farming is a gamble, then its players can expect Mother Nature to occasionally deal a bad hand. ...
Lifestyles
Movie Review — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
BY LAUREN BRADSHAW Special to The Farmville Herald DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS is without a ...
Farmville
Good neighbor fundraiser
Through the month of May, the Applebee’s in Farmville will host a Good Neighbor Fundraiser to benefit United ...
Farmville
PSC holds fundraising banquet
The Pregnancy Support Center (PSC) of Southside Virginia hosted its first in-person fundraising banquet since 2019 on Thursday, ...
Church & Community
Guided tours of Mulberry Hill to be held
Starting in May, Mulberry Hill will be open the first Saturday of the month through September. There will ...
Church & Community
DAR announces newest member
The Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), has announced their newest member. Following ...
Church & Community
The Monuments Men at High Street Theatre
High Street Theatre presents The Monuments Men, a film about one of the largest art heists in history, ...
Church & Community
Starfield exploration with Crewe Astronomy Club
Camp Paradise Access and the center of High Bridge will be the location for a spring sky program, ...
Celebrations
Auditions for The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
The next production at Waterworks will be The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, by John Bishop, and will ...
Church & Community
Theatre Review: Waterworks Players ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’
By Robin Smith Special to The Farmville Herald ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ by Oscar Wilde has been ...
Celebrations
Carrying the cross walk
Salem Church, a small country church located in Dillwyn, has been carrying a wooden life size cross on ...
Lifestyles
Ash treatment cost-share program
The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) is offering a cost-share program to support the treatment of ash trees. ...
Lifestyles
Garden Club meeting held
The Buckingham/Dillwyn Garden Club met on March 11. The guest was Jonathan Fitzgerald of Special Touch Florist in ...
Columns
Vines and more vines that’s the plan
By Stella Payne Virginia Master Naturalist It is time to give native vines more attention. Virginia Creeper, Purple ...
Buckingham
Civil Rights sites bus tour
The Virginia Museum of History and Culture (VMHC) offered a trip by bus to Buckingham and Prince Edward ...
Lifestyles
Farmers in child-bearing years face unique set of health and safety challenges
While the number of women counted as principal farm operators has increased across the U.S., so has their ...
Lifestyles
Herb gardens of various styles
BY MARK C. CARROLL Special to The Farmville Herald I love rosemary, as you can plainly see. This ...