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Buckingham County Property Transfers — August 2022
The following are the property transfers recorded in the Buckingham County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office for the month ...
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Tired of long hospital delays? Cumberland EMS looks at a solution.
Cumberland County only had 31 medical transport calls last month, said Cumberland EMS and Fire Chief Andy Aigner. ...
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Hampden-Sydney beats #14 Guilford to continue winning streak
Hampden-Sydney College celebrated their first week as a ranked team by pulling off an upset Wednesday. Junior Adam ...
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Longwood women claim fourth straight home win, beating Radford
The Longwood women’s basketball team picked up its fourth consecutive home victory on Wednesday, defeating the Radford Highlanders ...
Opinion
From the Editor’s Desk: You can’t have it both ways
Target isn’t going to just move to Farmville because we ask them to. The same goes for a ...
Education
Five students graduate from SVCC’s Diesel Technician program
Southside Virginia Community College recently awarded certificates to its graduates that completed the Diesel Technician program held at ...
Lifestyles
AARP urges caution after storms
Be careful of who shows up after winter storms. With temperatures dropping in Farmville and across the region, ...
Lifestyles
Buckingham task force holds clean-up celebration
The Buckingham County Anti-Litter Task Force recently held its Fall 2022 Clean Up Celebration at the Historic Lee ...
Education
Donation made to FFA programs
Assistant Manager of the Famer’s Cooperative of Farmville Sam Goin, left, visited the Buckingham FFA Chapter on Friday, ...
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Firefighters showed up Tuesday at UVA Dialysis. Here’s why.
FARMVILLE – The report went out over the scanner just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Members of the ...
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Mail scams start showing up in Farmville, region
FARMVILLE – The letters arrive in the mailbox, showing up as “Priority 3 Day” mail. Inside the package, ...
College
Hampden-Sydney basketball team makes nation’s Top 25 list
The Hampden-Sydney men’s basketball team came in No. 25 nationally in this week’s D3hoops.com Top 25 ranking. The ...
Education
Cumberland County School Board looks to fill vacancy
CUMBERLAND – There’s an empty seat on the Cumberland County School Board. And the question remains who will ...
Education
Longwood’s ‘Call Me MISTER’ program sees results
FARMVILLE – Byron Morgan says he got involved with ‘Call Me MISTER’ by mistake. “The way I got ...
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Hampden-Sydney swimming team picks up win in NC meet
The Hampden-Sydney swimming team got four event wins Sunday afternoon, en route to a victory over William Peace ...
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Effort pushes Longwood past Presbyterian in Saturday dogfight
Longwood men’s basketball found itself in a dogfight with Presbyterian on Saturday afternoon. Good thing the Lancers brought DeShaun ...
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Mental health is an issue for family farms
“Who are you, and what have you done with my husband?’ Jane Doe suddenly didn’t recognize the man ...
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Buckingham County man charged in connection with Amherst death
A Buckingham County man now faces voluntary manslaughter charges in connection with an incident that happened Thursday in ...
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Herald News Briefs: Cumberland finishes third at regional
To start off, we turn the spotlight to the Cumberland High Scholastic Bowl Team. A scholastic bowl is ...
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Service Day held in honor of MLK
As part of MLK Day, one group performed their service project at St. Theresa Catholic Church, working on ...
Lifestyles
Recreation Department reflects, looks ahead to 2023
This past year was an eventful one for Farmville’s Recreation Department. We saw some positive programs launch and ...
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Cumberland County is a food desert. How do you fix that problem?
CUMBERLAND – Millions of Americans live in food deserts. In Virginia, Cumberland County is Ground Zero. The underserved ...
Lifestyles
No deer for the season
BY JAMES E. HARRIS Special to The Farmville Herald I knew that day or season would come when ...
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Farmville police launch new position, focus on communication
FARMVILLE – Communication between local government agencies and the public is usually a top priority. Now, the Farmville ...
Education
Local students receive college honors
As we move further into the new semester, universities are starting to send out recognitions and honors from ...
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Road work planned
DISTRICT-WIDE ACTIVITIES: Crews will perform various activities throughout the district to include, but are not limited to bridge ...
Lifestyles
Grant received to preserve local records
The Library of Virginia announced that the Circuit Court Records Preservation (CCRP) program has awarded Cumberland County Circuit ...