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Letter to the Editor: How will Farmville be remembered?

When I was a kid, wandering the banks of the Bush River, I remember developing an early consciousness ...

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Letter to the Editor: We need landfills to protect the environment

This is in response to Betty Myers’ letter that appeared in the Herald on Jan. 22.  Ms. Myers ...

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Letter to the Editor: Politicians, don’t forget why you’re there

I want to thank someone who does not live in my community and whose decision has no impact ...

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Letter to the Editor: solar should be a local decision

I agree with Del. Tommy Wright that solar farm decisions should be left up to local governments. By ...

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Letter to the Editor: These people are so out of touch

So now the state government wants to overstep its powers by dictating to each county what it can ...

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Letter to the Editor: Is any of this really necessary?

I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around what exactly the Democrats in Richmond are thinking. Having ...

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Letter to the Editor: Is a solar takeover really needed in Virginia?

I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around what exactly the Democrats in Richmond are thinking. Having ...

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Letter to the Editor: We need to stop the proposed landfill

It’s not a done deal as Cumberland County just received a second conditional use permit application for the ...

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Letter to the Editor: I appreciate what Amos did about fences

On Wednesday, January 15, I looked up from my copy of the Herald. It seemed the sun shone ...

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Tommy Wright: I stand with local government. Solar is their choice.

Both a subcommittee and the full Commission on Electric Utility Regulation heard recommendations from staff at their meetings ...

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Letter to the Editor: Data centers at the heart of solar push

HB 2068 by Tom Garrett, ensuring that county government would continue to have the land use decision right ...

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Letter to the Editor: When will Kinex be finished?

How much longer do some people in Cumberland County have to wait, before Kinex Telecom finally gets the ...

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Letter to The Editor: Why does the Assembly want control of solar?

According to The Herald, some of our senators are pushing ahead to try and take the decision regarding ...

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Letter to The Editor: We need more foster families in Farmville

I’ll never forget our first foster care placement, a sibling set in need of an emergency placement. After ...

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Letter to The Editor: The solar bill makes me think of a landfill

I admit, I wasn’t even thinking about solar when reading your editorial. I was and still am thinking ...

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Sharon Harrup: A response to concerns about STEPS

As the President & CEO of STEPS, I had decided not to engage in a “point counter point” ...

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From The Editor’s Desk: Does Assembly work for residents or investors?

It all made sense after I sat through Monday’s meeting. Before that hearing, I was trying to understand ...

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Tommy Wright: Why do some people laugh at a Virginia tax cut?

The 2025 General Assembly Session will start Wednesday, Jan. 6 and Democrats have apparently learned nothing from the ...

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Letter to the Editor: We need more people to foster children

I am writing on behalf of UMFS. I would love the opportunity to share with the community my ...

Letter to the Editor Buckingham supervisors Cumberland FFA foster

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Tammy Mulchi: Here’s what I’ll be working on in the Assembly

I hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas filled with love and cherished moments with family and ...

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Letter to the Editor: Why I’m voting for Jack Trammell

 We have an upcoming special election on January 7th to fill the 10th District Virginia Senate seat formerly ...

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Mike Wilson: A low crawl lesson, a gift given at Christmas

First of all, to the grandparents and parents out there who raced around big box stores, who stared ...

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From the Editor’s Desk: As Christmas bells ring, what do you hear?

He hadn’t given permission. I mean that didn’t matter now, because Charles was gone. But it was another ...

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Letter to the Editor: An open letter to Cumberland supervisors

It is my understanding that the Cumberland supervisors don’t allow folks from outside the county to speak during ...

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Letter to the Editor: We need more in Cumberland

Cumberland, Virginia. It is a complex issue for me to grasp the inactivity of the county. I know ...

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Edward Strickler: The 10th District answers were interesting

First, thank you Farmville Herald for publishing verbatim responses of 10th District Republican candidates who want to represent ...

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Letter to the Editor: This Confederate case could be a long one

The Confederate Battle Flag has a “newer” use that goes beyond its original use as a Civil War ...

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