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Hotel Weyanoke and Farmville revisited

BY KATHERINE  (PETERS) WEBSTER During the fall, my husband and I (two old people and a dog) decided ...

Recreation

A tale of two bears

Reece Pembelton, left, age 9, and Matthew Pembelton, age 15, killed these two large bears while hunting with ...

Lifestyles

Red Bud Garden Club elects officers

The Redbud Garden Club held its June meeting in the backyard of Geraldine Sanderson’s home. Due to the ...

Business

Business of the Month announced

Buckingham Family Medicine is the Buckingham Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Month. The chamber is thankful for ...

Business

PSR receives $8,500 grant

Piedmont Senior Resources (PSR) Area Agency on Aging has been notified by Meals on Wheels of America of ...

Lifestyles

50th wedding anniversary celebrated

Dr. James H. Taylor, III married July 11, 1970 to former Olivdean Silver of Enfield North Carolina. They ...

Social

Goards wed in Moseley

Regina and Steven Goard were married June 20 at Amber Grove in Moseley by Pastor Thomas Armstrong of ...

Social

Southside DAR chapters host state regent

The Judith Randolph-Longwood and William Taylor Chapters of District III of the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution ...

Education

Murphy chosen for scholarship

The Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter NSDAR is honored to announce the 2020 recipient of the Grace L. Jones Memorial ...

Social

DAR writes cards, collects books

Every Christmas the members of the Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution traditionally write Christmas cards ...

Business

Chamber names Paulek interim executive director

Anne Tyler Paulek has been named interim executive director of the Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce. Paulek assumes ...

Education

Franssen named first-ever scientist in residence

Since the Science Museum of Virginia was founded in 1977, it has employed three staff scientists: a physicist, ...

Social

Sorority celebrates 44 years of service

The Kappa Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. celebrated its 44th anniversary of service to ...

Social

AKA Sorority goes red

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority participated in the American Heart Association’s (AHA) National Wear Red Day to raise awareness ...

Lifestyles

AKA sorority and friends sew pillowcase dresses

Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and friends worked together on the Sorority’s Target 5— Global ...

Lifestyles

Hot dog giveaway was a success

Community over Crisis was formed less than a year ago to help people in the community during times ...

Lifestyles

FUMC welcomes new pastor

Farmville United Methodist Church is excited to announce that Rev. Susie Thomas has been appointed to serve at ...

Social

Women in Construction Week

Walk by any construction site and there will be women working in a variety of roles, from laborers ...

Education

Colored pencils and acrylics workshop

A colored pencils and acrylics workshop will be held at Central Virginia Arts April 11. The layering of ...

News

CCLA to hold fundraiser

The Cumberland County Landfill Alert (CCLA) is preparing to hold a “shindig” fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 12. The fundraiser ...

Education

Whitus presents key

Jenna Lathom, a freshman Communications Studies major from Alexandria, was the lucky finder of the “mayor” rock on ...

Church & Community

Opera singers to perform lunchtime concert

Farmville — Singers from the Summer Garden Opera will perform during a free lunchtime concert Wednesday, June 14 ...

Buckingham

Bolden beats the odds, earns degree

Rickie Bolden has graduated from college — part of a life change he says he began 10 years ago. ...

Education

Debate team places at competition

The Prince Edward County High School (PECHS) Debate Team competed at the Virginia High School League (VHSL) State ...

Community Calendar

Summer camp experiences come alive at Longwood

Summer will be a time of fun and learning for area children enrolled in one of several summer ...

Education

Ninth annual corrections banquet held at SVCC

Southside Virginia Community College recently held its ninth annual Corrections Awards Banquet at its Christanna Campus. The event ...

Education

SVCC truck driver graduates recognized

The Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) Truck Driver Training Program recently celebrated a new class of successful students. ...

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