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Transfers Brunton, Masingale to Join Softball in Fall - Longwood University Athletics

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Transfers Brunton, Masingale to Join Softball in Fall - Longwood University Athletics

Transfers Jillian Brunton and Brooke Masingale have signed to play for the Longwood softball team beginning in the fall of 2025, head coach Dr. Megan Brown announced on Friday.Read Article

FACES Food Pantry launches a 'Marketplace'. Here's how it works

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FACES Food Pantry launches a 'Marketplace'. Here's how it works

In many ways, the new project from FACES food pantry turns the operation into somewhat of a grocery store. It got started in June, with residents of Charlotte and Prince Edward counties who are registered with FACES being invited to come into the facility and pick their own food out at what pantry officials are calling the Marketplace. Residents of Cumberland County with a Farmville address were also invited to try out the new program. “The Mar…Read Article

Cumberland supervisors question details of proposed business

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Cumberland supervisors question details of proposed business

The proposal was sent back to the drawing board on Tuesday night. During the July 8 meeting of the Cumberland Board of Supervisors, a public hearing and vote was scheduled for the Dollar General proposed at the intersection of Blenheim Road and Anderson Highway. But as county supervisors pointed out, despite a majority approval from the planning commission, the actual plan for the site still left some questions unanswered. Cumberland Vice Chair…Read Article

Multiple agencies respond to train wreck in Green Bay

Multiple agencies responded to an train wreck Thursday afternoon in Prince Edward County, but found a surprise. Everyone had walked away with nothing more than a couple bruises at most. Virginia State Police were called out to Green Bay around 12:43 p.m., after a report came in of a Norfolk Southern train colliding with a FedEx truck. According to Kasandra Ortiz, a communications manager with Norfolk Southern, one of their trains was traveling…Farmville · Farmville Read Article

Farmville repair work begins, with more storms possibly on the way

Farmville remains under a flood watch until 2 a.m. Friday, as town officials work to repair the damage already done. Wednesday night’s storms left plenty of rain behind, with the National Weather Service reporting between 1.74 inches and 2 inches of rain falling in parts of Farmville and the surrounding area. All of that water in a short amount of time overloaded drains and flooded the downtown area, along with multiple roads in Prince Edward Co…Farmville · Farmville Read Article

Green Ridge hearing date set, as questions remain

Eventually, Cumberland supervisors set a date for the Green Ridge public hearing during their meeting this week. But that was after first accidentally voting to set the hearing more than three months in the future and then raising questions as to why a special session was needed at all. If you’re just joining us, this is in reference to the proposed Green Ridge landfill. The previous conditional use permit for the project expired in June. This …Farmville · Farmville Read Article

Cumberland Health Department will close temporarily. Here's why.

The announcement came out on June 27, posted on the Piedmont Health District’s Facebook page. As of Monday, July 14, the Cumberland Health Department will be closing down. The good news? This is just a temporary closing. The bad news? In the meantime, Cumberland residents will have to travel to another county to get these services. “The Cumberland Health Department is closing its current location on July 14,” the original statement put out by t…Facebook · Farmville Read Article

Farmville town council to go over details of short-term budget loan - The Farmville Herald

Back in April, we detailed how some of the purchases in the new Farmville budget would come in the form of a loan. That budget has since been approved and took effect as of July 1, but there’s still a bit of work to do. The rate and term for that loan still have to be approved by the Farmville town council. But before we go into that, let’s do a quick refresher as to what this loan will be used for. Again, the use of the loan has been approved …Farmville · Farmville Read Article

Weaver Releases Women's Golf Schedule - Longwood University Athletics

Lancers play nine tournaments prior to Big South Championship in 2025-26Golf · Farmville Read Article

Does Prince Edward need to allow different types of housing?

Editor’s note: This marks the third in a series of stories on Prince Edward’s comprehensive plan update, this one on housing. To read the previous pieces, you can click here and click here. So you have goals and themes to work with, in terms of Prince Edward’s comprehensive plan. What are the next steps? What do we know about the county and is it truly in a good place to recruit new companies and talent? Back in October 2023, Prince Edward Cou…Housing · Farmville Read Article

Edward Strickler: Sometimes promises are all we have

The Farmville community celebrated an annual LGBTQ Pride Picnic recently. Sixty or more attended – grandparents, parents and children, friends and neighbors, supporters and visitors from other communities (Appomattox, Amelia, Danville, etc) – to enjoy wholesome food, lively music, and friendly fellowship, under a festively decorated picnic shelter, with excellent weather as if a smile from God. June is acknowledged as LGBTQ Pride month in many…Farmville · Farmville Read Article

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