Over 50 citizens in the Town of Farmville enrolled in a 20 to 30 year study conducted by the American Cancer Society on Sept. 19 and 21. Applications were accepted to participate in the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) at the Historic Farmville Train Station. To enroll in the study, one had to complete ...
The Rochelle Mountain Bike Trail System opened Saturday, Sept. 28 on National Public Lands Day (NPLD). The grand opening commenced with a brief ceremony held at 9 a.m. NPLD is the largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands where volunteers collect invasive plants, build and maintain trails, ...
Eric Wulff, a local employee in Blackstone, said that this year looked and seemed more crowded than years past. Other people mentioned it, as well. There were long lines for small carnival rides and games with the chances to win bouquets of roses and other fun prizes. The ...
Longwood University students can now check out one of the 32 iPads available in Janet D. Greenwood Library’s Multimedia Lab. While Greenwood Library offered two iPads in spring 2013, Tammy Hines, the library’s head of collections and access management, said students can now check out iPads under ...
The first Dine with the Director of the semester served as both a forum for students and an opportunity for the Longwood Dining/ARAMARK staff to share news. The dinner took place Thursday, Sept. 19 in Dorrill Dining Hall’s (D-Hall) Lewis Room. Dine with the Director, which is scheduled several times ...
The Town of Farmville has received a $5,000 grant from the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leveraging Grant Fund Program. According to the VTC Marketing Leverage Program Website, the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) Marketing Leverage Program is made to help tourism marketing programs and ...
Over the following nine months, starting the month of October, Farmville Downtown Partnership will present Business Boot Camp (BBC), Business Plan Competition and Pop Up Farmville Downtown. The BBC program will present four informative sessions regarding how to start up one’s own small business. The ...
Student Government Association (SGA) President Haley Vest swore in the freshman class representatives, as well as several upperclassmen senators and representatives, to begin the Senate’s Tuesday, Sept. 24 meeting. Open forum commenced with a comment from Brandon Kelly, Virginia 21 ...
Longwood University has become the first institute in Virginia to be designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE) by the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). According to a News Release published on the Longwood University website, Longwood University is the first institute ...
According to the Longwood University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) website, on Oct. 8 there will be a free business seminar at the Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The business seminar is designed for business owners and representatives who are interested in ...
On Sunday, Sept. 15, Longwood University student Jacob Richardson, 22, accidentally discharged a firearm, causing a non-life threatening leg wound to Longwood student Kathleen Battle, 21. According to a police report distributed by the Farmville Police Department, the act occurred around 8 p.m. and ...
“Longwood is thriving, and a day like this underscores that,” said Longwood University President W. Taylor Reveley IV at the Sept. 12th Lancer Park North Campus Ribbon-Cutting. The Longwood University Real Estate Foundation and the Office of the President hosted the ceremonial opening of North Campus ...
This November, many Virginians will have the opportunity to vote for their preferred gubernatorial, lieutenant governor and attorney general candidates, among others. In order to encourage Longwood University students to register to vote for this year’s election, the Student Government Association ...
On Aug. 22, Longwood University’s Speech, Hearing and Learning Services (formally known as the Longwood Center for Communication, Literacy and Learning) moved into a new facility. According to the Speech, Hearing and Learning Services web page on Longwood University’s website, the new facility is ...
Starting Oct. 1, cigarette cartons will be taxed an additional 27 cents with stamps applied to cigarette cartons to reflect the change. All businesses must replace the brands of cigarettes that sell out during the month of September with the applied tax stamps before being sold, according to the Town ...
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Farmville Town Council held their monthly council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber of Town Hall, located at 116 N. Main Street. Town Manager Gerry Spates led the meeting by discussing renovations to the Farmville swimming pool located at the Farmville Municipal Golf ...
On Friday, Sept. 13, a total of 34 men lined the back of Dorrill Dining Hall before rushing onto Iler Field and running to their respective fraternities. These men participated in this year’s Men’s Greek Walk, each one accepted into one of the seven social fraternities in Longwood University’s ...
On Sunday, Sept. 15, an incident described as an “accidental shooting” occurred on the 500 block of High Street around 8 p.m. The Farmville Police Department and Longwood Police Department responded to reports of a shooting to find out that Longwood student Jacob Richardson, 22, accidentally discharged ...
The Longwood University Po- lice Department is now providing the university with two new programs: “See Something, Say Something” and "Coffee with the Chief." According to the Homeland Security website, “See Something, Say Something” is a nationwide campaign that raises public awareness of terrorism ...
After a tenure of more than 16 years as a Longwood University employee, Ellen Masters, associate director of the Academic and Career Advising Center (ACAC), will depart from the university on Sept. 24. Masters is set to assume the role of Director of Career Education and Vocational Reflection at Hampden-Sydney ...
