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Are you feeling the need to break loose — be away with just adults for a few hours?
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QUESTION: In a recent column, you identified toddlerhood as “the hump of parenting.” As a grandmother who managed to raise five kids who were out of the house in their early 20s and are responsible citizens, I could not agree more. Two of them, however, did not get over the hump with their k…
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Bat Week — “an international celebration of the role of bats in nature” according to Bat Conservation International — is held from Oct. 24 to Oct. 31.
I can feel fall in the air. The leaves on the trees are beautiful.
Teachers at Scottsburg Elementary are working daily to deliver instruction to students through virtual learning, via making phone calls, home visits, as well as, preparing and distributing paper packets. Despite the many challenges, it has been rewarding to see the effort put into teaching t…
The Clover UMW is planning its annual tree of lights service.
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McKendree United Methodist Church will host a Brunswick stew sale on Saturday.
Let’s do the Time Warp again.
Take a step back in time with our weekly feature looking back at top headlines and photos of yesteryear.
The fair was supposed to be here this week.
QUESTION: Our first child, a boy, just turned 2. Per your advice, he is toilet trained and eating whatever I serve. Before he was born, we determined that we were not going to raise a picky eater. Our problem isn’t our son; it’s my sister-in-law, who has three kids, the youngest of which is …
Oct. 15: Doris L. Bowen, Mrs. Charlie Lane, Johnnie Crowder, Arthur N. Saunders, Jimmy Priest, Clara Lee Powell, Lester T. Gordon, Mrs. J.W.H. Dyches, P.C. Nichols, Charles W. Clardy, Amee Delores Alford, Jeffrey Lewis Hardy, Denise Dixon, Brandon Cheathan, Megan Scarberry
The faculty, staff and students at South Boston Early Learning Center show off their school spirit with a virtual celebration. The school spirit committee hosted a disco dance and hat celebration where parents, grandparents and other siblings also joining in the celebration. Students, facult…
When COVID-19 hit the nation and community, The Prizery was forced to draw the curtain and shuttered its doors.
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be set up at the Mary Bethune gymnasium in Halifax from noon to 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
South Boston Public Library is hosting Outdoor Story Time with Miss Sue at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the garden.
The Southside Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program Policy Board will hold its quarterly meeting at noon Oct. 22 at the VASAP office in South Boston.
The Halifax/South Boston NAACP Branch Unit 7074 will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Post 99.
The First Baptist Church at 220 Ferry St. in South Boston will celebrate the 18th pastoral anniversary of the Rev. Allan G. Smith Sr.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church held an Adopt A Highway Trash Pick-up on Mountain Road on Saturday. Fifteen people took part and picked up 17 bags of trash and one tire.
The 81st annual Elliott/Snead reunion was held on Sunday, Oct. 4, at the home of Robbie and Susan Franklin.
The Halifax County Serenity Cancer Garden Association will hold their yearly brick dedication ceremony Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. at the garden located in Edmunds Park off of Dan River Church Road, South Boston.
The VFW Post 8243 presented scholarships to seven college students in September at their Bingo on Monday Nights at South Boston Fire Support Building.
Take a stroll down memory lane with our weekly feature looking back at top headlines and photos of yesteryear.
Halifax County Historical Society’s annual meeting is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday at historic Woodlawn, 6011 Clover Road, Clover, home of society members Jeanene and Mark Krogh.
After you decided to try growing herbs this summer and now that they are ready to harvest, you might need to know exactly what to do.
Many common lawn weeds are best controlled in fall.
I hope that you put your houseplants outside for the summer. Most houseplants origins are in tropical regions so they love heat and humidity. But as the temperatures dip, we need to get them back inside.
Have you ever noticed small, mouse-like creatures scurrying across your yard or notice burrows in your mulch or raised tunnels just below the grass or snow? These little creatures could be a mole, vole or a shrew. It is important to properly identify what you have because they each have diff…
We know that trees and shrubs often provide bright leaf colors in the fall, one of the things that makes this season so special. But did you know that there are perennials that also give us a showy fall display?
Oak Cliff, a south-central Halifax County home on the Hyco River built in the late 18th century, recently joined the list of historic properties on the Virginia Landmark Register.
The Song of A Soul in Raptured Wonder
QUESTION: In your column of last week, you referred to the “hump of toddlerhood.” Can you please explain further?
The weather is getting cool. It’s time for some soup or good old chili beans. I hope you will enjoy this one from a lady at church, Carolyn L.
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