This January, Averett University will be keeping its holiday lights up throughout the month to honor local health care heroes.
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2021 marks the 45th year I’ve been writing this column.
Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) is a hardy perennial grown for its pungent roots which are long and narrow, sometimes to 2-feet long.
I notice what people place around their mailboxes, and I sometimes wonder if they considered their mail carriers when plant choices were made.
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QUESTION: I teach 3- and 4-year-olds in a childcare center in Australia. I always have a few difficult children in any group and the book in which you describe Alpha Speech [“The Well-Behaved Child”] has been very helpful. My disciplinary options are limited to separating a misbehaving child…
The Cluster Springs Volunteer Fire Department recently held their annual awards ceremony.
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QUESTION: Our son is 7 years old and in the second grade. His school went virtual this past spring and we see no end to it, not in the near term at least. When he was going to a brick-and-mortar schoolhouse, he did very well. Close to the top of his class, in fact. Ever since last spring, ho…
I do enjoy sweet potatoes and just a plain baked sweet potato with some butter.
At a recent meeting of the Dan River Chapter, Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution several awards and certificates were presented by Chapter President Gary Hall. A certificate recognizing 25 years of membership was presented to Douglas Powell. The Fire Safety Commendation Medal…
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A journalist asks, “What is the biggest challenge facing today’s children?”
Jennifer Major-Cobbs, Mary Hodges Burns and other volunteers giveaway Christmas stockings to children in Westside Village apartments on Saturday.
There’s a monument attesting to South Boston’s architectural legacy and industrial history located in Cotton Mill Park at the corner of Berry Hill Road and Summit Drive.
Due to COVID-19, Liberty Fire Department was unable to hold its annual “Lighting of the Tree” ceremony this year.
Students have worked in different media to complete these assignments in the art classes of Cheryle Ferguson, Krista Skelton and Forrest Layne during the first nine weeks. Online delivery of art education has been new and challenging, and these excellent artworks really stand out, according…
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Years ago (and I mean years ago like more than 50), a friend gave me a cutting from a Christmas cactus Schlumbergera that came from his grandmother’s plant.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Santa letters are printed in their entirety just as the youngsters submitted them to The Gazette.
Liberty Fire Department
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“Hand in Hand” parenting is the latest iteration of progressive (nouveau, unverified) childrearing.
One of spring’s beauties is the bright faces of flowering spring bulbs.
One Community Halifax County and Virginia Organizing are sponsoring a free virtual workshop entitled “Make Your Voice Heard: You Voted Now What.”
On Saturday, the SAT will be held at Halifax County High School.
The regular NAACP meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday has been canceled due to the severity of COVID-19 pandemic, according to President Barbara C. Brown.
Decorating is underway for the Lights for Hope, a festive drive-thru Christmas lights display, opening Friday, Dec. 11 at the Halifax County Fairgrounds, and space is still available for others who want to participate.
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“Are you afraid of your child/children” I query folks who testify to children who frequently engage in flagrant antisocial behavior — tantrums, brazen disrespect and belligerent disobedience being the top three.
According to the University of Florida Extension, the most notorious fire ant in their state is the red imported fire ant.
The students, faculty and staff of Scottsburg Elementary School enjoy showing their school spirit while dressing up like Indians and pilgrims.
Spectators driving through South Boston at night are greeted with seasonal lights adorning the Christmas tree in Constitution Square as well as lights in the garland on each light post in the downtown area.
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The Southern Virginia Higher Education Foundation will be celebrating #GivingTuesday by joining thousands of organizations around the world in the global generosity movement on Dec. 1.
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On Wednesday, Oct. 28, 20-year-old Jordan Walker of Buffalo Junction felt a sense of accomplishment as her name flashed across the television screen.
Nearly every time I talk to an adoptive parent, I become saddened, disgusted, angry or each in turn. It recently happened again.
The Halifax County Cancer Association and Halifax County Heritage and Antique Machinery Festival group members and others are working together to spread a little Christmas joy this holiday season with a Drive-thru Christmas Lights Display at the Halifax County Fairgrounds, and need the publi…
Due to the assumed difficulties of managing the annual fruit and nut sale during the COVID-19 pandemic, the members of the South Boston Lions Club have decided to forego selling fruit this year and will only be selling nuts.
Della Davis’ fifth grade students at Scottsburg Elementary School enjoy working in virtual small groups during a reading lesson on drawing conclusions. There were four small break-out groups and four cases to solve. The students used their detective skills to solve their assigned case. After…
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QUESTION: We sent our daughter a recent article of yours hoping it might cause her to rethink her approach to raising our grandson. It was not well-received and she is no longer speaking to us. The child, age 4, is quite ill-behaved. Our daughter makes one excuse after another for him: he wa…
Many of us enjoy feeding the birds during the winter.
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