So many things about this senatorial race are about sensationalism. It’s rather absurd. Make no mistake: I count myself in with all the other bloggers and reporters that often take the bait and go for the sensational over the germane. With this event in Charlottesville earlier today, it’s clear that the issues are beyond lost. [...]
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
IN RECENT NEWS: New stuff opening/relocating downtown in the next few months: Midtown Market, Blue Nile, Downtown 56, Earth & Tea Cafe. And two stories I didn’t see missed in the local media… NBC 12 is reporting that Schneider National is looking for 90 new drivers in this area, and says there’s a major shortage [...]
Monday, October 30, 2006
Out of all the stories filed for local media outlets, surprisingly I’d have to say the DNR’s Jeff Mellott is the only one that gave (what I believe to be) fair coverage to the counter-rally when Allen came to town. But some of the other stories seem to downplay the anti-amendment counter-rally. From WSVA: “The [...]
Friday, October 27, 2006
Yesterday, about 400 people packed into Court Square Theater to see Jim Webb and his entourage. Webb, as you surely know, is running against incumbent Senator George Allen for U.S. Senate. The main event at 4:15 was preceded by music from Trent Wagler and the Steel Wheels, who sang songs including one about “Cruel Georgie [...]
Friday, October 27, 2006
Make sure you check out Brent’s account and pictures of today‘s rally/protest about the marriage amendment (below). I was lucky enough to have the time to make it to both of the political events on Court Square this week: Webb-Warner yesterday, Allen-Padilla today. Over 400 people showed up to Webb-Warner, apparently the biggest democratic gathering [...]
Friday, October 27, 2006
Big news day for the burg… If I had a laptop, this would be my first attempt at a live blog, but I’ll do my best to update this post as soon as I can… Goodlatte was in town to support the amendment on Monday, Jim Webb and Mark Warner stopped at Court Square yesterday [...]
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Don’t know when this happened, but The Breeze now has RSS feeds for its news, sports, entertainment, and opinion sections. I emailed their webmaster a few months ago, and he said he was working on it. Guess he wasn’t kidding. Now WHSV needs RSS feeds. And WSVA needs a whole new website. If there was [...]
Thursday, October 26, 2006
I really wish I had more time to devote to writing about the ongoing issues in town, like how and why northeast Harrisonburg is the way it is (or at least seems–higher crime rate, lower incomes, etc). When I read stories like this, I feel like there’s something missing, like the background of the neighborhood [...]
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
What’s with the Olguin brothers and their dogs? Today the DNR and TV3 (as well as WDBJ in Roanoke) are reporting that the Olguin brothers’ pit bull(s) attacked someone for the second time in two months. In September the victim was Gloria Harold, coming to the rescue of Vicky Willis. This time it was Bucky [...]
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Friendly City Food Co-Op, Harrisonburg’s consumer-owned grocery, invites the community to come see its new destination for natural, organic and locally-produced products at the store’s grand opening 11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 9 at 150 East Wolfe Street.
HARRISONBURG, VA — Friendly City Food Co-op, slated to open this month in Harrisonburg, Va., has become the newest member of the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA), a business services cooperative serving 120 consumer-owned food co-ops nationwide.
May 2: Harrisonburg was honored when the League of American Bicyclists announced the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) designations over the weekend to kick off May as National Bike Month.
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