Rockingham County Sheriff Don Farley as quoted in the WHSV story about local deputies taking training from ICE to more quickly “process” illegal immigrants: “The people that are here, that are hardworking, paying the taxes that need to be paid, they’re a positive part of our society, I’m not worried about those,” says Farley. Then [...]
Friday, June 29, 2007
I hesitate to post this, but the press release went out today, so the cat is already out of the bag. There may be something about it in tomorrow’s DNR. WVPT is canceling the bulk of it’s local programming and “reducing staff.” Thursday afternoon, they laid off six employees. I’m one of them.
Friday, June 29, 2007
David Reynolds has an interesting piece in today’s DNR. Why did the national MSM pick up the Jessie Marie Davis case in Ohio, but not the Rachel Good case in Crimora? And more importantly, why did Adam David Williams, a suspect in Good’s disappearance, participate with Elkton police in the Good investigation? And why has [...]
Friday, June 29, 2007
HDR sent out a press release about the new movie screen they’re using for the free Fridays on the Square screenings. They said that “it was time to invest in something that provides the best movie experience for our audience.” Tonight (barring a T-storm) they’re showing October Sky. You can see the list of summer [...]
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Today WSVA is reporting that the city is looking for community input in how the $546,881 in community grant money should be spent. Only $50k of that is for nonprofit organizations like Meals on Wheels, and over a dozen other nonprofits that have made grant requests. I assume the rest is for housing needs? Anyway, [...]
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Thanh and I have written about electronics recycling here before, but there’s an article in today’s DNR about a different kind of electronics recycling. I was just having a conversation with someone the other day, and we agreed that most people we know who recycle (myself included) often forget the other Rs: reduce and reuse.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
No surprises here: Assistant City Manager, Kurt Hodgen, will take over as City Manager before Roger Baker retires in November. As for Baker? I hear rumblings that he may run for city council at some point.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
In November I wrote about the city’s Citizen Academy, which is where I met Kai, David Miller, Thanh, Josh, and a number of other hburgnews readers. The city just announced that they’re taking applications for this year’s class, which runs from August to November. If you have any interest in how the city works, local [...]
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Although the Water Street parking deck is open, Mayor Eagle wants Graciano Corp of Pittsburgh to pay “late fees” of up to $80,000 for the delays. But frustration over the deck delays has been compounded by a continued communication issue with the city. Last summer, several downtown store owners were upset about the lack of [...]
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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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