the ballots
Tuesday is election day. Here’s the sample ballot for Harrisonburg (right) and front side of the ballot for Rockingham County (left).
Archive | October, 2007
porn-free Timberville?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Timberville’s planning commission and town attorney are drafting a no-porn business ordinance to be presented to the town council as early as next week. According to the story, parents are concerned an “adult” store may want to locate near the elementary school. But there’s no mention of any adult businesses currently interested in setting up [...]
clarification
Monday, October 29, 2007
Last week, Dave Briggman posted some confusing and potentially misleading information on republitarian.com about hburgnews. I probably shouldn’t bother, but here it is anyway, in case you were wondering:
junk mail
Friday, October 26, 2007
If you spend much time downtown, you’ve probably walked by Innovative Marketing Solutions (IMS) on Water Street. I’ve never paid much attention to it until recently, when I came across some strange information about them on a few blogs and online forums.
Will your candidate be on the Virginia primary ballot? Who cares!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
I got an email the other day trying to get me to take part in a ballot access drive for a candidate I like. The thing is, by the time Virginia chooses its favorite candidates to win the party nominations, the nominations will almost certainly be locked up.
Trees vs. Signs: Part II
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Remember the trees on Court Square that were causing all of the discussion about two weeks ago? The Harrisonburg City Council is going to decide what to do with them tonight. While this decision seems like a relatively small choice to make, it will likely have long lasting effects on the Harrisonburg Community. However you [...]
An Open Letter to Del. Matt Lohr
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
I am a voter in Harrisonburg and I received your flyer about immigration in the mail today. Del. Lohr, I am deeply disappointed, not simply because of your stance on immigration, but because you seem to be ignoring some key facts and perpetrate some common fallacies.
JMU PAC groundbreaking Friday
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
About an hour ago, JMU sent out a press release announcing JMU officials will break ground for the new Performing Arts Center this Friday afternoon. The area across from the Quad on South Main used to look like this (see bottom portion of photo). Currently, it’s a gravel parking lot. When construction of the Arts [...]
one and only NBC station?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
If you have cable, chances are you get NBC 29 out of Charlottesville, as well as NBC 12 out of Richmond, and/or NBC 4 from DC. NBC 29 is working to change that. According to a report on WSVA, NBC 29 is asking the Federal Communications Commission to remove the Richmond and Washington DC NBC [...]
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- HRHO: I hope the developers loose their shirt! Money is the only deterrent....
- Perrie'Lee Prouty: I a hearing that arsenic is being released as a byproduct of the plant? Arsenic is used...
- Shen CC: Sooooo.... Does anybody have ANY kind of update on this case @ this time? Surely it's ...
- Dr Frank R. Southerington: The Democrats are NEVER going to win the sixth District if they won't even field a candid...
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- Friendly City Celebrates Grand Opening
- Cally’s To Become Capital Ale House
- Castillo To Be Awarded Honorary Doctorate
- Last Glimpse of Food Co-op Before Official Opening
- Harrisonburg Gardening 101: Composting & Other Garden Tips
- State Agencies Weighing Benefits Of Burning Poultry Litter To Generate Electricity
- Severe Weather Whips Through Valley
- Rocktown Beer & Music Festival (In Pictures)
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Announcements & Press Releases 
- Friendly City Grand Opening Set for July 9
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.
- Friendly City Becomes Member of National Cooperative Grocers Association
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.
- Harrisonburg Recognized as a Bike Friendly Community
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.
Harrisonburg Politics & Opinion
- 'News Virginian' begins charging for online content ... joins growing number of paywall sites
- Linwood Cobb leads 7th Republican District Convention
- Virginia Living magazine's 'Best of Virginia 2012' Staunton awards
- Lexington & the Rise of Liberty in Virginia’s 6th
- Indiana Republicans "Choose Between Party And Country"
- The 2012 Farm Bill: A Happy Marriage between Democratic Socialism and Corporate Capitalism
- Robert Samuelson Playing Anti-Robin Hood Again
- Political Dialogue at JMU
- Tax Day Rally 2012
- The 2012 GOP Nomination is Over?
Harrisonburg Business, PR & Coupons
- Don't get distracted by YTD average days on market
- 5921 Port Trace Court, Port Republic, VA
- 17944 Red Brush Road, Elkton, VA
- 7415 Lilly Square, Dayton, VA
- 5086 Appletree Court, Timberville, VA
- 3049 Rhodes Lane, Harrisonburg, VA
- Housing recovery more evident in lower price ranges
- 1988 Fieldale Place, Harrisonburg, VA
- 6921 South Eastside Highway, Elkton, VA
- 13487 Hopkins Gap Road, Fulks Run, VA
Harrisonburg Blogs
- Racism is never funny.
- Redskins pick RGIII, no surprise there
- Five Sure-Fire Ways To Make You Look Less Unattractive in Pictures
- Westover Waves gear up for summer season
- Soup Night the result of months of preperation
- Fiesta Corn Patties
- Blog: Songs that best defined me in high school
- “Storied” delivers a quality performance
- Senior Wills
- Ben DiNapoli elected SCA president for 2012-2013 year
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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