Cargill announced today that it has purchased Willow Brook Foods, a meat processor based in Springfield, Mo. WB is also involved in turkey production, and includes 3 plants and about 1200 employees. According to today’s press release, Cargill will continue to operate Willow Brook’s feed mill in Butterfield, Mo., and its Albert Lea, Minn., Schweigert [...]
Monday, March 31, 2008
An accident involving a loaded city transit bus and a passenger vehicle in Rockingham County was investigated by officers with the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement and Hose Company No. 4 responded to the accident around 3:20 Monday afternoon at the intersection of Port Republic Road and Reservoir Street. No one was injured in [...]
Monday, March 31, 2008
Some may remember all the blog drama between Republicans in (and out of) the 24th state senate district during the Hanger-Sayre primary last year. Now it appears some Democrats in the 6th congressional district may have fallen into the same hole.
Friday, March 28, 2008
PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE JMU COMMUNITY Thursday, March 28, 2008 James Madison University would like to make you aware of an email scam that has been circulating again lately.
Friday, March 28, 2008
I saw a tweet about this a few hours ago, and just saw Briggman’s post on republitarian.com — apparently Verizon’s Evolution-Data (EVDO) high-speed, third generation wireless broadband network now includes Harrisonburg, or at least parts of the area.
Friday, March 28, 2008
In case you didn’t catch it in the aggregator feed; photographer, JMU senior and editor of The Breeze, Evan Dyson, recently launched a behind-the-scenes news blog. To my knowledge, Evan was the first to cover the fire on North Main yesterday — yet another example of how fast blogs can move information. Evan may be [...]
Thursday, March 27, 2008
You may remember when Sen. Emmett Hanger came under fire from Scott Sayre for supposedly voting “to allow illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates at Virginia’s colleges” (Hanger later clarified his position with a bill). Now the issue of in-state tuition for children of unauthorized immigrants is building to a crescendo in Virginia. Attorney General Bob [...]
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
A year ago, I posted something about the possibility of Sen. Mark Obenshain running for Attorney General. The only thing that’s changed between then and now is that Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has decided to stay where he is, so AG Bob McDonnell can run for governor. Yesterday, the Richmond Times reported, “His decision means [...]
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Last month, the DNR reported that “an unnamed developer has been ‘eyeing’ western Rockingham County as one of several possible Virginia locations for a wind farm [...] However, no such plans have been made public.” Today, the Richmond Times reports that “An unnamed company has started the application process to build 131 of the massive [...]
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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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