Library Closing Branches, Reducing Hours
On Monday, Massanutten Regional Library announced they will be closing their Bergton and Stanley branches, and reducing hours at the downtown Harrisonburg library.
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VDACS Photo Contest Seeks to Highlight Farmers’ Markets
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Carrying your camera along when you visit the Harrisonburg Farmers Market could help put the market on the map. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced a photo contest for pictures submitted from farmers’ markets around the state. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top entry in three age groups. In [...]
Harris Corp. Coming to Harrisonburg
Monday, August 2, 2010
Harris Corporation, a multi-billion dollar federal contractor, will soon be setting up an outpost in Harrisonburg.
RMH To Affiliate With Sentara
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Rockingham Memorial Hospital announced Thursday that they will “affiliate” with Norfolk-based Sentara, which operates eight hospitals, and more than 100 “care giving sites” in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. For RMH, this deal would end a nearly 100-year-run as an independent health organization in the Valley.
Travel Association To Close New Market Visitor Center, Reorganize
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Shenandoah Valley Travel Association announced they will be closing the visitor center in New Market in August — a move they hope will allow them to refocus on “strategic marketing programs” to attract more business to various localities in the region.
A Tale of Two Co-ops
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Why have the Friendly City Food Co-Op’s fundraising efforts flourished in Harrisonburg, while plans for a co-op in Staunton fizzled? Rebecca Martinez writes in the Staunton News Leader about this case study in local economics and community organizing.
City Planning Commission takes up Comp Plan Input
Thursday, July 15, 2010
At last night’s July meeting, Harrisonburg’s Planning Commission began a review of public input from the May citizen input sessions concerning the revision of the city’s comprehensive plan. Chapters from the first input session on land use and transportation were discussed (specifically Chapter 5 Land Use and Development Quality , Chapter 6 Neighborhoods & Housing, [...]
Harrisonburg Listens. Be Heard.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Last night, the H’burg Community Development Planning Staff and members of the City Planning Commission met with the public for the first of four input-gathering sessions for the purpose of gathering reactions and suggestions to be used in the required update of the city’s Comprehensive Plan. (Full disclosure: I’m a member of the Harrisonburg City [...]
Harrisonburg Crossing in Foreclosure
Friday, April 16, 2010
On April 12, a notice ran in the Daily News Record that parts of the Harrisonburg Crossing shopping center are in foreclosure. Chris Rooker recently posted about the notice on Harrisonblog: It appears from city tax records that the parcels housing Wal-Mart and Home Depot are not part of the foreclosure. The tax records indicate [...]
- McDonnell: I Can’t Support DREAM Act
- Harrisonburg Immigrant Activist Arrested In DC
- Cuchi Guidos Shut Down
- McDonnell Promotes ABC Store Privatization
- HPD: Would-Be Bomber Says He Was Forced
- Upcoming Harrisonburg Taste of Downtown
- DNR Writer Dances Through Town
- Harrisonburg Man Among Those Killed in Afghanistan Attack
- Do Public Libraries Still Have Value?
- Carrizo Backs Out Of Bergton For Now
- David Miller: Plain and simple. The proposal by McDonnell raises taxes. The DNR today reports that McD...
- Deb SF: Deficit spending has been the legacy of every president and every senator from both partie...
- Dave Briggman: And with that "good head" on his shoulder has voted to mortgage the lives of children you ...
- Chris F-B: "Industry insiders hope restaurants will conclude that the price benefits of privatization...
- Lowell Fulk: Well, time to kick this subject back into discussion. Seems that the privatization of A...
- Jeremy Aldrich: Senator Warner seems to have a good head on his shoulders....
- David Miller: Agreed...
- Do Public Libraries Still Have Value?
- McDonnell: I Can’t Support DREAM Act
- Summer’s End: The Rockingham County Fair in Pictures
- WikiLeaks’ Afghan War Diary Sheds Light on the Service of Local Soldiers
- Harrisonburg Man Among Those Killed in Afghanistan Attack
- EMU Grad One Of 10 Killed In Afghanistan
- Harrisonburg Police Bust Three For Prostitution
- Harris Corp. Coming to Harrisonburg
- Activity Underway at New Community Project Home
- Council Recap: Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Approved
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Announcements & Press Releases 
- First Fridays Downtown: September
The Arts Council of the Valley First Fridays Downtown for this month is Friday, September 3, 5 – 7pm. Scheduled events are listed in the following press release:
- Fairfield Center’s Student-Citizen Summit: Tuesday Sept. 21
Fairfield Center’s Harrisonburg Summits series continues with a evening focusing on creating connections between local college students and the community at the Harrisonburg Student-Citizen Summit. The free event is scheduled from 3:30- 9:00 pm on Tuesday, September 21st, and will convene at Memorial Hall (Entrance B), the former Harrisonburg High school at James Madison University. [...]
- Conservationists Warn Against Drilling in Bergton
Three Rockingham County preservation groups are warning the Board of Supervisors of the potentially hazardous effects of unregulated drilling in Bergton. State mining officials will not require emergency management plans for a proposed Marcellus Shale natural gas well near Bergton
Harrisonburg Politics & Opinion
- The Campaigner-in-Chief
- No Increase In Social Security Age Eligibility!
- SWAC: Condolences on the passing of Dick Dudley
- The Downward Spiral
- The Fatal Flaws
- Dollywood's 25th Anniversary
- My quality of life…
- Sarah Palin: The Sound and the Fury | Politics | Vanity Fair
- BBQ & Beans with Del. Dickie Bell
- Just another TV Evangelist.... Today anyway..
Harrisonburg Business, PR & Coupons
- Days On Market? Sorry, that is classified information, given out on a need-to-know basis only.
- 322 Erickson Avenue, Harrisonburg, VA
- 231 Powell Place, McGaheysville, VA
- Redbox Free Rentals and Competition
- Local Home Sales Slow in August, Still Strong YTD
- 851 Merlins Way, Harrisonburg, VA
- 526 Tabb Court, Harrisonburg, VA
- 507 West Market Street, Harrisonburg, VA
- 128 Cindie Lane, Bridgewater, VA
- 8192 Robinson Road, Dayton, VA
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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