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Today, Monday the 6th, is the last day to register to vote in Virginia this November. If you’ve been waiting until the last minute to do it, this is the last minute.

The Twitter feature hasn’t been working for some time. Yesterday I created a workaround: an hburgnews hashtag. Here’s how it works:
Anytime anyone with a Twitter account sees news happening in or near Harrisonburg, include #hburgnews somewhere in your update. It will show up in the sidebar of hburgnews. That’s it. Pretty simple, huh?

It’s been about 8 months since the last one. Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance announced they are planning a second speed dating night for Saturday, November 10 8 at Clementine.
For at least one couple, the last event was a success. A reader wrote to us, “I met my honey bunny at the first one they held in [...]

Even in the midst of what looks to be a major economic crisis on Wall Street, Rosetta Stone, the language learning software company with a large office in downtown Harrisonburg, is moving ahead with plans to become a publicly traded company. From MarketWatch:
Rosetta Stone Inc. late Tuesday filed to raise up to $115 million in [...]

One of the most fascinating blogs I’ve ever come across has to be PostSecret. For years, readers have been mailing their anonymous secrets on a postcard to Frank Warren, who posts them on his blog. PostSecret has gained a huge following, and become one of the top 30 most popular on the Internet. I recently [...]

The banner that went up across the former church/clothes closet building on the corner of Market and Mason last week reads: “Open Soon. Franklin’s Cafe & Wine Bar.”
I contacted the owner, Howard Wiener, about the new addition to downtown. He said he was looking to start something a little different; something Harrisonburg didn’t have [...]

By the Side of the Road Bed and Breakfast on Garbers Church Road recently made the BedandBreakfast.com list of “Great Places to Sleep With Ghosts.” I’m not sure how being a “dead and breakfast” is supposed to boost business, but the listing states:
When the [Side of the Road] innkeeper went to turn off the [...]

As I wrote last week, Norfolk Southern is repairing tracks throughout the city, causing temporary street closures.
Today the city sent out a notice that Norfolk Southern will close Maryland Avenue tomorrow (Wednesday) between Central Avenue and South High Street. The street is expected to be closed to traffic from 9:00 am to approximately 3:00pm.

If you’re wondering why it’s been a little quiet here lately, I recently started a new job, I’m starting work on a new documentary, and I’ve been packing up to move across town. So, I probably won’t be able to devote as much time to hburgnews as I have in the past. But that might [...]