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Harrisonburg police recently sent out a notice reminding residents that the new Virginia law banning text messaging while driving goes into effect this Wednesday.

New York Times reporter Ginger Thompson wrote a story for The Caucus blog about Maria Martinez, the HHS grad being deported to El Salvador this summer. There wasn’t much additional info regarding Maria’s status outside of what was included in the DNR stories, but the commenters at the DNRonline ended up being part of the [...]

Backpacker magazine’s August 2009 issue ranks Harrisonburg as number 15 of top cities to raise an outdoor kid. I couldn’t find the article online to link to (probably not yet available online), but here’s some details about the methodology used to rank cities nationwide.
The magazine has the following to say about Harrisonburg:

Early last year I wrote about the project (originally slated to cost $2 million) to replace the southbound onramp of exit 247 on I-81 with a traffic signal on 33 near the overpass (video). Today WSVA reports that the light may be operational by early next week:

Yesterday The Pub faced charges in front of the Virginia ABC board. Following some terrible publicity earlier this year, and a recent 10-day suspension of their ABC license, the owner of the establishment stood accused by the city and ABC agents of fudging the records.

REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL – June 9, 2009
Notes follow after the jump:

There hasn’t been much coverage of tomorrow’s state primary election on hburgnews — a result of no time to write, as well as political fatigue following the November election. Pollsters expect turnout to be low, as in 5 percent. But some key nominations are now on the line for state Democrats.

I attended today’s Harrisonburg Summits (hosted by Mayor Kai Degner) along with about 200 other participants. The summit’s focus was sustainability. Specifically; How do we meet the needs of the present “while preserving the ability of future generations to meet their needs?”

I shot this video last year when the BABE Rally made its third annual pit stop in Harrisonburg (I just missed them in 2007). Since 2006, the junk car enthusiasts haven’t ventured much further than the Best Western next to Shoney’s. But this Monday evening, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance and Clementine plan to welcome the 50-plus [...]