Immerge Tech Splits, Aquired By McClung
Immerge Technologies, located in downtown Harrisonburg, is splitting its web design and software development divisions. The web division has been acquired by McClung Companies of Waynesboro
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Goodlatte Co-Sponsors Global Internet Bill
Friday, July 2, 2010
Rep. Bob Goodlatte is one of two congressional Republicans and eight Democrats sponsoring a bill that they say “focuses on trade barriers and restrictive technology standards that threaten the free flow of information and undermine global trade.” The bill, introduced in the House Thursday, addresses foreign governments such as China or Iran that “place onerous [...]
ValleyApps Announces Free Google Apps Migration For One School
Friday, May 7, 2010
Harrisonburg-based tech company ValleyApps today announced a promotional program that offers Virginia schools a chance to win a free IT migration to Google Apps.
City Vies For High Speed Internet Trial
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Harrisonburg is in competition with a myriad of cities across the country for Google’s attention. Earlier this month, the tech giant announced plans “to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States.” City officials want Harrisonburg to be the epicenter of those 1 gigabit-per-second fiber [...]
More 3G In The County?
Monday, February 22, 2010
You’ve seen the Verizon ads mocking AT&T’s 3G coverage map. AT&T is working to change that image. Last week, AT&T announced a $19 billion investment plan for Virginia (story via WSVA). The telecom giant announced “the addition of nearly 70 cell sites and the upgrade of more than 200 additional cell sites to 3G.”
Online Transparency In Virginia
Friday, February 5, 2010
Are local governments doing a good job making the information you have a right to know publicly available on their websites? According to Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, “Localities in Virginia were generally dismal in their efforts at online financial transparency.” How do Harrisonburg and Rockingham County compare to other local governments when it [...]
JMU to Host Virtual Fashion Show
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
JMU’s recently publicized virtual campus, launched in the online virtual world of Second Life, is hosting a virtual fashion show and open house “in an effort to introduce local and global community members to JMU’s virtual campus.” The show will start at 4:00pm on Friday, December 4th Thursday, December 3rd, in Second Life.
AT&T rolls out 3G in Harrisonburg
Thursday, November 12, 2009
iPhone users can rejoice. As of today, AT&T has 3G network coverage in the city and parts of Rockingham County. There has already been some buzz about it on Twitter this morning. From the official release: AT&T today announced the availability of its third generation (3G) mobile broadband network in Harrisonburg, opening the door to [...]
How do city traffic signals work?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Last year, the City of Harrisonburg formed the Transportation Demand Management Program within the Department of Public Works. The program is comprised of a team dedicated to signal timing, signal coordination, and transportation planning. Earlier this year, the Transportation Demand Management Program released a set of webpages that details their program and provides insight into the complexity of traffic [...]
- 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
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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