http://hburgnews.com Harrisonburg's Community News Blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:59:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Everyday Bikes" is a community bike project started by a collection of individuals affiliated with New Community Project, Our Community Place, and is sustained with the support and help of many others in our community. Their goal is to promote sustainable transportation, healthy living, and to empower low-income individuals.  The "bike shop" is located on the ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/20/everyday-bikes/ A reader informed me that unappetizing photos of Harrisonburg Public School lunches recently ended up linked from Digg to a lowbrow blog about "girls, gossip, and gear for men." The thing is, those photos were taken off the school's website years ago. I'm told some of those items, like chicken ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/20/old-chicken-fryz/ WSVA is reporting that owners of Taste of Thai have purchased the old Spanky's building. [Eddie] Bumbaugh says they closed on the building last Thursday and plan to open a new restaurant. The new owners say the restaurant, expected to open Summer 2009, will be totally different from Taste of Thai, which ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/19/new-plans-for-spankys-building/ East Market Street between Main Street and Federal Street will be closed from 7 to 7 tomorrow, August 20. According to a release just sent out by the city, the closure is related to work associated with the downtown streetscape project. Following on the heels of that was another ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/19/section-of-market-street-closed-tomorrow/ There's a story in today's DNR about the opening of Our Community Place. About 75 people - a hodgepodge of volunteers, the needy and homeless folks - chowed down on sloppy joes, corn on the cob, stewed tomatoes, onion rings, squash casserole and garlic bread. Those that know Ron Copeland, formerly ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/19/copelands-dream-a-reality/ Jim Webb stopped in downtown Harrisonburg today. The junior U.S. senator met briefly with local residents at Blue Nile. He fielded questions ranging from the Russian-Georgian conflict to off-shore oil drilling and constitutional imbalance on Capitol Hill. I would have a video to post, but my battery died. http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/15/webb-visits-harrisonburg/ Governor Kaine's Commission on Immigration held a public hearing at the Festival building at JMU earlier this evening. From 5:30 to 8:30, the Commission -- comprised of multifarious experts and members of the state House and Senate -- heard from Valley residents on the ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/14/immigration-commission-hears-from-hburg/ Anyone have a comment about the photo associated with this DNR article, top of the fold on page B1 in today’s paper, Tuesday August 12? It accompanies a story about a local law office and the increased demand in the Hispanic community for legal advice. The photo prominently displays a ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/12/signs-of-the-dnr/ The Lynchburg News & Advance reports that water quality in Virginia has dropped yet again. A report due to be released by the Department of Environmental Quality is expected to add more waterways to the growing list of impaired rivers and streams. Many of the state’s rivers and streams were listed ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/12/more-dirty-water/ If you've seen these signs around town, taped to light poles and planted in front yards, you may have been wondering what they are. Turns out it's an ad campaign for Aletheia Church. Reminds me of some viral marketing version of Lovemarks. Or this documentary produced by a former Harrisonburg resident. http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/11/marketing-the-message/ This is a continuation of an earlier post, "council elections: the issues." Josh and I recently discussed conducting a Slashdot style interview with the candidates, where readers submit questions, we select the best ten (or so) and send them to all the candidates to answer. We'll give them ample time ... http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/08/interview-the-candidates/ A reader pointed out that TV3 ran two stories about bear sightings near Purcell Park yesterday. I was jogging in Purcell yesterday morning. I didn't see any bears, but I did see this. Now I'm thinking TV3 should trade in their "Crime Where You Live" segments for a local Threatdown. http://hburgnews.com/2008/08/06/threatdown-bears/