The Romance of Closeness
The year is ending, and I’m walking uphill again. I cross the square under a low, cloudy sky and stroll up Green Street, then turn onto Chicago Avenue, thinking that it’s the last time I will write this column, remembering why I started.
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Salvage
Imagine your town was not going to last forever. If it was to be changed beyond recognition, what would you wish to salvage from the remains? If you had to leave, what would you want to take with you?
Lawsuit against city schools over teacher training ends after 2 years
A more than two-year-old lawsuit against the Harrisonburg School Board is over, with a conservative group declaring victory and the school district saying nothing really changes with the legal resolution.
Rockingham Co. again rejects Valley Interfaith Action’s public transit program
An effort to bring county-wide, on-demand public transit to Rockingham County has encountered another roadblock.
Street Haunting
There is something inspiring about the first real breath of cold. We had almost forgotten that our city could produce this weather.
City to begin cardboard recycling collections on Fridays
Harrisonburg residents can schedule online to have cardboard picked up from their homes beginning next week. The city will begin an opt-in program for recycling-bound cardboard collections on Fridays so people won’t have to bring cardboard to a recycling drop-off point.
Foodie Q&A: Ryan Zale of Local Chop & Grill House
I have a lot of Polish ancestry and my grandmothers on both sides were really good cooks. So I ate a lot of Polish dishes – pierogies and sauerkraut and kielbasa have a very, very warm place in my heart. My grandfather had a pretty decent sized garden, so we would work with him and eat out of the garden. When I was a kid, for money, I used to milk cows. Drinking raw milk. Nothing beats that.
County school board wants an outside view of 5-year plan, delays vote until 2025
Rockingham County School Board will delay voting on its comprehensive plan for 2024-29 until the new year. That’s not a reflection of uncertainty or something that needs to change, vice chair Sara Horst said at Monday’s meeting, but a way to dot all their I’s and cross all their T’s.
