Category: Harrisonburg Issues
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Lots of different opinions prompt council to wait six weeks to decide on Link Apartments project
The Harrisonburg city council will vote on Sept. 23 on whether to rezone land at the edge of downtown to allow construction of a six-story complex called the Link Apartments.
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Needed housing or eyesore? People of Harrisonburg get their chance to weigh in on apartment complex
One item on Tuesday’s city council agenda has already caused a stir with Harrisonburg residents, as the desire for affordable housing within walking distance of downtown collides with those who don’t want a large apartment complex in that particular spot.
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Community Perspective: A Gentle Plea to Keep R-3
A contributed perspectives piece by Carl Larsson
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City and county school boards’ divorce sends them in different directions for future technical and career education
In the wake of the Harrisonburg School Board’s decision Tuesday to end its six-decade partnership with the Rockingham County School Board in operating the Massanutten Technical Center, plans are underway to provide those vocational courses and opportunities to city school students.
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After months of fighting with the county, city school board votes to end its involvement with Massanutten Technical Center
The Harrisonburg City School Board voted Tuesday night to end a nearly six-decade partnership with the Rockingham County School Board to jointly operate the area’s vocational and professional school.
Keezletown farmer who twice cheated death keeps going at 87
“She said, ‘Well, you got hit by a train.’ I said, ‘Well, that sounds kinda bad.’ “
HCPS making contingency plans in budget after observing unusual decline in enrollment
Since January, Harrisonburg City Public Schools has been losing on average 25 students a month.
Cuts to federal library agency haven’t trickled down to Valley branches … yet
Despite the Trump Administration’s call through an executive order to cut to library funding, library leaders in the Valley say the local systems won’t be directly affected.
