Category: Harrisonburg Issues

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After nearly 30 years, Harrisonburg school board updates district’s policy on homework

While homework for K-12 students might look a lot different thanks to technology than it did in the 1990s, the Harrisonburg city schools’ policy about homework hadn’t changed — until now. 

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Employees at city vinyl pressing shop unanimously vote to unionize

The employees at Blue Sprocket Pressing, a vinyl pressing plant located in Harrisonburg, have voted to unionize, joining Teamsters Local Union No. 29 based in Verona.

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Reducing car travel and planting trees among city’s efforts to cut community’s greenhouse gasses

People who live and work in Harrisonburg will be enlisted to help reduce carbon emissions, now that the city council voted Tuesday to add a set of community engagement goals to the city’s Environmental Action Plan.

With first full-time employee on board, HFD Paramedicine Program begins service

Cindy Ramirez knows firsthand the difficulty people from underserved populations have navigating the U.S. health care system.

‘When you see it, you think of Rocktown’

Rocktown High School has its official logo thanks to the combined efforts of students at Harrisonburg City Public Schools and James Madison University students and a professor from JMU’s School of Media Arts and Design. 

A year after their arrival here, spotted lanternfly becomes more of a nuisance

Julie Hart, who lives in Rockingham County, was visiting Smiley’s Ice Cream in Bridgewater with her family in early October after hiking a trail in Shenandoah National Park when her daughter noticed a bright red speck on the ground. “Isn’t that one of the bad bugs from that poster we saw on our hike?” her daughter asked.

Event seeks to help local businesses grow

Valley entrepreneurs and business owners are gearing up to sharpen their skills, network and get support from fellow business leaders at the second annual Shenandoah Valley Entrepreneurship Summit on Oct. 23 and 24 in Harrisonburg.

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