Category: Harrisonburg Issues

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City students must wear masks in school

Harrisonburg students can expect to start their first day of school on Aug. 17 with their noses and mouths covered once again, as Superintendent Michael Richards announced at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

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Before and after: The (re)transformation of the Lincoln Homestead and what was discovered

fter almost two years of renovations and lots of surprises — both good and bad —the Bixler family has moved into the Lincoln Homestead. 

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Tiller Strings: sales, rentals, repair, sheet music, accessories.

Now that marijuana is legal to grow in Virginia, some in area are trying it

Two tiny marijuana seedlings poke out of the soil in pots outside of Patrick Fritz’s home in Broadway. For him, they represent more than just relaxation – both the act of growing and smoking marijuana have been deeply healing.

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$326K to go toward property to help homeless; Meanwhile Hburg residents at poverty level increase

The Harrisonburg City Council on Tuesday approved spending remaining federal CARES Act funds to buy property to help address homelessness in the community — a step some city leaders said they hope will lead to a year-round shelter. And housing insecurity was a theme at Tuesday’s meeting as council members learned more about the increasing numbers of residents teetering on the brink of or already in poverty.  

After a year of high demand for pets, area animal shelter is suddenly at capacity

The Rockingham/Harrisonburg SPCA has a problem, the scope of which it hasn’t had to deal with in a couple years.

In a school featuring ‘stewardship’ learning, solar array will be the newest teaching tool

Shortly after Bluestone Elementary School opened in 2017, third grade students buried milk containers on the school grounds.

Local YA author finds his voice and his calling

Lamar Giles’ boss pulled him aside. She had to let one of her computer programmers go, she said, but if Giles still wanted the job, it wouldn’t be him.

Pandemic-era parties led to lots of warnings, and a handful of stiffer sanctions

Daniel Cindea was standing on the deck of his friend’s townhouse in mid-March, sipping out of a Smirnoff Ice “Smash” can and talking to friends about whatever people talk about at parties. Others, all JMU students like Cindea, were smoking cigarettes, drinking similar drinks and laughing.

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