Author: Bruce Stambaugh
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Bruce Stambaugh, Contributor
Bruce Stambaugh is a retired school administrator. He and his wife Neva moved to the Harrisonburg area in 2017 to be near their three grandchildren. Bruce writes as a freelance writer, and enjoys hiking, birding, and photography.
Enjoying October’s Celestial Wonders
October has blessed the area with some fantastic and surprising celestial wonders. Last week, the full Hunter Super Moon and the comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS graced our night skies. The comet is still being seen but will soon vanish from our sight. Earlier in the month, the Aurora Borealis danced in the skies across the northern hemisphere, leading the stellar trifecta.
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Spring arrives in the Valley with multiple wildfires
The first full day of spring in Rockingham County arrived with beauty, warmth, wind, and wildfires.
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The end of an era for Hose Company No. 4 in Harrisonburg?
Hose Company No. 4, the oldest fire department in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, is in a quandary. Having served the city as a volunteer department since 1890, Hose Company No. 4 has been told to vacate its only city station, Station 4, on East Rock St by Sept. 1, and is still looking for a place to house its firefighting equipment.
City’s Fire Museum Reopens, and Larry Shifflett couldn’t be happier
The smile on Larry Shifflett’s face said it all. He couldn’t be happier now that the Harrisonburg Fire Museum, named in his honor, was open again.
Fight and flight: Witnessing the ugly side of birding
At first, I did a double-take. My wife and I had just turned the corner from Rawley Pike south onto Erickson Avenue, just west of Harrisonburg on Sunday. As we passed the Word Ministries Christian Church entrance, I noticed two large birds to my left, south of the church.Both birds furiously flapped their wings. But there was something extraordinary about what we were seeing.
To knot or not to knot was not even a question for these dedicated knotters
Comforters are aptly named. They comfort their makers, the givers, and those who receive them. That’s what makes them so appealing, so magical, so comforting, pun intended.
EMU weather balloon project teaches engineering students life lessons
What goes up must come down. That old axiom recently proved to be true for six Eastern Mennonite University engineering students. Only the results weren’t quite what they expected.
Terra incognita: Lessons from Harrisonburg’s Big Dig
A series of unfortunate surprises caused considerable delay to the East Market Street construction project, ranging from extensive rock just below the old asphalt to an unexpectedly shallow gas main laid atop an old sewer line, not to mention some abandoned coal chutes and an improperly installed telecommunications duct bank.
