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Community Perspective: Fore! A change in course if no new high school in 2022
Harrisonburg city leaders are working to solve the complex problem of Harrisonburg High School overcrowding. The school board, working with limits set by a previous city council, is proposing that a second high school open for the 2022-23 school year (Plan A). The city council vote is anticipated on December 10th, after a public hearing.
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Del. Tony Wilt and Sen. Mark Obenshain win reelection
With results in from all precincts on Tuesday night, Republican incumbent Del. Tony Wilt has won reelection in House District 26. According to unofficial results compiled by the city and county registrars, Wilt defeated Democratic challenger Brent Finnegan by 10,064 votes to 8,603.
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Harrisonburg Takes On The Citizen: Part Three
As part of our first birthday celebrations, we asked community members to submit a piece about Harrisonburg – it’s past, present, and future. This is part three in the series. Deanna Reed, Mayor of Harrisonburg First, I want to say congratulations to The Citizen for making such a huge impact on Harrisonburg and being an …
Harrisonburg Takes On The Citizen: Part Two
As part of our first birthday celebrations, we asked community members to submit a piece about Harrisonburg – it’s past, present, and future. This is part two in the series. “There is Power In Place“ By Andrea L. Dono, Executive Director, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance Paris may be more than 4,000 miles away, but the conversations …
Harrisonburg Takes On The Citizen – Part One
As part of our first birthday celebrations, we asked community members to submit a piece about Harrisonburg – it’s past, present, and future. This is part one in the series: “What makes this off-year election so important? Redistricting.”
Community Perspective: Climate Strike
What a wonderful two days Harrisonburg citizens have just had! On September 20 and 27, our youth came together at Court Square loudly and seriously to say they’re worried about their futures.
Community Perspectives: Banana
A contributed Perspectives piece by Emma Schwertfuehrer A month ago, when I ate a banana for breakfast, I didn’t think a whole lot about it. This morning, however, as I cut up a banana for my oatmeal, I wondered who picked it. I wondered if, somewhere, thousands of miles away, the person who picked my banana …
A reflection on Memorial Day, 2019
Let the Words Fly
Once, maybe twice a year I get to let loose
in salty language with others
who once wore the same cloth. We
