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Conversion of Rosetta Stone building into apartments tabbed for state funds
As part of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s announcement of a $17 million investment in workforce housing across Virginia, he chose to highlight a major rental housing project planned for the former Rosetta Stone building in downtown Harrisonburg.
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Accidents, bad luck and TikTok have led to damaged school laptops
The city school board is wrestling with a growing problem of damage to school-issued Google Chromebooks. And a social media trend isn’t helping.
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Community Perspective: Transportation in Harrisonburg is unsustainable and unaffordable. There’s something we can do about it.
A contributed perspectives piece by By Brent Finnegan. This is part one of a three-part series of Community Perspectives about land use and transportation in Harrisonburg.
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40-unit low-income housing development near Bluestone Town Center wins approval
City council members approved the construction of a 40-unit development off Erickson Avenue aimed at helping low-income residents.
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Virginia budget delivers for city schools but federal funding remains a question mark
By Calvin Pynn, contributor State funding for next fiscal year seems to be on track for Harrisonburg City Public Schools, but school leaders are less certain about federal funding. That was the message Superintendent Michael Richards gave during an update on the budget at the city school board’s business meeting Tuesday night. He started with …
2025-26 city school budget would include raises and new special education staff hires
The Harrisonburg City School Board voted unanimously Tuesday for the next year’s school budget that includes a 3% salary increase for teachers and staff, as well as additional funds to hire new special education staff.
‘I’ll never stop being sorry’: Driver in fatal 2023 crash sentenced to 90 days in jail
MOOREFIELD, W.Va. — More than two years after three JMU fraternity brothers died in a wreck after a rush event, the driver of the car that night, Campbell Fortune, received Tuesday a 90-day jail sentence with a seven-year parole period and a $100 fine.
Higher-density housing development near Smithland Elementary wins approval
The Harrisonburg City Council on Tuesday approved the rezoning of two lots near Smithland Elementary School from single-family residential to the higher density housing, which would allow developers to build 55 units, including at least 44 single-family homes.
