Category: Harrisonburg Issues
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Overcrowding at Waterman Elm. could prompt school rezoning; Board offers tribute to outgoing members
Some Harrisonburg children might get assigned to different schools than they otherwise would have attended, as the school board seeks to address overcrowding — particularly at Waterman Elementary.
What happens when a drone stalks you? At first nothing, but a Rockingham County woman found a way to fight back
Lynlee Thorne was working on her Rockingham County farm one summer day in early June when she heard the intrusive buzzing. It was back, and she could feel it overhead, flying low and hovering.
Housing development at former quarry site wins council’s approval
The Harrisonburg City Council agreed to zoning changes to allow a major housing project to be built around the old Frazier Quarry despite some neighbors’ concerns.
Guns Into Plowshares Returns to D.C.
“Sadly this art is relevant today,” wrote Jordyn Thompson, now a junior preparing to be a secondary history teacher. She wrote that the sculpture draws attention to “the use of guns and gun violence, which is a pandemic in today’s society.”