Category: Harrisonburg Issues

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Two women working in a cluttered store room

‘100 impossible things’: Inside the city’s thrift shops that sift through and sell our used clothes

Outside of Gift and Thrift on a Tuesday morning in late August, Thomas Martin sorts through a white crib filled with jeans that cost 75 cents. The store’s doors are locked and will remain so until Gift and Thrift opens in 15 minutes but already shoppers are perusing the outside items.

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Influx of state funds to cover teacher, staff raises and more student support

Harrisonburg city school employees can expect a raise next year and more funding for support staff through amendments to Virginia’s two-year budget, which Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed last week. 

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For joint replacements, outpatient procedures become more common at Sentara RMH

A surgery that used to require a day or two of recovery in the hospital now routinely results in patients going home in a matter of hours with a newly reconstructed joint. 

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Musicians on a stage

Summer concert series offers a preview of what’s possible with a downtown park and music venue, advocates say

On a clear Wednesday evening in July, people crowded the sidewalks along South Liberty Street as Mariachi music bounced off the walls of downtown Harrisonburg’s buildings. 

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

As major I-81 construction nears, people who live and work closest can weigh in whether they want a sound barrier

With a major expansion of I-81 through Harrisonburg about to begin, people and businesses located closest to the interstate will have a chance to weigh in on whether they want a sound barrier built to dampen highway noise. 

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While solar farm adds clean energy to Harrisonburg power grid, effort to sell it lags

In its first 10 months of operation, the solar energy plant at the corner of Acorn Drive and North Liberty Street generated more than 2.6 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity — enough to power 224 homes for one year.

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Grant funds come at the right time for local groups focused on mental health

Harrisonburg has been spreading out $400,000 in grants from the federal American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds to improve mental health services in the city, and the funding comes precisely when many community organizations are in need of it. 

School board allows teachers to move forward with collective bargaining vote

Andrew Thompson, president of the Harrisonburg Education Association, called the Harrisonburg City School Board’s Tuesday business meeting a “historic night” after board members voted 5-1 to allow the district’s teachers and other employees to move forward with an election to decide whether to engage in collective bargaining. 

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