Category: Harrisonburg Issues

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City officially pauses skate park renovations amid criticism

Mayor Deanna Reed announced the city will pause the planned renovation to the Westover Park skatepark after hearing from members of the community about frustrations and concerns. 

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‘We want to embrace their kid-ness, but we also want to honor their adultness’

Harrisonburg educators are seeking to provide more flexibility for older teenage immigrants and refugees to navigate school or pursue other options. 

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After weekend death, HHS students stage walk-out to remember Calour Fields and call for end to gun violence

Following the death of 17-year-old Calour Fields over the weekend, students from Harrisonburg High School staged a walkout Monday afternoon to honor Fields’ memory and to call attention to the ever-growing crisis of gun violence in America.

Popular summer camp is full again, but would like to accommodate more

With the end of another school year fast approaching, planning for this year’s S.O.A.R. Program at Westover Park is in full swing. As usual, a waiting list is already starting to form.

First draft of next year’s budget calls for city worker raises and 3 cent real estate tax increase

The city council on Tuesday began discussing Harrisonburg’s 2023-24 budget, which includes a proposed real estate tax increase for a third consecutive year to help cover the cost of Rocktown High School. 

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A day after a pipe breaks, U.S. Senator delivers a federal check to cover its replacement

Federal money is arriving just in time to replace a more than century old pipe that, just this week, inconvenienced people in part of Harrisonburg and cost time, energy and money to fix for the umpteenth time. 

School board budget calls for raises of 5% or more

Harrisonburg teachers are in line to get a raise in the proposed budget the school board approved Tuesday and sent to the city council — the only question is how much.

Harrisonburg teen takes fourth in prestigious math and science competition

Harrisonburg teenager Max Misterka knows a lot of math, and he’s especially up on the q-derivative these days.

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