Category: Harrisonburg Issues

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Lights, skate park, action: City expects some ARPA-funded upgrades to be finished as early as summer

Harrisonburg residents can expect as soon as this summer to see several improvements funded through the American Rescue Plan Act, including renovations and upgrades to several parks and recreation facilities. 

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What do the numbers reveal about Harrisonburg’s crime rates?

Later this week, the Virginia State Police Department will close out the 2022 data processing period, after which it will release a summary of crime in Harrisonburg, as well as the rest of Virginia, called “Crime in Virginia.”

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Advocates for students with disabilities call on schools for more support

While Harrisonburg City Public School leaders have said they try to build inclusive learning environments for students with disabilities, several city residents at Tuesday’s meeting told school board members that there’s still room for growth.

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‘Every day you call your parents hoping that random bomb didn’t fall in their city’

A year since Russia invaded their home country, Ukrainians in this area are still doing everything they can to help their home country. “One of the worst years of my life,” said Nicole Yurcaba through tears. 

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With sluggish enrollment in solar program, HEC looks to make changes

Sometime this spring, subscribers to Friendly City Solar could increase their participation in the program and invest more in the local solar power generation program that is having difficulty attracting customers.

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Community Perspective: Lawsuit over policy keeping Harrisonburg parents in the dark very much alive

A contributed perspectives piece by Deborah Figliola
A number of teachers are challenging the Harrisonburg Public Schools’ disturbing policy that dictates how teachers must approach students struggling with their gender, and I am one of them.

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City council approves Bluestone Town Center in 3-2 vote

The proposed development split the council much like how it inspired opposing reactions from residents. Here’s how the council members voted and why.

Group of teachers’ complaint against Harrisonburg schools can proceed, judge rules

In a setback for the Harrisonburg School Board, a judge on Tuesday denied its request to throw out the legal complaint several teachers are pursuing in connection with the district’s policies regarding transgender students. The judge also imposed a 28-day deadline for the school district to provide documents the teachers’ attorneys have requested. 

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