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Ready for sunshine: Volunteers plug in major solar installation for EMS
An overcast sky and a few sprinkles Saturday didn’t dampen the spirits of volunteers and others who swiftly snapped 357 solar panels into place on the roof of Eastern Mennonite School.
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Community perspective: Kathleen Kelley should explain if she wants to lead
In recent years there has been a well-documented increase in the propagation of conspiracy theories both here in the United States and around the world. While some alternative avenues of thought (theories about the Earth being flat, for example) are relatively benign, others spread false and dangerous lies about things like “New World Orders,” shadow governments, and predictions of violent race wars.
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Before this week’s deliberative forums on policing, here’s a recap of recent events
With policing being a crucial topic and the election only weeks away, The Citizen is co-sponsoring a deliberative forum about policing because many citizens have engaged from different sides of the issue and with different perspectives. Here’s a timeline of some key events and developments regarding police in Harrisonburg over the last few months.
The Free Clinic to close by the end of the year
By Calvin Pynn, contributor Since Virginia expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2019, The Free Clinic had been seeing fewer patients; then came the coronavirus. Both were among the considerations that led to the Board of Director’s decision to close the clinic by the end of December, bringing a 30-year chapter in local healthcare to a close. …
Pandemic prompts different schools of thought about new building
Almost six months since construction on Harrisonburg’s second high school was suspended, the project remains in limbo, with no timeline yet established to resume work. COVID-19, though, has prompted competing takeaways about the wisdom of moving forward.
City schools look ahead to improve online learning — and eventually resume in-person teaching
Harrisonburg City Public Schools are fine-tuning virtual learning, but officials are also laying the groundwork to bring more students — particularly the youngest ones — back into school buildings, perhaps next semester.
Though hard numbers scarce, local “Zoom fatigue” doesn’t seem too bad yet
In a normal year, the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale packs out the Rockingham County Fairgrounds with people admiring handwoven quilts, handcrafted furniture and other items auctioned off over the weekend. While some attendees still came by to look at those items last weekend, the bleachers – typically filled with several thousand people – were empty.
Scholars Latino Initiative to convert its fundraiser into a drive-through event
A local non-profit that creates college opportunities for high school scholars of Latino descent, has found an innovative way to host its annual fundraising event: drive-thru style.
