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Will Rockingham County need to build a new school soon? Growth rate has school leaders considering options
If all housing developments underway in Rockingham County are completed as planned, several of the area’s schools will run out of room for students – and a planned new elementary school might need to be built sooner than previously thought.
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County elections board to ask for prosecutor’s help to collect campaign fines from Matt Cross
The Rockingham County Electoral Board will send a letter on Friday requesting the Commonwealth Attorney’s help to collect campaign-related fines from Rockingham County School Board District 3 candidate Matt Cross.
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Big changes to city trash collection coming in 2026
City trash collection will change its regular Friday route to Wednesday, and residents will use a reservation system to request pick-up of bulk items and yard debris instead of through a regular bulk trash collection day. Those changes will begin in January.
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‘We put the cart before the horse’: County school board members offer mixed feelings as they wrap up banned book reviews
After stripping 50 books from the shelves of county schools and preemptively banning seven more in January 2024, the Rockingham County School Board completed its review by voting on the fate of the final six titles Monday night.
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Book Review: An Unpublished (Until Now) 19th-Century Novel
I wasn’t sure how to approach reading a novel released this year but written nearly 150 years ago by a black man who lived through the Civil War. So I read the companion pieces first.
Community Perspective: What is the Link and Why I Don’t Support the Project
A contributed perspectives piece by Aaron Garber What is the Link? The Link is the proposed project for the Lindsey Funeral Home site—a six-story, high-density apartment complex that will stretch sidewalk to sidewalk, featuring about 400 parking spaces. Approximately 36 of those spaces will be rented to the city for city vehicles. The project is …
Community Perspective: If you ever wonder how it happened, you’re witnessing it now
A contributed perspectives piece by Cara Walton There is a wonderful line in “It’s the Great Pumpkin: Charlie Brown” where Linus says “There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people – Religion, Politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” He’s learned the lesson that some people get really upset when you question them about …
City schools take first step toward life after Massanutten Technical Center
The future of career and technical education in Harrisonburg City Public Schools will not be confined to a brick and mortar model, but rather a hybrid system focused on community partnerships, according to school leaders.
