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Community Perspective: How do you spend your time?

A contributed perspectives piece by C.A. Mills
Craft (big C and little c) is back baby, and it is back in a big way.

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Statewide environmental news roundup – July 2023 (Part I)

“This pipeline was snarled in court. Then Congress stepped in.” The Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s Director declared President Biden’s signing of the debt ceiling bill “will forever stain his legacy on climate and environmental justice … [as] the president who built the Mountain Valley Pipeline [MVP]. The president who locked in new fossil fuel infrastructure for decades to come at the most pivotal point in our climate journey. The president who stomped on more than half a century of bedrock environmental protections as a political favor.”

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HPD’s new Victim Services Unit is up and running

If your wallet were stolen today, you could expect a call from the Harrisonburg Police Department’s new Victim Services Unit tomorrow asking if you would like help canceling your cards. If you witnessed a traumatic crime and were wondering what comes next, the phone call would help clear things up. If you called 911 because you were experiencing domestic abuse but didn’t know whether you’d press charges, you would get the call too, and if it isn’t a good time to talk, you could call back once you were alone.

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City leaders embrace proposed ‘beacon’ art installation; Officials plan meetings about rebuilding skate park

By the end of the winter, a new art installation will welcome people to downtown at the point where North Main Street and North Liberty Street split. And while city council members embraced the proposed piece’s concept and design Tuesday night, they had some concerns about its placement. 

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Despite re-bidding the project, city is confident in opening homeless shelter by fall ’24

City officials working on the upcoming Homeless Services Center decided to restart the bidding for the construction contractor, which will delay the shelter’s planned opening to the second half of 2024 instead of this fall. 

To keep new high school opening on schedule, city heads to court

As construction on Rocktown High School continues, the City of Harrisonburg and Truist Bank are headed to court to settle a dispute over the value of property and easements needed to construct the intersection for the school’s main entrance.

Three-way collaboration culminates in performance using instruments made from salvaged local wood

A 12-week instrument design process culminated in a performance featuring the performing arts students. Along the way, the design students sketched out ideas, presented small-scale models to the percussion students, and then completed the final product. 

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Valley’s own Rebecca Porter sings her message that country music ‘is for everyone’

At the Golden Pony in early June, Rebecca Porter and her band took the stage in front of a crowd of Porter’s friends and family, JMU students, members of the LGBTQ+ community, even complete strangers — all in their best honky tonk get-ups. 

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