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Community Perspective: Part 1: Electricity Bills are up, here’s why

A contributed perspectives piece by 50 by 25 Harrisonburg

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Co-op’s Community Harvest Party returns for first time since 2018

The Friendly City Food Co-op will celebrate autumn and National Co-op Month with a Community Harvest Party from noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, in the store’s parking lot.

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Community Perspective: WHAT DID YOU SAY?

A contributed perspectives piece by Joe Laughland

Council OKs new mixed-use development on Port Republic Road aimed at students

The Harrisonburg City Council unanimously approved a new housing development aimed at college students to be built on Port Republic Road on the land where there is currently a CITGO gas station and adjacent field between Bradley Drive and Devon Lane.

HCPS collective bargaining back on the bargaining table

Almost a month after the Harrisonburg School Board voted to allow collective bargaining for teachers and staff in city schools, the initiative now hangs in limbo as union representatives have raised concerns with several issues in the language of the resolution.

City school district considers changes to its school resource officer program

Harrisonburg City Public Schools will consider ways to improve school resource officer (SRO) relationships in schools, including introducing annual “check-ins” with facilitated dialogue, adding language to a policy that aims to protect students and expanding the group tasked with providing oversight of the program. 

Statewide environmental news roundup – September 2023 (Part II)

The State Corporation Commission [SCC] could soon be unable to rule on cases before it for the first time in Virginia history because it has only one judge sitting on the bench.

City to seek grant funds for Simms Center preservation, more sidewalks and Northend Greenway 

The Harrisonburg City Council gave city officials the go-ahead Tuesday to apply for $165,000 in federal grant money to fund repairs at the Lucy F. Simms Center. 

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