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Rockingham County Recreation Center’s sensory room champions children with special needs
Rockingham County celebrated the grand opening of the new Sensory Room located in Rockingham County Recreation Center late last month.
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3 voting locations changed for planned April special election
People who usually vote at Spotswood Elementary, Keister Elementary and Thomas Harrison Middle have been reassigned to other locations when casting their ballot on a proposed constitutional amendment during Virginia’s April 21 special election.
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County board turns its attention to elementary school literacy rates
In some county schools, just 15% of elementary students are marked as high-risk, meaning they’re significantly behind their grade level and could develop reading difficulties. At other schools, that high-risk population is more than twice as large.
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Cigar box + 3 strings = guitar
He demonstrates a “power chord: Barre-chord any fret. [This one] is a fifth. That’s how I tune most of them. You can play pretty much any songs from the ’60s.”
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July First Fridays at The Depot Featuring Erin Harrigan!
Jun 22, 2026
July First Fridays at The Depot Featuring Erin Harrigan!
Book Review: Workplace Shenanigans
There’s a certain amount of masking that people do so that their co-workers don’t learn too much about them
Local kids shine in Act One Theater Company’s The Little Mermaid JR
Presented by Act One Theater Company, The Little Mermaid JR will run from February 19 to March 1 at the Court Square Theater in downtown Harrisonburg.
Students get high marks for exercising free expression; District looks to bolster support for students in need
Harrisonburg school leaders praised students at Harrisonburg High, Rocktown High and Thomas Harrison Middle for their participation in a walkout to protest I.C.E.’s presence and tactics. Superintendent Michael Richards described the protest as “civil disobedience at its finest.”
Apparently, the county and city school boards can get along
The county and city school boards on Monday officially began the process of untangling their 60-year-long partnership to operate Massanutten Technical Center in what marked the first time the two districts’ leaders had met together since Harrisonburg’s school board withdrew from the arrangement last year.
