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After a lost year, Valley Baseball League returns to action
After COVID-19 shut down the Valley Baseball League (VBL) in 2020, the Harrisonburg Turks and 10 other teams are back in business this summer. The Turks’ roster features both local players and ones from across the country. Among them are four JMU players staying in Harrisonburg, including catcher Travis Reifsnider, who has played in the league before and is happy to return..
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For the birders: pandemic spurs new interest in area’s feathered friends
Disappointed that the barn owls were not putting on the hunting display he had hoped for, Matt Gingerich resorted to a smartphone app and Bluetooth speaker to mimic their call. Moments later, in the deepening twilight, a large, dark-colored bird darted above the pasture, making a beeline straight at him and his invited guest, photographer Bob Adamek.
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House of Delegates candidates Wilt and Helsley rush to the political middle
Virginia’s 26th House of Delegates race is underway, and Del. Tony Wilt, R-Broadway, and Democratic challenger Bill Helsley are trying to appeal to moderates.
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Winding its way through downtown, Valley 4th race offers a little normalcy
In the second year without official fireworks display or city-sanctioned celebrations downtown, the return of the Valley 4th Run on Saturday anchored this year’s July 4th festivities in Harrisonburg.
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Community Perspective: Harrisonburg Jeepers
A contributed perspectives piece by Tom Arthur President Eisenhower called the jeep one of the four tools of victory that won World War II. (The other three were the C-47 transport aircraft, the portable bazooka, and the atomic bomb.) The jeep was used by all the allied armed forces to replace the WW1 cavalry as command …
From farm to table — with a layover at the Shenandoah Valley Produce Auction
On a sharply curved road just outside of Bridgewater proper and spitting distance from the Dry River, lies the 57-acre farm where Charlie Martin has lived and worked the land his entire life. It’s been in the family since his grandfather bought it in the early 1930s.
Summer events will be booming (even if city’s July 4th fireworks won’t be)
While the usual Friendly City Fourth of July event and fireworks display in Harrisonburg are cancelled for the second consecutive year, other annual festivities will return this summer. Here’s The Citizen’s guide to major events and festivals.
Regular riders hope for different direction with planned transit hub
Alec Dickey is waiting for the Number 2 bus to the Valley Mall, cleaning a skinned knee with a bottle of water and some wadded-up fast-food napkins after tripping on the way to the Harrisonburg Department of Transportation’s (HDPT) transit hub. It’s not the biggest hassle Dickey has endured getting around town, but the 24-year old city resident sees it as a regular part of life without a vehicle.
