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March 25, 2022

Collaborative project at courthouse casts local history in modern new light

By Bridget Manley, Publisher

For centuries, the records of Rockingham County – of people who lived and died here – were kept on shelves in a tight space on the top floor of the courthouse in the center of town. Now many of them are online.

May 11, 2020

Volunteers harness ingenuity and 3-D printers to make 2,800 face shields for health workers and first responders

By Sukainah Abid-Kons, Contributor

Donating 1,200 clear plastic face shields to Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital was already a big undertaking, but a local group of volunteers with access to 3-D printers has kept going — producing protective equipment to donate to organizations and first responders, including more than 250 face shields to the Harrisonburg Fire Department.