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City and JMU to create group to improve ‘neighborly bonds’

Seeking to improve the relationship between JMU and the city and head off tensions between college students and their neighbors, Harrisonburg is launching a “working group” of local government and university staff, as well as residents and students.

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Golden Pony’s June closure will extinguish ‘shining light’ of Harrisonburg’s music scene

The Instagram post from the Golden Pony last Monday delivered a blow to Harrisonburg’s music scene. After 11 years of hosting local and nationally known bands, the restaurant and bar will close in June. 

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Residents will have 24 hours to clean trash from their yards before the city takes action

If any trash — including disposable cups, containers, and wrappers — are visible in a yard, then the property owners will now have 24 hours to remove it after receiving a warning from the city. Council members approved the ordinance change in a 4-1 vote at their Tuesday meeting.

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‘I’ll never stop being sorry’: Driver in fatal 2023 crash sentenced to 90 days in jail

MOOREFIELD, W.Va.  — More than two years after three JMU fraternity brothers died in a wreck after a rush event, the driver of the car that night, Campbell Fortune, received Tuesday a 90-day jail sentence with a seven-year parole period and a $100 fine.

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Council approves housing projects, denies request for boarding house

Housing development issues dominated the agenda Harrisonburg City Council’s first meeting of 2024 with the council giving the go-ahead for 113 new homes on Harrisonburg’s east side and, conversely, halting operations for an unofficial fraternity house that the city condemned last year as being unlivable. 

Blue flags and Denim Day raise awareness of sexual violence

Exactly 6,581 little blue flags flapped in the wind as they lined James Madison University’s Quad last Thursday. Each flag represented a JMU student who has or will be sexually assaulted in their lives, based on the student population and the national sexual assault rate.

JMU students try to adjust and keep anxiety in check amid an ever-changing semester

For both new JMU students and returning students who went through the abrupt shift to online classes in the spring, the university’s move this week to online classes amid a spike in COVID-19 cases has stoked anxiety and confusion.

JMU’s class of 2020 balances disappointment with hope after graduation was postponed — twice

Today was supposed to be the start of the pandemic-delayed graduation ceremony for JMU’s class of 2020. But after months of anxiously and eagerly waiting, JMU 2020 seniors learned through a July 6 email that the rescheduled Aug.7-8 ceremony would be delayed. Again.

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