GOP candidate in 26th raises issue with process

Posted by afp on April 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Edited by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net

The 26th District Republican Committee will meet on April 13 to discuss possible changes to the nomination process that will be used to determine a candidate in the upcoming special House of Delegates election in the district encompassing the City of Harrisonburg and a swath of Rockingham County. Read more

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Race in 26th beginning to take shape

Posted by afp on April 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Story by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net

The race for the soon-to-be-open seat representing Harrisonburg and a swath of Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates is starting to take shape.

“I’ve made the decision. I’m not going to run this year. I may do something again in the future, but 2010 is not going to be the year for me,” said Gene Hart, the Democratic Party nominee in the 26th District in 2009, opening the door for Harrisonburg Mayor Kai Degner to have a clear path to the Democratic nomination. Read more

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Harrisonburg-Rockingham Real Estate Report

Posted by afp on February 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Column by Scott Rogers
www.harrisonburghousingreport.com

January 2010 sales (45) topped January 2009 sales (38). Furthermore, each of the preceding three months (Oct ’09, Nov ’09 and Dec ’09) showed equal or greater home sales than the same month in 2008.

Could it be that the pace of our local real estate market is finally picking up again? Read more

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Egregious gags to egg you on – and that’s no yolk

Posted by afp on February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Column by Jim Bishop
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A sagacious senior observed, “We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.”

Case in point: you’re about to get another punnelling from your Punsylvania pun pal. Don’t look, Ethel!

Too late – may as well grin and bear it, starting with this burning question:

Why is it that one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

And why does it take so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night? Read more

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Why regional business leaders should blog

Posted by afp on January 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Column by Kai Degner
www.whykai.com

As the DNRonline.com has been “paywalled,” meaning people need to pay to read it online, there are a number of added challenges to inform the public on important matters. However, there’s one with a more direct added financial impact: business leaders from outside the area can’t read about or find economic-development news because the news stories don’t show up in search engine results. (Google won’t show DNRonline.com pages because users can’t read them.)

So, when an article like today’s “Rockingham Plans to be Ready for Wind Farms” is published, the only people that really have a chance to read it are local people with a paid or online subscription on the day it’s printed. The opportunity lost is for people in this industry to get our region on their radar. Of course, I’m not just talking about the wind industry – any industry. All of our comparatively good news printed in the DNR is effectively invisible online. Read more

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Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber represented at Chamber Day at the Capitol

Posted by afp on January 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Staff Report
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The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce made its presence known in Richmond on Wednesday at the annual Virginia Chamber of Commerce “Chamber Day at the Capitol”. Twenty-six Chamber of Commerce and 58 statewide organizations, leadership programs and businesses descended upon the Capitol to express support for business friendly legislation and concern for legislation hampering job creation and capital investment in the Commonwealth.

Gov. Bob McDonnell, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and House Speaker Bill Howell each addressed the Chamber representatives. Participants spent the afternoon in the General Assembly Building meeting with local legislators. Chamber President Frank Tamberrino and members of the Chamber’s Public Policy Committee met with Senators Obenshain and Hanger and Delegates Lohr and Landes between the General Session and committee meetings. Read more

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RMH to hold Community Health Screening Fair Feb. 5

Posted by afp on January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Staff Report
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Rockingham Memorial Hospital will offer a variety of free health screenings during a community health screening fair to be held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, at the RMH Wellness Center, 501 Stone Spring Rd., Harrisonburg.