Jim Bishop | Home alone: Don’t cry for me, Harrisonburg

Jim Bishop

The week just passed gave evidence to something I’ve aspired to for a long time – I can manage quite well without adult supervision. Previous summers about this time, I lose all sense of purpose and direction when my first mate hoists anchor and sets sail for a week-long outing to Ocean City, N.J., with…

Historic Garden Week in Harrisonburg

AFP

Every year, the Garden Club of Virginia ushers in the spring season with Historic Garden Week, the oldest and largest statewide house and garden tour event in the nation. Tours benefit the restoration of important historic grounds and gardens throughout the state. The Harrisonburg chapter of this organization, the Spotswood Garden Club, will continue this…

Tech sector pulls down $488M contract for Harrisonburg

Chris Graham

A Harrisonburg-based military and emergency-response supplier has secured a $488 million federal contract to provide logistical support to military commands, federal agencies and other authorized customers worldwide. The two-year contract with Tactical and Survival Specialties Inc. is expected to result in additional jobs for the Central Shenandoah Valley.

Harrisonburg: Rasoul, Allen to debate at EMU

Chris Graham

Staff Report Sixth District congressional candidates Janice Lee Allen and Sam Rasoul will take part in a debate at Eastern Mennonite University tonight at 7 p.m. in the President’s Reception Room on second floor of the University Commons. Allen, an independent, and Rasoul, the Democratic Party nominee, are challenging Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte for the…

Harrisonburg: Obama rallies Valley Dems

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] One news organization estimated that there were 28,000 people all told in and around the Convocation Center on the campus of James Madison University for the Tuesday campaign rally featuring Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama. I don’t know that I could dispute the figure, based on the queue, or…