
Facade grants awarded in Downtown Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance recently awarded a fifth round of facade enhancement grants to businesses and property owners in the Downtown Harrisonburg district.

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance recently awarded a fifth round of facade enhancement grants to businesses and property owners in the Downtown Harrisonburg district.

James Madison University students are teaming up with the March of Dimes to raise money and promote awareness of prenatal health issues with a 5K walk on Saturday.

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…

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…

A video report from Augusta Free Press News on the Barack Obama rally in Harrisonburg on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Length: 3:18.

Story by Jim Bishop When we allow ourselves to laugh, the possibility opens up to experience and accept God’s grace. Local actor-playwright Theodore K. (Ted) Swartz will build on this precept through “comedic exegesis” as resource person for fall spiritual life week at Eastern Mennonite University. Swartz will introduce the theme for the week, “Laughter…

The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Why in the world, you’re asking yourself, is Barack Obama spending half his day on Tuesday in the Central Shenandoah Valley that went 70 percent for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004? A better question, given a look at the ’08 poll numbers, might be, Why in…

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama will be in Harrisonburg on Tuesday for a Change We Need Rally on the campus of James Madison University. The rally will be held at the Convocation Center at JMU and will begin at 5:15 p.m. Doors will open at 3:15 p.m. The event…

Staff Report Harrisonburg attorney Tom Domonoske was recently named as one of the first two recipients of the John Kent Shumate Jr. Advocate of the Year Award given out by the Virginia Poverty Law Center. Domonoske, a nationally-recognized lawyer in auto-sales fraud cases, was honored for his work with Blue Ridge Legal Services. Domonoske has…

Story by Andrea Schrock Wenger Eastern Mennonite University’s dining hall went trayless beginning Wednesday, Oct. 22, joining hundreds of other colleges across the country eliminating wasted water, energy, food and time. “This is not new,” says Pioneer Catering director Bruce Emmerson. “It’s a trend that has been happening across the country for years. EMU students…
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