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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…
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The City of Harrisonburg is taking applications for the annual Harrisonburg Citizen Academy beginning today. The Citizen Academy will begin its fourth annual session on Sept. 3 and run through Nov. 19. The program is open to all city residents ages 18 and older.
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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…
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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.
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Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance recently awarded a fifth round of facade enhancement grants to businesses and property owners in the Downtown Harrisonburg district.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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A video report from Augusta Free Press News on the Barack Obama rally in Harrisonburg on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Length: 3:18.
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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…
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