JMU’s Matthews, BC’s Clark to speak to Shenandoah Valley Athletic Club

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The Shenandoah Valley Athletic Club kicks off its seventh season of monthly dinner meetings with its annual local college preview featuring football coaches Mickey Matthews of James Madison University and Bridgewater College’s Mike Clark. This popular annual event of the SVAC’s season is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Ramada Inn in Harrisonburg with…

RMH adds two to Valley Behavioral Medicine staff

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Aamir Mahmood, MD, and James C. Styron IV, MD, JD, have joined the staff of RMH Valley Behavioral Medicine in Harrisonburg. Both have been granted medical staff privileges in psychiatry at RMH. “RMH recruited these physicians to meet a major community need,” said Lawrence Conell, MD, medical director, RMH Behavioral Health Services. “Both physicians are…

Employment numbers continue to improve

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Good news on the local employment front – unemployment rates in the five localities in the Augusta and Rockingham areas were down in July. More good news at the state level – Virginia saw its unemployment rate dip from 7.3 percent in June to 6.9 percent in July, according to data released by the Virginia…

Shannon is the real deal

Chris Graham

Steve Shannon gets it that the attorney general’s office in Virginia is about public safety first and foremost. Ken Cuccinelli, on the other hand, seems more focused on the political end of things. “He’s not talking in any meaningful way about public safety. He’s talking about the same things that you would talk about if…

Shannon releases anti-gang platform

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Attorney-general candidate Steve Shannon today announced his comprehensive plan to reduce gang crime and recruitment in Virginia. “Gang violence and recruitment are a top threat to public safety here in Virginia,” said Shannon. “As attorney general I will work with schools, community groups and parents to stop gang activity before it starts. I will also…

Gene Hart, Greg Marrow and John Lesinski | A(n)other failure of leadership for the Valley

Chris Graham

As veterans in our country’s military service, we each learned about leadership and how to get things done. But rarely, if ever, have we witnessed such a profound failure of leadership as that shown by the Shenandoah Valley’s current delegates at last week’s special session of the General Assembly.

Chamber names interim president

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The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce has named an interim president. Richard “Dick” Morin will serve in the position until a new president is named, the chamber announced today. Morin replaces James Berg, who stepped down for undisclosed reasons on Aug. 18. Morin’s appointment is effective Thursday.