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The Staunton Public Works Department will again this year provide a citywide free heavy trash pickup program. The aim is to help residents dispose of items that cannot be disposed of by the normal refuse pickup.
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The Harrisonburg Startup Weekend is scheduled to open this Friday evening at Showker Hall on the JMU campus. This event is being organized by a coalition of local organizations interested in fostering the entrepreneurial spirit in the Harrisonburg region. The event runs from Friday evening to Sunday evening when a panel of judges will select one team as the winner for their idea, presentation and feasibility.
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A workshop for area businesses interested in learning more about selling their products and services to federal, state, or local government agencies is being offered 8:30 – 11:30am Thursday March 28 at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona. Check-in and morning refreshments will begin at 8:00am.
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Valentine’s Day was taken over long ago by cards and flowers, candy and dinners accompanied by gifts. It is now a cash cow holiday for merchandisers. In addition, for many, it has become a day to honor women and girls in a fresh way. V-Day, introduced to the world by Eve Ensler in 1998, demands an end to violence against women and girls.
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With influence from the award-winning book, “Hungry Planet: What the World Eats,” JMU students and faculty are exploring various food lifestyles across the globe through two photography exhibitions and a Visiting Scholars Program lecture.
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The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee, led by Chairman State Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg), voted on Friday to defeat legislation offered by State Sen. Mark Herring (Loudoun & Fairfax) to improve voter access to the polls in Virginia.
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Del. Tim Hugo (R-40th) introduced HB 1606 in a joint press conference on Tuesday. Joining him were Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Secretary of the Commonwealth Janet Kelly, Human Trafficking Survivor Holly Austin Smith, Holly Coy of the Virginia Interfaith Center, and other legislators sponsoring additional sex trafficking bills.
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Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. and the Staunton Creative Community Fund are co-sponsoring a Green Drinks event at The Hot Spot, 901 W. Broad St., Willow Oak Plaza, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 5:30 p.m.
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The FCC has on the table a policy that would resurrect broad censorship rules – very similar to those that were revoked in 1987 because of their chilling effect on free speech and the television press.
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For more than a quarter century the Virginia School Boards Association has been sponsoring a summer “Governor’s Conference on Education.”
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