July 21st, 2010
An agreement was reached between the Shenandoah Valley Spay Neuter Clinic and the Rockingham / Harrisonburg SPCA to lower the number of pets put to death by 20-percent.
The Spay & Neuter clinic had previously requested funds to set up it’s own animal shelter, citing the high kill rates at the RHSPCA– which held the dubious honor of having the highest kill rate of any state funded facility. Sixty-eight percent of all animals given to the shelter were euthenized in 2008.
Meetings will continue between the two parties in order to hammer out details of the agreement.
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July 13th, 2010
The Harrisonburg Police Department are still investigating the bomb threat / incident that occurred yesterday at the Wachovia Bank on South Main Street. They now think there could be two additional people involved.
The suspect that was taken into custody yesterday has claimed that two unidentified men kidnapped him with pistols on Rex Road in Harrisonburg. He went on to claim that he was forced to withdraw money from his bank account or the device that they had taped to him would explode.
A search warrant executed by police shows that a meat cleaver, duct tape, wipes, a trash-bag and a cellphone have been seized from a house on Rex Road. Police were also spotted seizing a computer earlier this morning.
In case you are not familiar with the story, Monday at around 9:15 am, the HPD responded to a report of a man going into the bank with what looked like bomb taped to his back. All bank employees were able to evacuate the building and nobody was hurt. The bomb was actually a fake and was detonated by officers from the bomb squad. The surrounding area was swept and no other devices were found.
No charges have been filed in this case and those with any info about this case should call the HPD (Crime Stoppers) at 540-574-5050.
Tags: bomb threat
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July 12th, 2010
UPDATE: July 13th
See this post for updated information on the bomb incident.
UPDATE: 12:15
Police are still asking people to avoid the area.
UPDATE: 11:49 AM
There are currently no hostages being held at the bank. A suspect was apprehended, but the public is still being asked to stay away from the surrounding area.
Apparently, a bomb threat was called in to the branch at at 9am, then the suspect showed up with a suspicious package around 10:30– after the bank was already surrounded by the Harrisonburg Police Department.
UPDATE: 11:30 AM
There is indeed a hostage situation at the Wachovia Bank branch in Harrisonburg. A reporter from WHSV saw police removing a man with an objected taped to his back. The Police are asking the public to avoid South Main. It is currently blocked off from Mosby Rd. to South Avenue.
11:20 AM
1700 Block of South Main Street in Harrisonburg is closed as police respond to an incident there; avoid the area if possible. I have heard reports via twitter that there may be a person with a bomb or saying he or she has a bomb. I have also heard reports that all of route 11 is closed as police appear to be searching for somebody.
Tags: emergency?
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July 6th, 2010
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GP |
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Win % |
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RA |
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Haymarket |
24 |
15-9 |
0.625 |
152 |
104 |
Won 2 |
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Front Royal |
24 |
14-10 |
0.583 |
130 |
100 |
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Harrisonburg |
24 |
14-10 |
0.583 |
113 |
132 |
Lost 2 |
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Luray |
24 |
14-10 |
0.583 |
113 |
88 |
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Winchester |
24 |
13-11 |
0.542 |
125 |
144 |
Lost 2 |
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Waynesboro |
23 |
12/11/2010 |
0.522 |
133 |
126 |
Won 3 |
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Staunton |
23 |
11/12/2010 |
0.478 |
119 |
95 |
Lost 1 |
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Covington |
24 |
11/13/2010 |
0.458 |
109 |
121 |
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Woodstock |
24 |
10/14/2010 |
0.417 |
119 |
138 |
Lost 2 |
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New Market |
23 |
8/15/2010 |
0.348 |
88 |
129 |
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Rockbridge |
23 |
8/15/2010 |
0.348 |
98 |
122 |
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July 6th, 2010
I know its a bit late but here it is. Posted in honor of HarrisonburgNow’s new local sports news.
Valley League Schedule 2010
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July 5th, 2010
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Tags: buy local
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June 1st, 2010
Ok is it just me or has Harrisonburg become overrun with freaking flies? I walk outside and I can see hundreds of these nasty little buggers all trying to sneak into the house and contaminate everything with their nasty fly germs.
I tried making a fly trap out of a jar and some pancake syrup. I figured the flies would smell the syrup and fly in the jar and get stuck. But no these flies aren’t even smart enough (or perhaps they are too smart, kind of like Raptors) to go after free food. I guess I will go out later and get some kind of spray.
Tags: bugs and stuff
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May 14th, 2010
For some reason, even though I live in the city Comcast never laid cable to my apartment. I am stuck with DSL– and look how fast it is.
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May 12th, 2010
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while but we were hacked and I just haven’t had time to fix everything. Meanwhile, I wasn’t able to post about the JMU Riot or the seizure of The Breeze photos. Oh well, life goes on. To top it all off I got a seat-belt ticket and am now officially unemployed (as in I lost my job). You don’t know anyone looking for a PHP / MySQL web developer do you?
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