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The Primary Cost |
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Friday, 19 June 2009 05:25 |
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In today’s issue of The Daily News Record, Jeff Mellott’s Primary Price Tag: $32,000 discusses the cost of the recent Democratic primary and it isn’t pretty. In Harrisonburg and Rockingham County alone, the bill to local taxpayers was around $32,000. Now I know that there are certainly a lot of fixed costs with holding such a contest, nevertheless, given the low voters turnout, the average cost per voter in Harrisonburg was $9.38, while the cost in Rockingham was even higher…$17.50! I do Go to Source |
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EMU Introduces Two New Majors For Fall Semester - Daily News-Record (Www.OSIR.org.in) |
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 19:15 |
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Peacebuilding, Environmental Science Now Program Choices By Heather Bowser HARRISONBURG - Starting this fall, Eastern Mennonite University will offer two new undergraduate majors, peacebuilding and development and environmental sustainability Source: www.dnronline.com UT health center plans cancer facility - Longview News-Journal The leader of University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler on Thursday announced at least $90 million in investments in the next five years that he said Go to Source |
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Virginia is for Book Lovers! Book Sale 6/27-7/12 |
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 23:34 |
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from 9am to 7pm daily (including Sundays) Open July 4th from 9am to 7pm Preview our upcoming Book Fair... Our Story... Located just south of Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the heart of the beautiful Go to Source |
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Back to the old house |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 05:30 |
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If there was ever an example for the need for immigration reform look no further than that of Maria Martinez . The nineteen-year-old will soon graduate from her local high school in the town of Harrisonburg, Virginia where she took advanced classes and volunteered as a translator at a local elementary school. Her aspirations included going to college much like her classmates and doing something positive with her life. Maria Martinez will be deported in August to El Salvador. At the age of t Go to Source |
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Fishersville Plays Host to Wheelchair Games |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 13:55 |
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Athletes from as far away as Pennsylvania and South Carolina gathered in Fishersville this weekend for the Mid-Atlantic Wheelchair Games. Go to Source |
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Religion Taught In School |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 13:01 |
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One of last month’s comics from Tatsuya Ishida jogged my memory of high school. I, like I’m sure many of you, attended one of Virginia’s numerous public high schools. Mine was Harrisonburg High School. It’s amazing the growth in the school in the eleven years since I was there. Here are just a few random observations and questions. They have a new building far removed from the center of the city that is just huge. When I visited it, I found myself wandering the corridors feeling like a r Go to Source |
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Bridge to Honor Local Fallen Soldiers |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 11:37 |
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The state this week is expected to officially rename a bridge as a tribute to two fallen soldiers from Central Virginia. Go to Source |
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Woman Not Killed in Parking Lot, Police Say |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 09:23 |
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Augusta sheriff"s investigators have ruled out the parking lot where a Staunton woman was found dead on Friday as the place of the killing. Go to Source |
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Police Spend Day with Kids in Charlottesville |
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Saturday, 13 June 2009 16:04 |
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Charlottesville police officers spent part of their Saturday connecting with kids from the city"s neighborhoods. Go to Source |
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Weekend Preview: Rain is Sexy |
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 21:52 |
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We realize it’s not 75 degrees and sunny, but that doesn’t stop us from having a great weekend now does it? We’ve got some ideas for you that should work, regardless of the weather. For a start, we’ve got future stars, derby dames and booze. It’s all after the break… Buy a cup for $10 and drink as much South Street hefe and pilsner as you can on the rooftop of Second Street Gallery. The event starts at 5:30PM on Friday and is a fundraiser for the gallery. Be there. They have indoors Go to Source |
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4X club: Rewarding thrift, County hits water hogs |
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:59 |
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John Martin embraces conservation-minded rates, but he still wants to build a giant new reservoir . PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Albemarle County, which has been sending a message of seeking ever more water via a controversial dam proposal , abruptly altered course Thursday morning by approving a new rate structure that subsidizes thrifty households and punishes water hogs with rates that quadruple as use increases. “I think it’s great,” says water watcher Betty Mooney. “They’re encouraging Go to Source |
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Elkton, VA wants clean coal. Who wants to tell them there ain’t any? |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 07:28 |
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On Monday, the town council of Elkton, Virignia submitted a request to Governor Kaine asking him to seek out state and federal funding for a proposed “clean” coal research facility outside the Shenandoah town. A short hop from Harrisonburg and James Madison University, the town hopes to harness the 100 or so jobs created by the project as a boost to the local economy. Called, the Elkton Energy Research Center, the facility would focus on developing two different types of carbon capture and seq Go to Source |
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Flag, veterans honored at Flag Day ceremony - Marion Daily Republican |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 04:58 |
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Harrisonburg Daily News Record Flag, veterans honored at Flag Day ceremony Marion Daily Republican By Matt Hawkins Roger Hines and Chuck Knapp from the VFW raise the flag during the Flag Day ceremonies. Original post: Flag, veterans honored at Flag Day ceremony - Marion Daily Republican Go to Source |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 13:10 |
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Ball Of Fire News Posts On Tonight: Return of "True Blood," "Hammertime" Start – Hartford Courant Howard Hawks" films take the spotlight on Turner Classic Movies with "Sergeant York" (9:30 am), "Bringing Up Baby" (midnight), "Twentieth Century" (2 pm), "His Girl Friday" (4 pm), " Ball of Fire " (6 pm), "To Have and Have Not" (8 pm), "The Big Sleep" …. West Virginia Police: Reckless driver caused fiery crash – The Herald-Mail Chief Tommy Newcomb, who said the tanker truck was “a Go to Source |
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Police Seek Attempted Robbery Suspect |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 11:39 |
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Police are investigating an attempted robbery near downtown Charlottesville. It happened in the 400 block of Altamont Street on Sunday. Go to Source |
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Waynesboro Bus Service Rolls to Success |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 10:29 |
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After four weeks of service, organizers are impressed with the numbers they"re seeing. Go to Source |
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Donny Hue and the Colors: Letter from New Virginia out June 23 |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 00:17 |
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Donny Hue and the Colors have been offering up a free single a week for the past month. This week, I’m catching up on my inbox… yeah it got away from me again! So here is their fourth giveaway, My Toy Steamboattrain I’ll be honest with you; I dig this song a lot. There are many bands out there attempting to do this kind of retro sound. I don’t think all of them are necessarily improving on what I heard from the 60s and 70s, and I’m not even sure that what they’re hearkening back to was all th Go to Source |
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Staunton Seeks Funds to Enhance Awasaw |
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Saturday, 13 June 2009 15:55 |
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Staunton is going after a million dollars in federal stimulus funds to improve the future of a multi-million dollar arts and culture center. Go to Source |
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