Real estate taxes are due June 5th, which is just around the corner! Now residents of the City of Harrisonburg can pay their taxes online with a credit card. Residents can also pay their water bill online. This will help city officials streamline their paperwork process, and will also save...
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Use the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit for Down Payment
By now you’ve probably heard all about the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit passed by Congress a few months ago. Before now, though, folks couldn’t use the $8,000 toward a down payment because they’d have to file their tax returns in order to receive the credit. Shaun Donovan,...
Bypass Around Bridgewater May Be Approved
The discussion of constructing a bypass around the Town of Bridgewater is back on the table after 24 years of contemplation. Residents of Bridgewater are mostly in agreement that this bypass needs to be built, but opposition is coming from those just outside of Bridgewater town limits. The Town of...
Rosetta Stone Going Public
This month, Rosetta Stone — language software provider — will go public! This will be one of very few companies in the US thus far in 2009 that have gone public. Rosetta Stone is set to sell 6.25 million shares and will be listed in the New York Stock Exchange...
Virginia Will Soon Cut Down on Cul-de-Sacs
According to WHSV, Governor Tim Kaine has new policies in place to cut down on cul-de-sacs, starting this July. Why? It will create better “flow” through neighborhoods for emergency vehicles, school buses, and public transportation. It could also be cost effective — snow plows, street sweepers, garbage trucks, etc. wouldn’t...
$75 Billion Housing Plan: President Obama’s Foreclosure Speech
Today, President Obama gave a speech about his $75 Billion Housing Plan in Mesa, Arizona. Here is a snippet of his speech: Through this plan, we will help between seven and nine million families restructure or refinance their mortgages so they can avoid foreclosure. And we are not just helping...