Downtown Harrisonburg is a unique and thriving place, so to keep up with their neighbors in offering a nightlife solution, Earth & Tea Cafe is now serving beer and wine. It is a growing trend in Downtown, and one that the owners of Earth & Tea Cafe — Felix Wang...
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Harrisonburg Crossing in Foreclosure
Today’s edition of the Daily News Record included a notice that a large portion of the Harrisonburg Crossing Shopping Center is in foreclosure proceedings. With more than 500,000 square feet, the popular retail site is home to Barnes & Noble, Staples, Wal-Mart, and many other stores and restaurants. (In June...
Harrisonburg Ranked in Top Ten Places To Launch Second Career
Harrisonburg, Virginia, yet again makes headlines as a great place to live! We’ve written previously about Harrisonburg ranking in the top safest and most secure places to live, and now it has been mentioned in a list called “10 places to launch a second career” by US News & World...
Lohr Appointed Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Matt Lohr has served Harrisonburg and Rockingham County in the House of Delegates since 2005. He is now moving from that position and will be serving the Commonwealth of Virginia as the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, otherwise known as VDACS. Yesterday, Senator Mark Obenshain...
Port Republic Road Construction: Info, Map, and Timeline
If you’ve driven on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg recently, you probably noticed that construction is underway. The road will be expanded from two lanes to four to accommodate for heavier traffic patterns going to and from the new Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Funding for this project actually came from the...
New Renovation Rules for Homes Built Prior to 1978
The EPA wrote a new rule that will take effect on April 22, 2010 that requires contractors doing remodeling work on buildings — homes, child care centers, and schools — built prior to 1978 have an EPA certification. The reason? Lead-based paint. It can be very harmful to children and...