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Reminder: Harrisonburg Farmers Market hosts Sunset Market tonight
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Harrisonburg Farmers Market will be hosting their second Sunset Market of the year tonight. The Sunset Market is every third Thursday of the month from now until September. Tonight’s musical act will feature the local cover duo Jo and Ray. Other activities...
Rockingham Family Physicians joins Augusta Health
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Rockingham Family Physicians in Harrisonburg will join Augusta Health. This new addition marks Augusta Health’s second location in Harrisonburg as the practice will join Augusta Medical Group on September 1. According to a news release from Augusta Health, it reflects ongoing efforts to expand access to high-quality healthcare services while maintaining the standard of care and service that patients expect.
Tales from the turf
EMU’s field hockey coaches, players share stories and successes through the years. When Eastern Mennonite University built a turf field in 1989, it became the first school in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) to do so. EMU’s field hockey athletes, who began playing on the field that fall, welcomed the switch from grass to artificial turf. The new surface complemented the speedy and skilled set of players; they could move the ball up the pitch faster and with more control and pass and shoot with more accuracy and power. The other schools in the ODAC were less than thrilled with the change, recounts Sandy Brownscombe, coach of the EMU team from 1978-93.
James Madison Men’s Golf 2024-25 Schedule Includes Puerto Rico & 8 States
The James Madison men's golf team unveiled their 2024-25 schedule, featuring trips to Puerto Rico and eight states, with key tournaments like the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate to kick off the season. The season includes trips to Puerto Rico and eight different states. The schedule features key tournaments like the Myrtle...
Edinburg man arrested for sex crimes after undercover operation
WARREN COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Warren County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a man arrested for three felony charges involving the solicitation of a minor. Daryl Mumaw Jr., 44, of Edinburg had contacted an undercover WCSO investigator acting as a juvenile girl under the age of 15.
Developments
“The Friendly City” is a weekly column about walking in Harrisonburg that will run during 2024. Each week, your friendly correspondent, writer and teacher Sofia Samatar, will reflect on a walk in our city. In the relentless heat, one thinks about the future. It’s hard not to wonder where...
Thomas Leroy Foster Sr.
Thomas Leroy Foster Sr., 89, of Luray, Va. passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. He was born on March 8, 1935. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family to help with expenses. Arrangements are being handled by...
Crews respond to reports of morning structure fire on Deyerle Ave in Harrisonburg
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Harrisonburg fire officials were called out to an assisted living facility this morning after an outdoor fire sent smoke inside the building. Fire Chief Matt Tobia reports on what happened shortly after 10:30 a.m. in the 2100 block of Deyerle Avenue. “They started a...
Harry Edward "Jim" Owens
Harry Edward "Jim" Owens, 84, of Woodstock, died Monday, July 15, 2024, in Winchester Medical Center. He was born October 23, 1939, in Virginia, the son of Harry Sr., and Helen Fox Owens. He was married to Carol Ritter Owens for 55 years. Mrs. Owens preceded him in death. Professionally,...
Sheriff’s Office arrests suspect in online sting
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged an Edinburg man on Tuesday in an undercover operation targeting online solicitation of juveniles. The agency charged Daryl Eugene Mumaw Jr., 44, of Edinburg, with two counts of use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children and one count of taking indecent liberties with a juvenile, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release. Mumaw is scheduled to appear in Warren County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on Thursday.
VAB sponsors team of JMU student journalists at the major parties’ summer conventions
HARRISONBURG, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Virginia Association of Broadcasters is sponsoring a team of student journalists from James Madison University at this summer’s political conventions. A team of six from JMU’s School of Media Arts and Design has been in Milwaukee this week covering the Republican National Convention. They’re posting their audio, video and print stories on a dedicated website, open first to VAB station members for 12 hours, then everyone else after that time.
Teens Come To Library To Make Cookies
Teens came to the library to make monsters out of candy. And then they ate the candy. The “Monster Cookie” event at the Central branch of the Massanutten Regional Library was a way for tweens and teens to get together. The first step was to apply frosting to the cookie as “glue.” Then they applied candies to the cookies, and the result was a monster face. For information on upcoming teen events and other events, go to www.mrlib.org.
Couple recovering after loss of family dogs, home in fast-moving fire
MAURERTOWN — Within minutes their lives were forever changed. Brad Cook woke to the smell of smoke in the early morning hours of June 2. Thinking that an electrical outlet was on fire, he and his wife, Jessica Cook, unplugged everything in their bedroom and Brad went downstairs to investigate.
JMU's Trimble Reaches Dream Of Being Drafted
Fenwick Trimble was just trying to watch his childhood dream come true. The James Madison outfielder had spent most of his life on the baseball diamond. He practiced, he played and he did it again, eventually finding himself surrounded by his family as they watched the coverage of the MLB Draft.
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