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National Forest Plan Revision: Maybe a Little Less Important to Harrisonburg’s Water Supply Than We Thought, Thanks to Private Ownership of Mineral Rights
As has been widely reported, next month’s anticipated release of a new management plan for the George Washington National Forest (GWNF) may or may not include a ban on the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to mine natural gas. Opponents of fracking for natural gas in the national forest include thousands who supported …Read more.
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Forthcoming Management Plan to Set National Forest Policy on Fracking
Jeremiah Knupp writes about the soon-to-come decision from the forest service on whether to allow fracking in the George Washington National Forest. In 2010, a local grassroots effort kept hydrofracking from happening on private lands in Rockingham County, and a recent post on Old South High details how the energy company Carrizo is letting its …Read more.
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Carrizo Abandoning All Its Private Oil & Gas Leases in Rockingham County
Carrizo, the company that brought the term “fracking” and all its attendant concerns to the area with a 2010 permit application to drill a natural gas well in Bergton, has given up on gas drilling in Rockingham County and will not renew any of its local oil and gas leases. According to records on file …Read more.
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Shaken in the Water Book Launch @ Ruby’s Lounge on Tuesday
Harrisonburg writer Jessica Penner will celebrate the publication of her first novel, Shaken in the Water (Foxhead Books), at a 7 p.m. book launch party at Ruby’s Lounge. Shaken in the Water is a novel made up of connected short stories that follow the lives of a Russian Mennonite family in Kansas over three generations. …Read more.
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WXJM Live Signs Off For Final Time Tonight
At the conclusion of tonight’s WXJM Live broadcast, featuring The Judy Chops with Mark Slomski and other friends, the show’s decade-long run as a fixture in the local music scene will also come to an end. Two of the three people now behind the show – “Reverend” Bill Howard and “Magic” Molly Murphy – are …Read more.
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A Rocktown Runnner Represents At Shamrock
By the half-way point, Adam Schroer was pretty sure that he was going to surpass the goal he’d set for himself: run 2:35 at the Shamrock Marathon this past March. Schroer, just finishing up a master’s degree in exercise physiology at JMU, was in about 10th place through mile 20, at which point he started …Read more.
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The Walking Wonks & Harrisonburg
The week begins with the latest installment of Old South High’s interesting Harrisonburg maps series, which doubles as our latest occasional exploration of the disconnect between Internet reality and real reality. This one comes courtesy of Walk Score, a website that assesses the walkability of neighborhoods and towns across the country. Using an algorithm that …Read more.
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Fracking Opponents Present a Travelogue of Fracking Country
An article by Jeremiah Knupp, a journalist who has covered the local controversy over fracking for natural gas, and who attended a public event on the topic earlier this week. Three years ago the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy issued a permit to a Texas-based energy company for a natural gas well on …Read more.
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City Budget Public Hearing Scheduled for Tuesday Council Meeting
On Tuesday night, city council will hold a public hearing giving residents a chance to speak out about Harrisonburg’s proposed city budget for the 2014 fiscal year (July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014). The total proposed budget amounts to $209.4 million – a $10.2 million, or 5.1 percent, increase from the current year’s $199.2 million budget. …Read more.
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2nd annual Valley 4th Run signups have started
Last year as part of Harrisonburg’s Valley 4th Celebration, over 400 runners raised money for local charities of their choice. The event was a huge success, especially considering it was the first year, and it’s a great way to kick off the festivities downtown. The Valley 4th RUN is the ONLY chipped timing race …Read more.
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