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1. The Quest For 100 Miles 2009-05-23 Mike Bailey awoke at 3:30 this morning, after about three fitful hours of sleep. In the best of cases, he'll have a big day ahead of him. Otherwise, he'll have a little more than a big day - 26 hours? 28? 2. From Béisbol To Baseball To Board of Supervisors 2009-05-16 A Cuban boy growing up in the '40s and '50s faced one major early decision: boxing or baseball. It was an easy choice for young Pablo Cuevas, who disliked hitting people about as much as he disliked getting hit, and so Cuevas - an ocean and several decades removed from Rockingham County prominence - grew up on the diamond in his hometown of San José de las Lajas, 15 or so miles east of Havana. 3. Green Building Wave Hits The Valley 2009-05-02 The bamboo flooring, compact fluorescent light fixtures and the low-VOC paint on the walls are hardly the most important 4. Keep On Singing 2009-05-01 When Singers Glen resident Joseph Funk set out to compile a church songbook in the 1830s, one of his goals was to improve the quality of singing in the Valley, which he deemed lacking. 5. With Your Eyes In Tune, And A Little Bit Of Luck ... 2009-04-29 The prime of the season is sometime about now, around the last week of April through the first week of May, when the nights stay relatively warm and the days don't get too hot. 6. Second Area Dealer To Close 2009-04-28 ELKTON - After 18 years in business, Elkton's Dick Myers Chevrolet Pontiac will close at the end of the month. 7. Myers To Close Dealership 2009-04-27 Owned Location For 18 Years. 8. Five Homes In Harrisonburg's Old Town Offer Variety In Close Quarters 2009-04-18 After a 2008 Home and Garden Tour that ranged widely across Rockingham County, the Spotswood Garden Club wanted to geographically constrict this year's event without shrinking its appeal. 9. Shapiro Releases First Full-Length Album 2009-04-16 First, the name. Granofsky sounded like something scary from behind the Iron Curtain, and Teter seemed too easy to mock, so the band resorted to bassist Carl Shapiro’s last name. Shapiro, by way of simple elimination. It was 2003, and with that decision behind them, the Harrisonburg quartet — Carl, plus brothers John and Nathan Granofsky (drums and guitar, respectively) and their cousin Jeremy Teter (keyboards and vocals) — got down to making a name for themselves on the local music scene. 10. Bon Appetit: Downtown Sees Dining Boom 2009-04-06 HARRISONBURG - Jack Brown's Beer and Burger Joint led the charge. Its opening this past weekend, just in time to catch the crowds at the MACRoCk music festival, made it the first of five new restaurants scheduled to open downtown sometime in 2009. 11. Plug Remains Pulled At City Circuit City 2009-03-31 HARRISONBURG - The frenzied final days of the Circuit City liquidation sale in Harrisonburg Crossing have been over for three weeks. 12. Vanishing Breed, In Growing Demand 2009-03-25 The T&E Meats building sits along Charles Street on the north side of Harrisonburg, one of the neighborhood's many squat, nondescript and easily-overlooked industrial buildings. 13. Growing Pains 2009-01-30 One by one, the landmarks that defined Leslie Edwards’ childhood in Harrisonburg disappeared or changed in the years since she left town after graduating from high school in 1994. 14. ‘Soup, Socks' Event To Mark Day Of Service 2009-01-16 A service project with a community gala twist, billed as "Soup and Socks: The Friendly City Takes the Chill Off," has been scheduled for Sunday in downtown Harrisonburg. 15. First Night (The 17th Time) 2008-12-26 Elizabeth Haworth is looking forward to that moment when the fireworks shoot off, when 2009 will be just a few seconds old, and in the flickering light, she'll see a thousand other faces around her looking up at the sky together. 16. Mission Possible: Meatless Holiday Cooking 2008-12-10 It could be a new boy/girlfriend coming home for the first time or doctor's orders to watch the saturated fats, all amounting to quite a holiday season challenge: how to accommodate a vegetarian at the dinner table? 17. The 2008 Holiday Tour De Force 2008-12-01 Anyone who tells you there isn't much to do around here is lying. 18. Beyond The Election 2008-11-08 As the election season comes to an end and President-elect Barack Obama prepares to move into the White House, local people have begun to form a more detailed picture of what's to come both in Harrisonburg and nationally. 19. Holding Out Hope 2008-11-08 HARRISONBURG GOP HEADQUARTERS - A frenzied excitement reigns at Republican Headquarters early this evening, as people gather after the local polls closed to watch the long-awaited election returns. 20. Airport Hangars Move A Step Closer To Reality 2007-10-15 21. LDI To Host Third Annual Cash Party Thursday 2007-09-24 LURAY — Champagne toasts and paparazzi photographers await guests entering on the red carpet next week at the third annual Luray Downtown Initiative Cash Party.