BRIDGEWATER - Four candidates, including three incumbents, are vying for a trio of seats up for election to the Bridgewater Town Council in this November's election.

HARRISONBURG - Fans, water sprinklers, near round-the-clock monitoring. Poultry grower Janet Kline did everything she could think of to keep the 16,000 birds on her farm alive. Despite her best efforts, though, Mother Nature still claimed more than 200 of the chicks. The culprit' The merciless heat.

HARRISONBURG - City Council on Tuesday approved a plan for bicycle and pedestrian improvements. The document maps out Harrisonburg's desire to create a transportation network for cyclists and walkers.

Shenandoah National Park will offer an air-quality and climate-science seminar on Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Shenandoah National Park will offer an air-quality and climate-science seminar on Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Shenandoah National Park will offer an air-quality and climate-science seminar on Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Page County Public Education Foundation will host its fourth annual golf tournament to raise money for scholarships next month.

BALTIMORE - A year ago, James Madison football coach Mickey Matthews tried to quell some of the expectations surrounding his Dukes by noting that the team had more questions to answer going into the preseason than at any other time in his tenure.

HARRISONBURG - Right-hander Tucker Jensen pitched eight shutout innings and right fielder Jeff Jefferson hit a solo home run to lead Luray to a 4-0 win over Harrisonburg in a Valley League baseball game Wednesday at Eagle Field.

BRIDGEWATER - Billy Foley and Josh Dick each had solo home runs Wednesday as New Market ended a nine-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory over Bridgewater in the first round of the Rockingham County Baseball League playoffs.

MONTEZUMA - Casey Hartman admits he's a bit of a slow starter on the mound, so it probably helped that his offense gave him a lead to work with early.

Twenty of Harrisonburg and Rockingham's finest men will get together this Saturday and instead of playing poker or watching sports on TV, they'll dress up as women - for a good cause, of course.

Although the summer drought has reduced most gardens to mere stubble, there's at least one place in Harrisonburg where the colors remain in full bloom.