Kimberly Rogers-Carter stands on the porch of her home near Briery Branch on Aug. 18. Sales of modular homes have bucked the popular trends in the housing market, maintaining and even growing in ownership.
Photo by Traci White
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Manufactured Home Sales On Rise
Faring Better Than Traditional Housing Market
by Doug Manners
HARRISONBURG - House-hunting turned out to be relatively stress-free for first-time homebuyer Kimberly Rogers-Carter.
In about 15 weeks, the single mother of two children with two jobs chose her house, decided on the details - including appliances, curtains, blinds, siding and roof covering - and moved into her new modular home on Va. 613 near Briery Branch.
"I wanted something that wouldn't take a lot of time away from my family and jobs," said Rogers-Carter,... 
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Colleges Named To ‘Best' List
- JMU, EMU And BC Make The Grade
by Jeremy Hunt
HARRISONBURG - The central Valley's four-year colleges have once again been included on a list of the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. ...
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Putting Education To Work
- EMU President Addresses Unemployment During 2010 Opening Convocation
by Doug Manners
HARRISONBURG - Loren Swartzendruber praised the value of a college education Wednesday morning even as the nation's unemployment rate remains seemingly stuck above 9 percent, leaving thousands of young graduates scrambling to find steady work. ...
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Va. ABC Grant Aims To Curb Underage Drinking
- Local Group Producing Educational Video
by Pete DeLea
HARRISONBURG - A local provider of community health services received a $7,000 state grant to produce a video showing the effect of alcohol on a child's brain. ...
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