Jenny Jones

Ford: It's Not A Standard Year

HARRISONBURG - In light of economic hardships, City Schools Superintendent Donald Ford is asking state legislators to defer school accreditation standards in the coming year. He also is encouraging legislators to petition the...

Senior Class Has Six Sets Of Twins

BRIDGEWATER - Walk through the halls of Turner Ashby High School and you may start seeing double. The school has six sets of twins in its senior class - that's 12 students out of 282 who are one of a pair. All the twins are...

Officials: Teens Can Drive Safely

HARRISONBURG - In light of several recent traffic fatalities involving local teens, many parents may wonder whether their young drivers are safe on the road. Local police officials and drivers education instructors say that if...

London road pricing zone to be reduced

London (AFP) Nov 28, 2008 - London's congestion charge zone is to be cut back in size, with the scrapping of an extension introduced last year into some of the capital's plushest districts, Mayor Boris Johnson said.

The Morning After: Uproot by DJ/rupture

Uproot, released October 7 on AgricultureThe Morning After is a new column featuring thoughts on a quick tryst with a just-released album. No regrets. Pasting together swatches of 23 diverse, seemingly random, and...

MTC Teams With High-Tech Leader CISCO To Launch Academy

HARRISONBURG - Computer repair students at Massanutten Technical Center can now earn a world-renowned certificate that will make them marketable right out of high school. Students acquire the certification through MTC's...

A Cultural Exchange

KEEZLETOWN - Redeemer Classical School students are helping send South African children to school through a simple task - reading. Redeemer, a Christian school in Keezletown, has adopted the Bonginkosi Preschool in Edendale on...

Greens deliver climate wake-up call to PM

MEPs Caroline Lucas and Jean Lambert, amd London Assembly Member Jenny Jones, have delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street urging the Prime Minsiter to secure strong greenhouse gas reduction targets at the Poznan climate talks...

London congestion charge: Western extension scrapped

London's congestion charging zone is to be cut in half, Boris Johnson, the capital's mayor, has announced. By David Millward, Transport Editor The decision to scrap the western extension of the zone into Kensington and Chelsea...

Western Extension decision's will lead to more traffic and more pollution.

Responding to the Mayor's announcement that the Western Extension of the Congestion Charge will be scrapped, Jenny Jones commented: "The congestion charge has been an incredibly successful method of traffic reduction. Scrapping...

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