The App Next Door: Around Harrisburg, virtual communities are strengthening real ones.
Martha Wickelhaus’ son was ill, and his 19-month-old Labrador, Frankie, needed a temporary home. Wickelhaus didn’t post a plea for… Read More
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Around The Burg
Trail Fix: For 60 years, a group of volunteers has taken a stretch of the Appalachian Trail into its care.
A 20-minute drive north of Harrisburg up PA-225, and you’re there—the tree-shrouded Appalachian Trail, pothole-free and quiet except for the… Read More
Making the Grade: For years, Math Science Academy has been the gem of the Harrisburg school system. Can its success be replicated?
These days, if you’re a public school in Pennsylvania, your worth is measured in colored shapes—squares, triangles and stars. Of… Read More
A City Made Whole: The Front Street redesign may be the start of something much greater.
Last month, Harrisburg made an announcement that took many people by surprise. Next year, said the Papenfuse administration, Front Street… Read More
Craftinistas: Three area women are proving that beer isn’t just for the guys anymore.
There’s an age-old adage about imbibing and gender: Men drink beer and women drink wine. But is this assumption accurate… Read More
Room For Improvement: A story in TheBurg inspired a Harrisburg couple to try to save the historic Jackson Rooming House. Will their efforts be too late?
“Why are you hesitating?” Lessa Helm said. She was speaking to her husband, Kerry, who had just pulled back the… Read More
Market Milestone: A big “Happy Birthday,” as the Broad Street Market turns 150.
You may never have noticed it, but high on the southwest corner of the stone Broad Street Market building is… Read More
Charity for All: Over the years, Harrisburg has invested millions of dollars in the National Civil War Museum. The city’s new mayor now asks if the price is worth it.
Every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m., three men who control a $230 million annual budget meet on the fourth floor… Read More
Found Art: What does it take to get an old house to divulge its secrets?
Lori Fortini has been in some truly awful houses in Harrisburg. Animal droppings. Water damage. Actual wild animals. That’s what… Read More
Build a Website, Build a School: At WebpageFX, work life is part social mission.
So, let’s say you have a good day at work and exceed your boss’s expectations. What happens? Maybe you get… Read More