A Doll’s Cause: For the Modified Dolls, it’s animals, activism and ink.
Amber Hlavaty has always tried to prove she’s more than she appears. She wants people to look beyond the 16… Read More
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Around The Burg
Bridging Divides: The Turkish Cultural Center brings a taste of Turkey to Harrisburg.
Kunkel Plaza was decked out with tents, tables and people. Stepping onto the sunken steps on the coolish, stunning July… Read More
Swimming Lesson: A brief history of Harrisburg’s public pools.
“My hungry body’s burning for a swim,” the Jamaican-born Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay wrote in his poem “Thirst,”… Read More
Residential Resurrection: You know that cruddy, old office building where you got your first job? It might just be the latest thing in stylish downtown living.
In June, Jennifer Lazarski moved into a one-bedroom apartment in downtown Harrisburg. Normally, this would hardly be a remarkable event,… Read More
Justice Delayed: Harrisburg ponders how to use acres of empty space as Congress puts the proposed federal courthouse on hold.
A vacant lot stands at N. 6th and Reily streets in Harrisburg. But where, many ask, is our shiny new… Read More
Water Rescue: How a volunteer board and a new director reclaimed a public utility.
In the middle of Clark’s Valley, between the ridges of Peters and Stony mountains, is a 6-billion-gallon lake that supplies… Read More
Faces of the Market
In Harrisburg, few buildings are more iconic than the Broad Street Market. Through its 154-year history, the Market has experienced… Read More
Book Box: Take a book, leave a book. Or just take a book at the Little Free Library.
In the Broad Street Market, just across from Tep’s Seafood, there’s a newspaper box that doesn’t sell newspapers. Once stacked… Read More
This Is Your Hometown: Local on Harrisburg: Hipsters, homeless & Steve Reed.
What does it take to snag an interview with former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed? Persistence, yes, lots of it. It… Read More
1 Story at a Time: LGBT History Project re-creates an often-hidden past.
Dan Manedal’s voice still shakes when he recalls the night that teenagers pelted rocks through his windows. “There was nothing… Read More