Degrees of Success: Reflecting on the past, planning for the future, HACC turns 50.
Bryell Turner enrolled in HACC after receiving a postcard in the mail geared towards adults who were looking to return… Read More
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Around The Burg
Restoration on the River: Life returns to the Moffitt Mansion.
Last month, the employees of WebpageFX moved into the fully renovated Moffitt Mansion at 1703-05 N. Front Street in Harrisburg.… Read More
Battling Bias: Community Responders Network offers support for victims of discrimination.
It hasn’t been easy for American Muslims since 9/11. Samia Malik, a central Pennsylvania community activist, is aware of the… Read More
Bit of Change: Harrisburg’s new parking regimen has hit an unexpected snag, but an innovative solution may be at hand.
Terry Sweeney stopped coming to downtown Harrisburg last month, even though several of the restaurants on 2nd Street are among… Read More
The First Capitol: Harrisburg’s original statehouse had a very different look.
From 1682 until the late 1700s, Philadelphia had served as the commonwealth’s capital city. By 1799, the center of population… Read More
Over the River: Messiah College graduates are streaming into Harrisburg, bringing youth, creativity & change to the city.
Louie Marven, executive director of the LGBT Center of Central PA, is tired of hearing the phrase, “What’s in the… Read More
Under Water: A change in flood insurance policy has left some property owners feeling stranded.
Sure, David DeKok might be safe from any flood insurance rate spikes for now. Then again, maybe not. And almost… Read More
Good Cop: To Robert Martin, community policing means cops are in the “human being business,” an approach he now is trying to share with Harrisburg’s force.
Robert Martin, the public safety director of Susquehanna Township, has always been a reader. Growing up in Prospect Park, a… Read More
Time & Materials: A Harrisburg clockmaker & the craft of keeping time.
On a recent weekday, David Arnold, a certified master clockmaker with a workshop on Logan Street, Uptown, removed an antique… Read More
Harrisburg’s Mr. Lincoln: James Hayney has built a career portraying the Great Emancipator.
“My mission is to keep history alive.” So says James Hayney about his role as an Abraham Lincoln presenter. Hayney,… Read More