Harrisburg school district expects $4.2 million budget deficit, but no tax hike, for next school year
The COVID-19 outbreak has blasted a $4.2 million hole in the Harrisburg school district’s planned budget for next year, but… Read More
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Healthy Steps, Hamilton Health team for “diaper drive-through”; donations needed
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a lot of unmet needs in our community, made more acute by soaring unemployment and… Read More
Pets & Pandemic: Animals, like their humans, are suffering from this crisis.
Kristen Zellner got $50 from a customer asking her to put it toward pet food for households in need. Annette… Read More
Silent City: A Photostory
This story feels like a melancholy flaneur. I found myself photographing a lot of what’s not there—no people in the… Read More
March home sales, prices stable in Harrisburg area
Harrisburg area home sales remained stable last month, with sales units and prices mostly unchanged from the prior March. For… Read More
PA schools to stay closed for rest of academic year
Pennsylvania schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year, the state ordered today. Gov. Tom Wolf said… Read More
To Serve, Inspire: AME Church honors five community leaders during Women’s Day.
When Pat Gadsden was young, the strong male role models in her family instilled a sense of equality and… Read More
Research on a Roll: HU, Bodhana Group team up to explore tabletop games as therapy.
If you’re a tween, spending time with imaginary characters from Dungeons & Dragons, My Little Pony and Scooby-Doo may sound… Read More
They Are the Champions: Mentors, Allison Hill youth connect, learn at Center for Champions.
Just next to Scott Elementary School in Allison Hill sits an old church. It hasn’t held a congregation in a… Read More
The Shared Life: Caring, community convey at Hundredfold Farm.
Build it, and they will come. In the case of Hundredfold Farm, they stayed. There are just four empty lots… Read More