Conservationists Bloom: Young people take on environmental efforts and pursue change.
With rising concerns over climate change, leaders all over the country have begun to speak out about sustainability efforts and… Read More
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Family Time
Dog Days of Autumn: Unleash family fun at Fort Hunter’s Howl-O’Ween.
If you find dogs in costumes to be more appealing than all those Reese’s and Hershey’s bars combined, Dauphin County’s… Read More
Mission Accomplished: Each year, packed buses leave central PA and head out of town on the summer mission trip.
“Nana, papa, what happened to your house?” asked Kelli Williams’ grandson, when he saw the devastation Hurricane Florence had unleashed… Read More
Style and Substance: YWCA’s “Power of Style” fashion show is designed to raise awareness of domestic violence.
The day that her husband pushed her into a wall was the day that Cherie Faus-Smith left. “It was a… Read More
Generation Now: For Julissa Morales, young people are the present and the future.
At the age of 11, Julissa Morales, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, stood on the state Capitol steps reciting her… Read More
History Is for the Young: Not yet out of college, Cooper Wingert has published a dozen books.
Harrisburg residents may not realize that, during the Civil War, Confederate forces nearly captured their city. On June 29, 1863,… Read More
A Place to Belong: McCormick Library pilots a new approach to homeless, troubled patrons.
A schizophrenic woman, barred from returning to a homeless shelter. A man talking to “someone that wasn’t visible.” When librarians… Read More
2019 HBG Mural Fest Brochure
Sprocket Mural Works Thank you to the Sponsors:… Read More
Student Harvest: At CCA–it’s a school, it’s a farm.
Joshua Cincotta, an incoming senior at Commonwealth Charter Academy, doesn’t seem to mind spending part of his summer tending to… Read More
As in Life, As in School: A new book details the promise, the practice of democratic education.
“Let’s make schools look like the world.” So stated Jim Rietmulder as we sat down to talk about his new… Read More