Cultivating the Future: LEAF Project teaches Harrisburg-area teens agriculture, life skills
On a beautiful sunny summer morning, I took a scenic drive through Cumberland County to an historic family farm and… Read More
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Art Smart: CASA creates a new future as a charter school.
The application was more than 1,900 pages long and contained questions related to core philosophy, underlying purpose and measurable academic… Read More
Going Private: For Harrisburg-area parents seeking out school options, the choices are many.
As the new school year approaches, parents must make many decisions over how they want their children to be educated.… Read More
Pancakes, Topped with the Golden Rule: Breakfast, friendship dished up at Common Ground Cafe
Most free meals come with just that—a meal. The Unitarian Church of Harrisburg is dispensing more than just chow these… Read More
A Cat Tale: A story in TheBurg inspires memories of a lifetime of office pets.
I enjoyed Barbara Trainin Blank’s article, “Wags & Worksheets” immensely in the May 2013 issue of TheBurg (p. 16). Started… Read More
Towards Recovery: A Q&A with Gene Veno & Sybil Knight-Burney
Last month, Harrisburg School District Chief Recovery Officer Gene Veno and Superintendent Sybil Knight-Burney stopped by TheBurg offices to talk… Read More
Preacher Feature: It’s movie night at Wesley Union.
“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation,” says Pi… Read More
Strongly Anchored: A Dad, His Daughter and a Life Led Honorably
It’s 9:30 p.m. on a warm evening in June, and my father is yawning in the bright circle of light… Read More
What’s the Good News?: It’s Song, Celebration and Spirit, Once a Month at Good News Cafe
If you happen to pass by Midtown Scholar Bookstore on the first Saturday night of any month and think you… Read More
Succeeding CAREfully: The CARE After School Program Helps Guide the Children of Allison Hill
In a church basement with brightly painted walls, Lucy Caraballo grilled 20 or so students about the rocky road to… Read More