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
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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
Eat, Play, Live: Despite its troubles, Harrisburg’s convenience, vibrancy continues to attract families.
Genevieve Fitzgibbon picks up her kindergartner from the Londonderry School in Harrisburg early on a Friday. The two then decide… Read More
In a Tight Spot: Urban gardening: short on space, long on creativity.
It’s spring, and, for many people, thoughts begin to turn to gardening. Even if you’re within city limits with limited… Read More
Arc of a Career: For Steel-High’s golden girl, one last modest march to victory.
Malia Tate-DeFrietas misses on the first 3-pointer I witness during the first quarter of Steelton-Highspire’s District 3-A Championship game against… Read More
School Day Dream: New City School wants to give Harrisburg children an educational alternative—but first it needs a lift off the ground.
What is the answer to Harrisburg’s deeply indebted and low-performing schools? Some groups have proposed charter schools, which mostly have… Read More
One Tough Year: A new school board member reflects on his first year in office.
It has now been more than a year since the school board has taken office. I have loved being able… Read More