The New Urban Guardians: How ordinary people played a role in the great crime decline.
The Bethesda Mission Youth center has provided after school tutoring and other enrichment activities for children and teens since 1990.… Read More
Greater Harrisburg's Community Magazine
In The Burg
Meet the 10th: The midstate’s new congressional district puts Harrisburg in the center of the action.
Due to a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling, every resident of Burg territory is living in a new congressional district.… Read More
Hundred Years Young: Kiwanis Club of Harrisburg may be 100, but its mission remains youthful.
Historic photo of Kiwanis Club of Harrisburg. Although the Kiwanis Club of Harrisburg celebrates its 100th birthday this year, members… Read More
Fort Fest: Take a visit into the past at Fort Halifax.
The greater Harrisburg area has no shortage of “forts.” That’s because central Pennsylvania long served as a crossroads for settlers… Read More
A Ball & a Wall: Harrisburg youth find mentorship through Hope in Handball.
On a recent Wednesday evening, in a plexiglass box on the top floor of the East Shore YMCA, a 17-year… Read More
Portraits of Excellence: “50 Men Who Exemplify Black Excellence”
This month, TheBurg proudly features an ambitious pictorial project by state Rep. Patty Kim and photographer Michelle Green entitled, “50… Read More
Beer Week Me: The annual tribute to local craft beer goes another round.
Burg in Focus: Harrisburg Beer Week from GK Visual on Vimeo. We made it through the doldrums of February and… Read More
Through the Laughter: Jokes are part of serious service for the women of Altrusa.
Illustration by Aron Rook. As Isabel Masland tells it, she faced two very different choices. “It was either tell jokes… Read More
Growth Strategy: Onward and upward (mostly upward) for Harrisburg’s tree-planting efforts.
Trees have lives of their own, far outlasting ours, says Harrisburg Parks Maintenance Director Ronald Taylor. “A tree goes from… Read More
Open for Business: As Harrisburg prepares to spend millions on capital projects, it seeks to re-engage with minority and women-owned business.
Employees from Dr. Roof roofing company at residential job sites in Harrisburg. Owner Dean Carter knows that his MBE status… Read More