Backyard Battlefield: In the Harrisburg area, people are taking the climate fight into their own lands
The robins are squawking insistently in Jess Myers’ backyard. Myers doesn’t know why they’ve been feuding, but it’s just nature… Read More
Greater Harrisburg's Community Magazine
This Month’s Publication
Chew on This: Reflections, a year after the Broad Street Market fire
I thought hard about whether I should write another column about the Broad Street Market. After all, my last piece… Read More
July News Digest
Harrisburg Names New Officials Harrisburg has two new top officials, replacing recently departed city employees. Gloria Martin-Roberts, a former City… Read More
July Publisher’s Note
Sometimes, I overdo it. Take this month, for instance. Each July, we have a special “pet section,” which means that… Read More
The Milkman Cometh: Free Milk Sunday assists those who are “in between”
Over the past few years, you may have seen photos of long lines of plastic grocery bags hanging on fences… Read More
Belong, Together: Pride Festival of Central PA brings back parade after years off, celebrates LGBTQ community
It’s been over a decade since the last Pride parade filled Harrisburg streets with rainbow flags, balloons, music and colorful… Read More
Puff Place: Cigar smokers can indulge, relax at 611 Lounge
Billy Morrison has a simple goal for his new cigar lounge. He wants the 611 Lounge in Mechanicsburg to be… Read More
Telling Tails: Kids gain confidence, skill through “Read to Dogs”
On a recent Tuesday evening in Camp Hill, the seats inside the Cleve J. Fredricksen Library’s youth section filled with… Read More
Read & Knead: Enola shop pairs laps, cats and a good book
In the beginning, it was a choice between coffee and cats. So explained Riley Haring, the son of Michelle and… Read More
Plates for Paws: Animal advocate Essie Petrovich uses license plates to share spay/neuter message
Anyone who steps foot in Essie Petrovich’s home in Mechanicsburg can tell immediately that her advocacy for animals has become… Read More