The Road Back: Treatment and recovery programs bring hope to those suffering addictions
It took four years of addiction to opioid painkillers and heroin to transform Samantha Bixler from a wholesome, high school… Read More
Greater Harrisburg's Community Magazine
This Month’s Publication
A Doctor’s Life: Dr. Charles Crampton was one of Harrisburg’s most prominent Black citizens, until the system turned against him
“He enters the Esquire Bar. All the big muck-a-muck politicians go there. It surprises me that they let a colored… Read More
February News Digest
Harrisburg Passes 2024 Budget Harrisburg has solidified a spending plan for 2024, one that anticipates impacts from inflation and the… Read More
A Founder’s Collection: SAM exhibit threads the relationship between artist, patron, community
By design, the Susquehanna Art Museum is a non-collecting institution, meaning that its galleries feature rotating exhibitions throughout the year.… Read More
A Century of Connections: This year, Schaedler Yesco turns 100, but it’s still on a growth path
Greg Schaedler has been part of his family’s electric supply business for as long as he can remember. “I started… Read More
Resting Easier: Pennsylvania Furniture Mission offers critical help for people transitioning to permanent housing
Furniture helps make a house a home—and providing furniture to those without is the goal of Pennsylvania Furniture Mission. Based… Read More
February Publisher’s Note
Save the Broad Street Market. I never thought I’d have to write those words. After the July fire, I was… Read More
Lowdown Countdown: Our editor swipes right on the top Harrisburg news stories of 2023
The lanternflies mostly stayed away, predicted chaos on two-way 2nd Street never materialized, and, for yet another year, the legendary… Read More
Food Loot: Breadcoin makes change in addressing hunger, helping restaurants
On the door at Taco Amigos in downtown Harrisburg, there’s a little sign that says, “Breadcoin Welcome Here.” This coin,… Read More
Her Garden Grows: Dovie Thomason uses oral narrative to recover Indigenous lives, histories
Dovie Thomason was shocked. She heard an Estonian storyteller share an origin story of emerging from an egg that mirrored… Read More