Nov. 23-27: This Week in Harrisburg
Monday, Nov. 23 Harrisburg City Council Budget & Finance Committee, 5:30 p.m. City Hall, 10 N. 2nd St. On… Read More
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Mayor, County Agency Strike Deal on Tourism Dollars
Mayor Eric Papenfuse and the county tourism bureau today announced a four-year, $620,000 agreement to fund city marketing efforts, marking… Read More
Hallmark to Close, Among Many Changes in Strawberry Square
A retail era is coming to a close in Harrisburg, as the Strawberry Patch Hallmark store is slated to close… Read More
Harrisburg Announces New Rules for “Woody Waste”
Harrisburg today issued new rules and guidelines for “woody waste,” which includes brush, bark and limbs. Until Jan. 1, the… Read More
Spit Take: The unsolved spitting mystery behind a curious council bill.
A bill recently proposed by a City Council member, to lift a ban on spitting in public buildings, looked strange… Read More
Conflict and Interests: Is confrontation an effective governing strategy?
A few years back, then-ordinary citizen Eric Papenfuse introduced me to the works of Paul Beers. Papenfuse had selected a… Read More
Waste Not This Opportunity: Together, we can beautify our city while building our community.
Of late, there has been considerable attention on the subject of waste in Harrisburg. From revisiting past transgressions about the… Read More
October News Digest
Funding Dispute Hits SAM A battle over state funds has pitted a bank against a local construction firm and… Read More
At Anniversary of Downtown Stabbing Death, Police Still Looking for Leads
One year after the stabbing death of Richard McQuown, a state worker who was found beneath downtown Harrisburg’s Walnut Street… Read More
Mayor Unveils Counter-Proposal at “Positive” Meeting with Tourism Bureau
A breakthrough in the standoff over a marketing plan for Harrisburg may be on the horizon, as representatives of a … Read More