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The Week that Was: News and features around Harrisburg

Harrisburg lawmakers presented money to the DID for increased security.

Hope you are having a wonderful week as we gear up for Third in theBurg tonight

The Broad Street Market will be open after hours, artists’ booths will be open at the Millworks, and the Midtown Cinema will be screening “National Treasure.”

Our tasks this week included finalizing next month’s magazine issue layout (yes, already!) and posting a lot of online stories—including the settlement of a wrongful termination suit a Harrisburg employee filed against the mayor in 2022.

A complete docket of our weekly coverage is compiled for you below:

Artz N’ Motion, a Harrisburg aerials studio, boasts a pair of mother-daughter aerialists who train, teach and perform their craft. Read more in our March magazine story.

Broad Street Market closed its courtyard and will keep several nearby roads blocked for construction, our online story reported. The city provided updates on the brick building’s rebuild this week, which continues to slowly progress.

Cumberland County Commission for Women is an active force for change in Central Pa., according to our March magazine story.

Harrisburg will pay thousands to a former public works director who claimed to be unfairly fired by Mayor Wanda Williams. A Harrisburg federal court judge dismissed the civil rights case Tuesday after the parties agreed to resolve the case by settlement, our online story said.

Harrisburg will host a St. Patrick’s Day parade and race downtown Saturday. Find out more in our online story.

Our food columnist shares a wonderful recipe for Steak au Poivre, an easy-to-prepare dish that stars a rather large dose of black peppercorns, in our March magazine.

Pennsylvania lawmakers awarded the Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC) and the Harrisburg Downtown Improvement District a collective $425,000 to put toward downtown revitalization Tuesday, according to our online story.

Sara Bozich has compiled the best events of the weekend in her Weekend Roundup, including the grand opening of Second Chance Plants in Harrisburg. Check out the full list.

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