PA Steam Academy
Happy Friday! Exciting news this week: downtown Harrisburg is getting an apothecary-inspired, herbal tea house this spring and the PA Steam Academy’s charter has been renewed for five more years.
All that, and more, is compiled for you below.
Governor’s Square receiver Justin Heinly of Midtown Asset Consulting provided an update to City Council members on his progress stabilizing the dilapidated housing development. Read more in our online story.
Harrisburg High debuts its revived theater program this weekend. Read our behind-the-scenes story about how the program is helping students find their voices.
Harrisburg’s assistant superintendent will serve in her position for another school year, following a failed school board vote to reopen her position Tuesday, our online story reported.
Justin Browning, owner of JB Lovedrafts, plans to open a new business called Madame Rochéle’s Apothecary at N. 2nd and Locust streets downtown this spring. Read more in our online story.
LHM Social Services Foundation opened a new transitional housing facility in a former assisted living facility in Susquehanna Township earlier this year. Read the full story in our March magazine story.
PA Steam Academy’s charter was renewed for five more years this week. The school will expand in the coming years to serve K-8, according to our online story.
Pat Hornung Davis has been running Hornung’s True Value Hardware Store in the heart of downtown Harrisburg for more than three decades. Learn about the family roots of her business in our March issue story.
Sara Bozich has compiled the best events of the weekend in her Weekend Roundup, including the first-ever Harrisburg Bakery Crawl. Check out the full list.
word hive, a poetry group founded by a Columbia-based couple, has been inspiring local poets for five years. Learn more in our March magazine story.
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