News
Road Closures for Ice & Fire Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matt Maisel, Director of Communications(717) [email protected] March 2, 2023 HARRISBURG -- Plan accordingly for road closures on and around Second Street in Downtown Harrisburg beginning Friday ahead of the weekend's Ice...
M&T Bank Ice & Fire Festival returns to City of Harrisburg
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Matt MaiselDirector of Communications, City of Harrisburg(717) [email protected] March 1, 2023 HARRISBURG – Get ready to be the coolest in town with these hot events as the Ice & Fire Festival returns to the City of...
Important Changes for Medicaid Recipients will be effective April 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Melissa Mesones-Ortiz, Deputy Director of Communications [email protected] February 16, 2023 HARRISBURG – Starting on April 1, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) will return to standard renewal processing...
City of Harrisburg to host 2023 Pennsylvania Latino Convention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Matt MaiselDirector of Communications, City of Harrisburg(717) [email protected] February 16, 2023 HARRISBURG – The largest collection of Latinos in Pennsylvania will call Harrisburg home this September, as the city was...
Statement from Mayor Williams on the modification of Consent Decree with Capital Region Water
Contact: Matt Maisel, Director of [email protected](717) 255-7295 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2023 HARRISBURG -- Capital Region Water announced Monday that after months of negotiation, Capital Region Water, the city of Harrisburg, the U.S....
Mayor Williams’ Equity Roundtable begins 2023 with renewed focus, same goals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Matt MaiselDirector of Communications, City of Harrisburg(717) [email protected] February 8, 2023 HARRISBURG – Mayor Wanda R.D. Williams’ Equity Roundtable has returned for a second year, with 40 members dedicated to making...
“Black history is our history.” Mayor Williams’ message to the City of Harrisburg during Black History Month
The following remarks are made from the Honorable Wanda R.D. Williams, 39th Mayor of the City of Harrisburg Black History Month is a reminder that Black history is *our* history. Black history is Harrisburg’s history. It’s a chance to celebrate hundreds of years of...
Stop the Bleed training saves lives; available through Penn State Health Network
The following content is provided by Penn State Health and pennstatehealthnews.org Minutes might have been enough to decide the fate of a child in Cumberland County one day in the early spring of 2021, but Sgt. Matt Roberts knew just what to do. Moments earlier, the...
Tri-County Housing, City of Harrisburg excited to unveil latest round of affordable housing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matt Maisel, Director of [email protected] (717) 255-7295 January 26, 2023 HARRISBURG -- Continuing one of Mayor Wanda R.D. Williams top initiatives, Tri-County Housing Development Corporation (TCHDC) announced...
Donations and Volunteering: Here’s how you can help Harrisburg’s unhoused population
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2023 The City of Harrisburg, under the leadership of Mayor Wanda R.D. Williams, is committed now, more than ever, to address the issue of homelessness in the city. On Thursday, January 12, city officials asked unhoused residents...