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City Council budget talks continue Thursday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matt Maisel, Director of [email protected](717) 255-7295 (HARRISBURG) – Harrisburg City Council plans to resume and complete its discussions and votes around the 2024 fiscal budget on Thursday, December 21. The...
City of Harrisburg 2024 Holiday Sanitation Schedule
City of Harrisburg - 2024 Holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. DayFebruary 19 - President's DayMay 27 - Memorial DayJuly 4 - Independence DaySeptember 2 - Labor DayOctober 14 - Indigenous People's DayNovember 28 -...
BSM Blog: Bidding process now open
The bidding process now open for contractors looking to bid on electric and plumbing for the tent structure Broad Street Market. We put the "request for bids" notice up via PennBid on Thursday, December 7. Think of it as a general notice for companies interested in...
Arson investigation at former William Penn school
HARRISBURG -- An arson Investigation at former William Penn High School is underway after a fire was started there intentionally Monday morning, according to Fire Chief Brian Enterline. Flames started in the former auto body shop in the northern end of the building,...
BSM Blog: Tent contractor process to expand
December 4, 2023 This is the first of what we hope are many blog posts designed to update the public on the Broad Street Market construction. Obviously, the hot topic right now is the construction of the tent, which will house displaced brick market vendors. The tent...
Construction Begins on 50-Unit Affordable Housing
HARRISBURG -- After more than three years of struggles to start construction, a fully affordable housing project was able to break ground in Allison Hill this week. The Cornerstone, a project by TLC Construction, began construction at the corner of 15th and Walnut...
Mayor Wanda Williams’ 2024 budget proposal remarks
November 28, 2023 Mayor Wanda Williams made the following remarks to Harrisburg City Council in presenting her 2024 City of Harrisburg budget at Council's legislative session on November 28, 2023. https://youtu.be/GHfOh2l6d8g President Bowers, Members of Harrisburg...
Harrisburg’s perfect score in LGBTQ+ equality
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Matt MaiselDirector of Communications, City of Harrisburg(717) [email protected] November 21, 2023 HARRISBURG – The City of Harrisburg has been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign as Pennsylvania’s leading city when it...
GALLERY: MLK City Government Center welcomes Christmas tree
HARRISBURG -- The area outside Harrisburg's city government center will look a little more festive this holiday season. On Thursday, Parks Maintenance workers delivered a 33-foot white spruce tree to the plaza outside the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. City Government...