Tag: midtown

Violent Guatemalan fugitive seeking refuge in Harrisburg, Pa. has been deported

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently deported a foreign fugitive – living in Harrisburg – wanted for child abuse, violence against women […]

Sign for Jamaican restaurant now hangs on 2nd Street at former location of Ted’s Bar & Grill

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – The sign for Got Jerk Island Grill & Juice Bar, a locally owned Jamaican restaurant, is now hanging at the former location […]

Cole Goodman thanked former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed for campaign strategy, words of wisdom

Cole Goodman had met with Stephen Reed to discuss his political campaign. He said Mayor Reed was incredibly encouraging of young people stepping up to the plate and running for office.

The historic ‘Black Wall Street’ will rise again as “Jackson Square” on N. 6th Street in Harrisburg, PA

“It’s where a lot of prominent black entertainers and people in the community came to spend money.”

McCoy brothers team up to tackle blight by renovating N. 6th Street in Harrisburg, PA

Football brothers LeRon and LeSean McCoy are renovating 1000 N. 6th St.—at the corner of Boas Street—into a five-unit, market-rate apartment building, with additional retail or community space.
They also have plans to purchase the Jackson Hotel and then build a new, larger, market-rate apartment building next to it at the corner of N. 6th and Herr streets.

Herr St. bridge replacement; 12th Ward polling place relocation in Harrisburg, PA

– Harrisburg span over Paxton Creek to be closed, detoured for up to 10 days.
– 12th Ward Polling Place being relocated to Laurel Towers

‘Midtown Pizza Gate’ leads to arrest of serial rapist in Harrisburg, PA

HMAC owner John Traynor described the early years of Stage on Herr as a “hedonistic playground for a subculture that existed in Harrisburg.” And he admits his own conduct in that alcohol-fueled setting was anything but saintly. “HMAC went through a metamorphosis,” Traynor said. “It changed. And I have changed. I am not the person I was 10 years ago. I have four years’ of sobriety. I’m proud of that.”

String of Armed Robberies in Midtown Harrisburg

Update: 2 Armed Robbers arrested in separate incidents Harrisburg, PA – After a bank robbery was reported at 3rd & Reily Streets earlier this week, […]