Month: February 2016

By Jaylynn McClendon With over one billion daily users, Facebook is the most popular social media site on the Internet. It thrives on people’s eagerness to share bits and pieces of their lives through status […]

Book Written By Elizabeth Kolbert (Picador, $16, 319 pages, Paperback) By Harvey Freedenberg As this review is written in December 2015, 195 nations have just signed an historic agreement to limit greenhouse-gas emissions, with the […]

by Rebecca Hanlon Make-A-Wish® Foundation of the Susquehanna Valley Behind the wheel of a car, Justin Nicarry gets a rush of adrenaline. The wheel in his hands, his foot hovering over the pedal and his […]

by Rebecca Hanlon Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area If you stood next to the windows in George Wormley’s Harrisburg home, you used to be able to feel the breeze creep through the […]

By Bentz Tozer, Jr., B.S., CPT Functional strength-training” is the hot term in the fitness industry right now, but what exactly is it, how do we do it and how does it fit into our […]

By Scott Campbell When the Pennsylvania General Assembly envisioned charter schools within the state, the Commonwealth Connections Academy (CCA) is precisely what its members had in mind. It is a Middle States-accredited, tuition-free, public cyber […]

by Rebecca Hanlon Humane Society of Harrisburg Area The toughest of felines often have the softest hearts, says Devon Geduldig of Mechanicsburg. After moving into her apartment and living there for a few months, she […]

by Jill Gleeson  Spend a little time chatting with Mark and Sue Glessner, and it quickly becomes apparent that though both are now retired, they’ve lost none of their energy. This charming couple, who live […]

by Jill Gleeson It’s not surprising that lovebirds Heidi Notario and Tracy Hipple make time to volunteer in the Harrisburg community. After all, these two strong, vibrant women have devoted much of their lives to […]

by M. Diane McCormick World-Renowned, Harrisburg-based Plastic Surgeon Dr. David Leber Retires, Leaving a Legacy of Giving Through 35 Mission Trips Dr. David Leber has been on 35 overseas mission trips, rebuilding cleft palates and […]