WHITE PINE: The largest pine in the U.S., the white pine has soft, flexible needles and is bluish-green in color. Needles are 2½ – 5 …
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by Rick Dapp Memory is an elusive thing, often distorted by time and the inclusion of unintentionally specious fictions in the retelling of stories handed …
by Rick Dapp Perhaps it’s because there’s so much to see around the Capitol Complex; so much marble and granite that we often take some …
By Rick Dapp Those feeling adventurous and willing to head north from Harrisburg for parts unknown don’t have to even leave Dauphin County. One can …
by Rick Dapp It’s been some time since Harrisburg has seen the spectacle of a film production company making a major motion picture, or even …
by Rick Dapp A feature in the September 2017 issue of Harrisburg Magazine by author Angelique Caffrey triggered some thought regarding the Shipoke neighborhood and …
WORDS BY RICK DAPP If you travel down Route 15 from Harrisburg to Dillsburg, and steer off the four lanes that carry thousands of vehicles …
WORDS BY RICK DAPP On a thoroughfare connecting the brash commercialism of Paxton Street to the more subdued tone of Derry Street exists a building, …
Could mining return to the Susquehanna River? Given the current federal administration’s stance on coal as an energy source it’s interesting to note that the …
Words by Rick Dapp A view from the Doyle shows the building’s proximity to the Appalachian Trail. Harrisburg, due to its dual role as state …