In case you haven’t heard, Harrisburg City Council is considering expanding the Paxtang Manor permit parking zone in Midtown.  There is a hearing scheduled for it on March 11 at 5:05.
While I have not read the exact text of this ordinance, it is being advertised as the following:
Bill 3-2010 – An Ordinance amending Chapter 3-139 [...]

In case you missed my article today in the Patriot News:
New mayor should plan for foot, bike transport
Throughout Harrisburg’s mayoral campaign, I’ve listened to both candidates express their views on public safety, while turning a blind eye to one of our city’s greatest dangers: our transportation infrastructure.
As a daily pedestrian and cyclist in Harrisburg, I [...]

July 4 weekend is upon us, and in this town that means it is time for another edition of the American Music Fest.  This festival, one of three big events held annually along our beloved river, is a great example of what happens when you try to book music to please everyone one: you end [...]

This marvelous poem appeared on PennLive this morning.  The editors of Burg Life enjoyed it so much, that we felt an urgent need to save it from the censors at PennLive, and so we are reprinting it here, entirely without permission.  Heck, we don’t even know who CityInterest is, but we sure do like the [...]

If you follow Harrisburg’s news, you’ve probably bumped into the name Matthew Coulter.  He’s usually titled as Mayor Reed’s spokesman, and he regularly makes it into the Patriot News.
Usually, Coulter’s comments to the press are forgettable — giving the details of a crime or arrest.  Sometimes he gets to talk about how great Harrisburg’s newest [...]

Tonight Capital BlueCross hosted a public listening session to discuss their sponsorship of exercise equipment located in Riverfront Park along North Front Street in Harrisburg.
Twenty-fice citizens and the tradionial meedia were in attendance.  Dan Miller, reporter for The Patriot-News, was on hand along with several television stations an Roxbury News.   The Patriot-News led their coverage with [...]

Okay, so Les Ford hasn’t made his public announcement that he’s running yet, but the rumors have been swirling for a while now.
Thanks to the wonders of Google and a keener sense of how the Internet works than most 60-ish politicians, Burg Life is proud to be a spoil sport and spill the beans on [...]