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The Ohio Mid-Eastern Government Association has embarked on a study to make two Zanesville neighborhoods more attractive to outside investment.

Sankofa African American Theatre Company, a professional theatre company in Harrisburg, in partnership with Gamut Theatre Group, will bring their Winter Partnership Production of Voices of The Eighth Chronicles II: Stories from Harrisburg's Old Eighth Ward,  written and directed by Sankofa Executive Artistic Director, Sharia Benn.

Gamut Theatre will present its Winter Partnership Production with Sankofa African American Theatre Company: Echoes of Voices of the Eighth. This original production is a showcase of Dauphin County’s Black History Celebration and sponsored by Dauphin County Commissioners Mike Pries, Chad Saylor, George P. Hartwick, III and Capital Blue Cross.

Library system kicks off $3.5 million fundraising campaign to expand riverfront Harrisburg branch PennLive.com 28 mins ago Daniel Urie, pennlive.com © DAN GLEITER The Dauphin County Library System plans to expand the McCormick Riverfront Library and renovate the adjacent Haldeman Haly House at the corner of Walnut and Front streets in Harrisburg. April 21, 2021. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com Harrisburg’s downtown library will be getting a lot bigger soon. The Dauphi...

Raw Story: As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took their oaths of office last week, it was revealed that FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich will be retiring soon. Paul Abbate, the FBI No. 3, will be promoted from associate deputy director to Bowdich’s post. This is exactly why we may be entering a prolonged period of right-wing terrorism in the USA. At least for the moment, Joe Biden has left Christopher Wray as FBI chief — partly in deference to the bureau’s supposed independence, and also ...