Micah Parsons presented with keys to Harrisburg
Former Harrisburg High graduate, Micah Parsons, was presented with the key to the City of Harrisburg on Monday. Author: Melissa Versak (FOX43) Updated: 10:49 PM EDT May 3, 2021
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. Micah Parsons was honored in Harrisburg on Monday, and presented with the key to Harrisburg City.
Friends and family of Parsons joined city officials at Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, and watched as Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse presented Parsons with the key to Harrisburg.
The Harrisburg high school grad, and former Penn State Linebacker, was recently drafted to the Dallas Cowboys.
“The City of Harrisburg is filled with pride for Micah Parsons and all his accomplishments, said Mayor Papenfuse.
May 3, 2021 Harrisburg To Hold Celebration For Micah Parsons Today
(Harrisburg, PA) Harrisburg residents are being invited to celebrate fellow native Micah Parsons today after he was drafted in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. A ceremony will be taking place today at 4:00 p.m. at the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center. Parsons is going to be receiving a key to the city during the ceremony, and he will also be taking pictures and signing autographs for fans. Those who plan on attending the celebration are required to wear masks.
What do you want to ask Harrisburg’s mayoral candidates?
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The Pennsylvania State Capitol and and some of the tallest buildings in Harrisburg define the Harrisburg skyline.
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Attention Harrisburg residents.
Do you have a question you’d like to ask the five candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor? Here’s your chance.
PennLive and CBS 21 News are collaborating on “Candidates Conversation” with the five candidates that will be taped Wednesday afternoon and streamed on both outlets’ digital platforms at 7 p.m. that evening. It will be available to be viewed through Election Day, May 18.
Five Democrats spar in lively Harrisburg mayoral debate
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The five Democratic candidates for Harrisburg mayor squared off in their first debate Saturday night, and the battle for votes was charged and pointed.
Challengers Otto Banks and David Schankweiler spent the night on the attack against incumbent Mayor Eric Papenfuse, charging him with failing to fix the city’s most basic problems, and failing to serve all of the city’s residents equally.
Papenfuse, meanwhile, gave a ringing defense of his administration’s work, arguing city government is working better than it has in a generation under his leadership, and that his first eight years have left Harrisburg poised for a new era of growth that he is best-positioned to guide.
First question in Harrisburg mayor’s race: How’s Eric Papenfuse doing?
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Incumbent Mayor Eric Papenfuse,, far right above, faces four Democratic primary challengers as he seeks a third term. They are, clockwise from top left, Otto Banks, Kevyn Knox, Dave Schankweiler, and Wanda Williams.
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Eric Papenfuse is selling competence and steady progress to voters as he seeks a third term as Harrisburg’s mayor.
“By nearly every metric, Harrisburg is better off today than it was eight years ago, but these slow and steady advancements could easily be reversed under different leadership,” Papenfuse told PennLive by email recently, when asked about criticism from some of his Democratic primary rivals.