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Harrisburg residents will start to see changes coming to N. Mayor Eric Papenfuse had no well wishes for N. However, the state and city converted several streets to one-way traffic, including N. Harrisburg now will return the pattern back to two-way traffic from Forster to Division streets, adding pedestrian and bike-friendly elements, Papenfuse said. The switch to two-way will come near the end of the project on April 19, , city Engineer Wayne Martin said.

Portions of the brick sidewalk near the intersections will be replaced, as well. If you are being blocked from reading Subscriber Exclusive content, first confirm you are logged in using the account with which you subscribed.

If you are still experiencing issues, please describe the problem below and we will be happy to assist you. Harrisburg School District's new leadership team presented an updated budget to members of the public Tuesday evening. Harrisburg School District is not broke.

In fact, there are even a few million dollars in its reserve account. That was the message from George and his team Tuesday night when they presented a revised budget, which has been drafted in the four and a half months since they were appointed. Their appointment came after a court-ordered state takeover of the district that had been petitioned for by state Education Secretary Pedro Rivera amid years of financial and academic underperformance. It was a message that came with a plan for how to improve district finances in the future as well as the creation of a system that will allow members of the community to report suspected fraud.

From that date, Samuels had little time to craft a budget by the June 30 deadline by which it had to be submitted to the state Department of Education. The complaint alleges fraud and malpractice in a series of transactions that left the city with hundreds of millions of dollars in debt over the repair and retrofit of the incinerator.

The lawsuit claims various defendants misled officials, hid material facts and helped others breach their duty to taxpayers. It noted the financial problems have resulted in higher taxes and trash fees, cuts to wages and benefits for police and firefighters, and losses for the creditors who loaned money that could not be repaid. Personal bankruptcy is tragic, and corporate bankruptcy is financially significant, but there is something especially pitiful about municipal bankruptcies. An entire city of thousands, whose leadership has failed them.

It's like watching a scrappy but flailing football team losing in a particularly bloody way.



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