These giant bees have been very active in south Harrisburg and I’ve seen them in other parts of town too. (Swatara and penbrook). I’ve lived here 40 years and have not seen them this big. They tend to be ground nesting. Fortunately I have not been close to stung by them yet. They seem to not go after people as far as I can tell yet. What are they. Where are they from? How do we get rid of them? They are terrifying!
Hello friends!
Lancaster resident here who doesn’t venture to Harrisburg as often as I’d like.
I’m going to going to a work training at the Hotel Indigo on Friday, and was wondering what the best local spots I should check out for lunch would be.
Open to any and all recommendations!
What’s the deal with the car washes over here on the west shore?
Cloud 10, mod and shiny shell.
Why are they the least user friendly car washes around?
You cannot manage the car wash passes yourself. You have to email someone to get them to cancel.
Before moving over here we had mister car washes everywhere and they were 10/10 in terms of being able to manage it yourself.
Cloud10 pissed me off recently because I got a text from them to sign up for a chance to win an Airbnb gift card. Like don’t text me that shit.
I also did a car wash with them using a credit card that I don’t use anywhere else. I just use it for a car wash to keep the card active because it’s my oldest card and I don’t get any benefits from using it.
Literally had the number comprised which sucks and is suspicious.
Looking for some cheap / free date night ideas. Any suggestions? I live food, parks, museums, etc. but have lived here for a long time. Looking for fresh ideas.
Howdy - I'm a reporter w/ WITF News. I've been getting a lot of questions about the Whitaker Center, so I put this story together. Here are the first few grafs, but you can read the whole story for free on our site.
https://www.witf.org/2026/08/18/whitaker-center-issues-a-call-to-action-amid-funding-challenges/
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Leadership for Harrisburg’s Whitaker Center for Sciences and the Arts says the nonprofit has 10 years of financial runway left under a worst-case scenario.
But that leadership also says the Whitaker Center has an immediate need to address a recurring cash-flow problem and build a more sustainable financial model to keep the center open long-term.
At a time when nonprofits across the country are facing financial pressures, the Whitaker Center needs to sell more tickets, convince more funders to award grant money and increase local philanthropy. The organization is also seeking federal dollars and more state funding while trying to recruit more corporate support.
Honestly, what’s the point of this project? It took me almost 20 minutes today to get from the Turnpike interchange to 83N because the traffic was backed up trying to merge because of the construction. The crazy thing is the Capital Beltway project is supposed to last until 2033 (probably longer because we all know it will be delayed). All of this because of a project to add an extra lane which has been proven to not fix traffic issues. On top of that, PennDot has to add the Enola interchange construction and 581 construction. It’s honestly such a shitshow. Have almost been rear ended multiple times and seen so many accidents around the construction just because how poorly the road detour and merging is setup.
Do you know what could have fixed traffic issues? A commuter train, possibly connecting Palmyra to Carlisle. If we were gonna go through this long project, why not build something that is universally wanted? Or at the very least, suspend tolls for the Turnpike between Harrisburg/Mechanicsburg/Carlisle so every car in Harrisburg/West Shore isn’t trying to cross two bridges at 7:30 AM.
It doesn’t say exactly where or when this “Mechanicsburg Travel and Adventure Show” is supposed to take place, and I have a hard time believing that someone would give you free cruise or airline tickets just for coming to an expo.
Hey everyone! I am turning 20 this year and don't have a whole lot of friends, i am here from out of state for college. What's something I can do for my birthday in harrisburg? I don't wanna be sad in my room all day
Hi there! I am planning on going from harrisburg to philly via train for a few days and I was curious what the best place to park would be. Are there any places that are reasonably priced and near the train that anyone could recommend?
Ive heard some people recommend using the middletown station, but I honestly dont know anything about the trains in the area so any help would be appreciated!
I've been trying to find a company or a contractor to replace our PVC railing on our front stairs without any luck for 5 years and I'm getting very frustrated. The homes pictured aren't ours but it's the closest example I could find online. We do have the same size and material railing and our stairs are also concrete like these so it's nearly exact. Our condo was built in 2010 (we're the 2nd owners) and the railing is broken and damaged in a lot of areas to the point the entire thing just needs replaced. I have researched how to replace it myself since I can buy the parts and railing, but it turned out to be more complicated and more work than myself or my husband can manage so that's why we need to hire someone.
The first thing I tried was asking our HOA what company installed our railing and they gave me their details. The company that installed them quoted us over $2,400 to replace it. I've never priced this sort of thing before so to us that seemed very high but maybe it's reasonable. I wanted to get a few more quotes from different companies before pulling the trigger. I found several companies online in south Central PA and went down the list. I gave up trying so I can't remember any of the names now.
Here is where my frustration occurs.
Half of the phone numbers I called ended up all being for the same company, even though they all had different websites and different phone numbers. I would call different phone numbers and the recordings would all announce the name of the same company that I'd just left a voicemail for.
I'd leave voicemails for every company and most of them wouldn't call me back. If someone would answer the phone or if someone would call me back, they'd refuse to come out and give an estimate or schedule the work because the job is "too small". Apparently these companies only do work on large decks and porches. I do understand that our small railing replacement may not be worth their while, but it's hard for me to believe that *no one* will do it.
I did try to find a handyman or smaller business to do it but the few I could find said the job was too big and they don't offer this service. 😭🤣
My last ditch effort is to go back to where I started and get the details of the company our HOA gave us again, but the $2,400+ quote was from 5 years ago now so I'm certain it's increased. I'm getting desperate though.
Can anyone PLEASE give me the name of a contractor or company or SOMEONE located in South Central PA who can replace our railing?
Anyone else forage for mushrooms, fruit, and plants?
Let's see what you found this year 👇
Hello,
Any local restaurants off turnpike that serve vegan food? Teriyaki Madness is an option I came across. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Open to driving 15 minutes north towards the city.
Thank you
i’m turning 21 at the end of september and trying to figure out where the hell to go lol. i live in middletown/highspire area and figured downtown harrisburg wouldn’t be so bad but i have literally no idea. so basically im looking for any recommendations of bars/clubs to go to in harrisburg. or anywhere close by if harrisburg ain’t it lol.
i was hoping to just go somewhere in harrisburg for dinner and after just go to a few clubs / bar hop ?
Hello, I'm kind of new to the area so I'm not familiar with a lot. My laptop has been getting more and more flaky. I suspect it's a hardware issue. Does anyone know of any good computer repair shops in the Harrisburg area? Or the Mechanicsburg area? Thank you all in advance!
I'm heading down to the area later today to do a marketplace pickup and was wondering about good fabric stores. I want some fun cotton yardage like Joanne's used to have, particularly Halloween/ horror themed, and I don't want to fork out 25-30 something a yard for fabric from spoonflower.
tia :)
Did anyone else encounter the loon in the silver/grey SUV driving south on 6th Street this morning around 8 a.m. on the wrong side of the road.
I barely avoided a head on collision near PortersHouse/KennedyChicken. Looked like they carried on down the wrong lane toward the Hamilton School zone and the capitol complex.
Cannot convince myself whether it was distracted driving, impaired driving or assholery alone.
Must have been a combination to have acheived this exhibition of pure distilled idiocy.
I fly out of Harrisburg airport fairly regularly; usually in the afternoons. However, a couple Sundays ago I almost missed my flight because the TSA line took over an hour. Is this normal for a Sunday morning? Or was this a total fluke?
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I'm an international student about to graduate in MS
Looking for a job in accounting and finance related role.
Please DM if you or someone is hiring
Appreciate if you can provide any reference.
Thanks.
On our family farm in Chambersburg PA a small trail developed over many many years from an adjoining wooded area on to our wooded section. Then what was a little trail became a larger and wider small road that allowed 4 wheeler access. My Father in Law didn't outright stop this and even after an intrusive neighbor died it continued with the help of a "Deputy Game Warden." My son and I started to fill in the gap with old woven wire fencing and major piles of brush, but it would be removed. And we suspect the local deputy was opening it for a lady to get her horse through and perhaps for some illegal hunting activity. We continued to pile brush on the area, but the trail blazing trespasser would build side trails that I would interweave old wire, fencing and brush through. I'd come back in a couple of weeks or a month and that would be reopened. One day the deputy who did NOT own the adjoining land installed a No Trespassing sign facing toward our farm. This was a big insult as the trespassers always came onto our farm and not the other way around. I took the offending sign and tossed it deeper into the adjoining property and that resulted in a visit to my farm house by the deputy telling me that he could get me for littering. I told him to get off the farm and stay off! I would not be intimidated. Then I called his supervisors and the issue seemed to cool off after that. Eventually when we had full control over the family farm we had a high voltage livestock fence installed and that solved the issue of trespassers for good. I never felt over those years that we had total privacy when virtually anyone could enter the property and that we could be monitored by the Game Commission. By the way... the way the deputy knew I had tossed the sign is that he had installed a camera to watch the little road he had been maintaining into our farm. I'm very pleased that there is still a little justice in this world and that these trespassing deputies are being dismissed!