Good News! We received an email from Mayor Tim Scott that the camera in Heberlig Palmer Park is now live. That means HP Park is now a safer place for park patrons and neighboring homes. When we started working on a plan to improve the park the first priority from residents was to add elements that… Read More Security Camera now live in HP Park
The Carlisle Neighborhood Alliance is a network of residents who have come together to develop a sense of community and build relationships between each other and the downtown. To make this vision a reality, we will be focusing on seven working groups (six included in this survey) made up of local residents and community partners… Read More Help Carlisle become a more Vibrant, Connected and Playful Community!
One of our West Side Neighbors is the Carlisle Police Department and they have been working to strengthen ties with our community over the past year through outreach. They have attended, and spoke at, multiple town hall sessions discussing safety and codes, strengthening neighborhoods and community building. They are now opening their doors to the community… Read More Carlisle Police Station Open House and Law Enforcement Appreciation Day-Friday, January 9, 2015 4-6pm
The upcoming West Side Neighbors meeting on Monday May 19th at 6:30 will be held at 252 A street (Friends Meeting House) and a representative from the Carlisle Police Department will be attending to listen to residents concerns about crime, drugs and other unwanted activity in our community. Please come out and bring your friends,… Read More West Side Neighbors Meeting with Carlisle Police Representative
What: The Lifelong Impact of a Criminal Record Panel Presentation When: Wednesday January 15th 7-9pm Where: Carlisle Area School District Swartz Intermediate Auditorium 623 West Penn Street, Carlisle Presenters: John A. Abom Abom & Kutulakis, LLC, David J. Freed Cumberland Count District Attorney Robert P. Kline, Esq. President, Cumberland County Bar Association Nick Matash, Esq.MidPenn Legal Services Samuel E. Miller, Cumberland County Chief Juvenile Probation Officer… Read More The Lifelong Impact of a Criminal Record-Presentation at CASD Swartz Intermediate Auditorium
Eric Veronikis of the Patriot has put together a 3 piece story about the increasing crime that Carlisle has seen in the past 2 years. He interviews local officials, residents and police. A few westsiders were interviewed for the piece including Curtis Woodbridge, Lissy Weirich, Charles Petty, Jim and Ginny Hertzler and Iris Martinez. They… Read More The Patriot Covers Carlisle Crime Increase in 3 Part Story
We usually use this blog as a way to spread good news and keep things positive but sometimes we do have to discuss important issues that are negatively affecting our community. Last week Carlisle saw its first murder in 5 years. It was in the Northwest Quadrant and while reading the article about the murderer… Read More Violence in our Community, Public Safety and Criminal Sentencing
The following recap was provided by Hope Station and posted on their Facebook Page. Additional write ups from the Patriot and Sentinel. Several weeks ago Charles Petty walked outside of his house to ask some young men to leave his property. When they didn’t like his request, one of the men hit Petty with a… Read More Take Back the Streets Town Meeting Recap
A few weeks back a representative from the West Side Neighbors attended the borough’s Public Safety Meeting to address security concerns in Heberlig-Palmer Tot Lot. The Sentinel wrote an article about it but it wasn’t published in the online edition so we just now got a copy that we can post.
In an effort to make clear the facts about what a transition from Carlisle’s current in-house police dispatch to the County’s Dispatch Center for police emergency calls might look like, Perry Heath, Borough Council President, has invited members of the West Side Neighbors and any interested residents to take a tour of the 911 Call Center.… Read More 9-1-1 Dispatch Center Tours
The Patriot News reports that Carlisle is considering closing its 911 dispatch center and giving the 911 dispatch duties to Cumberland County. Carlisle is the only town in the county to have its own dispatch center. Read the full article here. A follow up piece states that the borough manager, Matt Candland, is for this change… Read More Carlisle considers closing police dispatch center, cutting lieutenant post
As Hurricane Sandy eyes the Cumberland Valley, please be sure to ensure you and your families safety throughout the storm and after during clean-up. There are many outlets for civil emergency information, school & work closings, and up-to-date weather forecasts. Please refer to this list as links to most of these informational websites. For up-to-the-minute… Read More Hurricane Sandy updates from Carlisle Borough
From the Sentinel: Carlisle residents are fed up with crime and are moving to take back their borough. “We are going after problem landlords letting them know that the behavior of some of their tenants are unacceptable,” said Curtis Hetrick, a member and past president of the Carlisle East Side Neighbors Association. “So, whether you’re… Read More Carlisle Residents work together to reduce crime
We were not able to attend the Public Safety Committee Meeting that was open to the public this week but our friends on the East Side were and wrote up this great rundown of the meeting in general. Here is a small excerpt from their post so please do go to the East Side Blog… Read More Public Safety Meeting Recap- via East Side Blog
This is of course a no brainer, but this article in the Sentinel connects the recent shootings with prior violence in the borough. By and large, our town is full of good neighbors but these few stand outs are tarnishing the town’s image. Hopefully, we will all start to demand that our town returns to… Read More Recent Violence Related to Previous Incidents in Carlisle
Ok, I like to keep this blog positive and promoting positive things happening on the West Side but I’m going to make an exception today. Today, I went home for lunch and left only to find police tape on the corner of my block. Someone was shot within a block of my home. Our neighborhood… Read More Shooting on the West Side
DOWNTOWN DRIVING NEWS DAILY DRIVER UPDATE:Thursday April 21, 2011 Road Diet Ø Handicap (HC) accessible ramp replacement work is continuing along the High St corridor ; please use caution near the excavated areas Ø Turn lane pavement arrows and bicycle lane symbols are being installed. Ø Work is progressing on the activation of left turn… Read More Road Diet Update
The Sentinel reports this morning that Carlisle’s camera surveillance program will start in the spring and cover areas of downtown. From the Sentinel: Come spring, parts of downtown Carlisle will be under the watchful eye of surveillance cameras. In the making for several years, the plan to bring the cameras to the borough received its… Read More Cameras start rolling this spring in Carlisle
State-of-the-art video surveillance cameras will be up and running in part of Carlisle by spring. Borough council approved a project Wednesday night for five surveillance cameras and eight radio antennas in the Memorial Park area. Police officers will be able to view the live footage at the police station and in patrol cars via a… Read More Carlisle council OKs surveillance camera project
From the Sentinel: Surveillance cameras could be coming to Memorial Park in Carlisle. Council is expected to vote during its meeting tonight on whether or not to contract with Iron Sky, a Texas-based security company, to install cameras in the Carlisle park. Under the proposal, five video surveillance cameras and eight radio antennas would be… Read More Carlisle to vote on cameras at Memorial Park
Project Porchlight is a simple yet super effective initiative to help keep neighborhoods safe & welcoming by keeping the street well lit all night long. Each neighbor can do their part by simply installing a light bulb in their porchlight and flicking the switch on each evening and turning it off in the morning. Street… Read More Trick or Treat with Project Porchlight
In light of the recent sad story for a terrible fire in Harrisburg today, I hope people take advantage of this this great offer from Carlisle Fire Department. The story is from the Sentinel. The Carlisle Fire Department is once again offering free smoke detectors and installation services to households in the borough. The… Read More Free smoke detectors offered in Carlisle
From The Sentinel: Aubrey Rehm honestly could not ask for a better place to live. The 23-year-old, who calls downtown Carlisle home, said she finds herself walking just about everywhere since she does not own a car. “Everything’s right in town,” Rehm said. “You can go everywhere.” And because of that convenience factor, Rehm said,… Read More Carlisle named a ‘walker’s paradise’
From the Patriot News: In an effort to combat abuse of prescription drugs, many mid-state communities are participating in National Take-Back Day on Saturday, offering an environmentally friendly way to dispose of unwanted drugs. The program, sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In Hummelstown, the… Read More DEA program disposes of unwanted drugs in environmentally friendly way
From the Sentinel: Carlisle residents are more likely to have something stolen from their property than to fall victim to a violent crime. During a panel discussion entitled “Crime in Carlisle? Just the Facts Please,” hosted by and held at Dickinson College Wednesday night, panelist Lt. Michael Dzezinski of the Carlisle Police Department told the… Read More Carlisle crime panel: Borough is safe
The Clarke Forum is an organization within Dickinson College and they will hosting an interesting panel discussion on crime in Carlisle. Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Stern Center, Great Room – 7:00 p.m. Panelists Mayor Kirk R.Wilson, Carlisle Judge Edward Guido, Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas Chief Dolores “Dee” Danser, Public Safety, Dickinson College Lieutenant… Read More Crime in Carlisle? Just the Facts Please
Neighborhoods are safer, friendlier and more inviting when they are well lit. It would be great if all streets would have pretty new street lights like the ones installed on North Street but in the meantime, each home owner and renter can make the neighborhood safer with just a light bulb. Project Porchlight is an… Read More Project Porchlight
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