It’s official. This will be the first year that fresh food will be growing and freely available to all in a public space in Carlisle. Today we finished planting the raised garden bed and it is filled with delicious fruits, vegetables and herbs. The fruit trees we planted earlier this spring are sprouting small fruit… Read More Fresh Free Food Growing in Heberlig Palmer Park
Carlisle has lined up a great list of free concerts and performances throughout the summer. All of these are FREE! Mark your calendar for a summer filled with live music. **If we missed an event and you want to have it added, please email carlislewestside@gmail.com with more information.** Summer Artist Series at Thornwald Park Dates: June… Read More Free Summer Concerts & Performances in Carlisle 2014
Plant Sale Special Perennials Date: Friday, May 16. 8:00 – 5:00 Saturday, May 17 8:00 to 12. Backyard of: 529 S. Bedford St, Carlisle, PA Fine plants for shady garden places:Hostas, European Ginger, Solomon Seal. Most hostas are green and were purchased from reputable garden centers. A few other plants, some… Read More Plant Sale 5/16 & 5/17 to Benefit HP Park
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
PPL is currently doing work on Carlisle’s West substation 1 and 2. Here’s an update regarding road closures in the Borough due to this project: Road Closures *W. North St. from Ash Avenue to N. College St. – Expected closure until 5/21/2014. North St. from N. College St. to N. West St. – Expected closure… Read More PPL service upgrade street closures in May
The Carlisle Police Department are offering a Junior Police Academy for rising 7th graders this June. It sounds like a wonderful FREE program that will expose them to many aspects of law enforcement, emergency services and team building. Please spread the word to youth in our neighborhood and have them apply by May 15th. … Read More Carlisle Police Sponsor Junior Police Academy for 7th Graders
There are 3 upcoming Urban Redevelopment Meetings coming up in May including one that focuses specifically on the North Carlisle residential neighborhoods. If you can make it to any of these, please make it to the neighborhood one. It’s important have a good showing of residents at this meeting so we can voice our opinions… Read More Carlisle Urban Redevelopment Meetings-5/13 & 5/14-Community Economic Improvement and Neighborhood Enhancements
The Carlisle Circulator Bus Service begins 4/28/2014. Informational meetings are being held at different locations around town. 3 are happening Tuesday 4/15 including one at Hope Station from 5:30-7:30.
The Dickinson College Outing Club is a student organization that has been fully supportive of our Heberlig Palmer Park Revitalization and wanted to show further commitment by using their upcoming events as fund drives for the project! There are 2 events that are free and open to the public but they will be accepting donations… Read More Dickinson College Outing Club Supports HP Park through events
***Spring Spruce Up Part II will happen Saturday April 19th at 9am. Projects will include building raised garden beds and some other general sprucing up. Please email carlislewestside@gmail.com if you think you can attend. Drop ins won’t be turned away though. thanks!*** This is what COMMUNITY looks like. 94 people came out to clean up the… Read More Spring Spruce Up Success!
The annual ESNA Easter egg hunt at Biddle Mission Park will take place on April 19, 2014 (with a rain date of April 26). The egg hunt starts at 2:00 pm and there will be other activities prior to the hunt. So come early! There will be three age groups: ages 1-4: start time 2:15… Read More East Side Neighbors 5th Annual Easter Egg Hunt April 19th 2014
**Update: The clean up will commence on 3/29 despite the rain later in the morning. We will accomplish as much work as we can while the weather holds out. Some of us may follow up on 4/5 to finish work but we will make an update after we see what we can accomplish**** After months… Read More Heberlig Palmer Park Spring Spruce Up-March 29th 9am (rain date 4/5)
Update 10/29/2014: Penndot has awarded $1.5 million in funding towards the traffic improvements. They will analyze which options below will be chosen (traffic circle vs traffic light). “Borough of Carlisle – $1.5 million to replace the five-way intersection at Fairgrounds Avenue, Penn Street and North Hanover Street with a modernized roundabout or install a traffic… Read More Carlisle Urban Redevelpment Transportation Meeting-Recap
These meetings are open to the public and directly affect our neighborhood so we encourage west side neighbors to attend and give their feedback. They will be discussing key intersections of Spring Rd/N. Hanover, N. Hanover/Clay St and N. Hanover and Penn St. They will also be discussing opening the streets between N. College and… Read More Carlisle Urban Redevelopment Meetings-Transportation & Stormwater Management-2/18 & 2/19
The Dickinson College Office of Diversity Initiatives is pleased to host, Dawn Porter, producer and director of the documentary, Gideon’s Army, Thursday, February 6th at 7pm in the Stern Great Room. The documentary follows the lives of three young public defenders working in the Deep South struggling against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads to ensure justice… Read More MLK Symposium at Dickinson College with Award-Winning Filmmaker
What: Free Cantana Concert for Soprano, Flute and Piano When: Saturday February 8th at 7pm Where: Friends Meeting House (Quaker Church) 252 A Street Carlisle PA 17013 On Saturday, February 8th entitled Epiphany: A Quaker Cantata of Faith for Soprano, Flute and Piano, in Carlisle Friends Meetinghouse, 252 A Street. The cantata, composed by Edward Norton,… Read More Free Cantana Concert Sat. Feb 8th 7pm at Friends Meeting House (Quaker Church)
The Patriot News published 7 related articles covering the recent closure of Carlisle’s only taxi company and how it brought to light the extensive need our area has for better public transit within Carlisle. CAT buses shuttle passengers from Carlisle to the greater Harrisburg region but there are limited options in town. Most of those… Read More Patriot News 7 part series on Carlisle Public Transportation Needs
Did you know that many events held at Dickinson are free and open to the public? Don’t say there is never anything to do in Carlisle because you can easily find something to do every week while school is in session. Bookmark the Dickinson Calendar of the Arts for performances of music, theater and dance… Read More Free Concerts, Performances, Discussion and Art Exhibits at Dickinson College
Donate Online through Neighbor.ly Donate by Check through the Downtown Carlisle Association We have been working for the last few months preparing for this moment. We have finalized the Park upgrade plan, received approval from Borough Council and Parks and Recreation, and partnered with other organizations to build support. Now, we need to fund this… Read More Our Fundraising Campaign is OPEN!
Sunday January 19th 12-1 registration Contest 1-4pm Stuart Community Center Sponsored by the Elks Lodge
2014 Theme: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service: United We Serve to Realize the Dream Save this date: Sunday, January 19, 2014 2:45 p.m. Line up for March: From the steps of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church at the corner of Bedford and E. High Streets to the New Courthouse steps for… Read More Carlisle Community Celebration 25th Annual Commemoration
Tutor training: Saturday February 1st 9am-4pm Employment Skills Center
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP SERIES Tome Science Building, Dickinson College Every fourth Saturday of the month, 9 a.m.–noon Hosted by the Department of Physics & Astronomy During each of these sustainability workshops, Hans Pfister, associate professor of physics, will introduce participants to the basic physics concepts of the day’s topic. Then the… Read More FREE Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP SERIES
Carlisle Locations: Employment Skills Center 29 S. Hanover St., Carlisle 717.243.6040, option 8 Monday (2/3, 2/10, 2/24 only): 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday (appointment only): 1 to 4 p.m. Penn State Dickinson School of Law 333 W. South St., Rm. 104, Carlisle Priority given to appointments but walkins are… Read More Free Tax Preparation for Low & Moderate Income Families in Carlisle
Who: 6th-8th graders When: Jan. 19 – April 13, 2014 (no session Feb. 2nd) Schedule: Sundays from 6-8pm Location: Carlisle Family YMCA Gym Fee: FREE!!! Register: Every participant must fill out the registration form on back and return to the Y by Jan. 10
The West Side is getting another new store where Georgie Lou’s used to be at 22 N. Pitt St. Their Grand Opening is Saturday January 11th at 9am. Drop in and welcome them to the neighborhood!
Helping Individuals Retain Employment PLUS is a program offered by Hope Station at Cyberspace (219 N Pitt St) that helps individuals improve employment options with instruction regarding employment retention, personal marketing, and building basic computer skills needed to acquire or maintain jobs of interest. It is a 5 week course and class begins on March 3rd… Read More HIRE Plus Free 5 Week Course at Hope Station
The Downtown Carlisle Association has provided us with the answer to help us plan out our next 2 years downtown. Well this is helpful! Download the entire PDF here. 2014 IMPORTANT CARLISLE EVENT DATES January 1 New Year’s Day (Wednesday) 3 Downtown Carlisle First Friday 13 PSD LAW First Day of Classes 18 Dickinson College… Read More What’s going on in Carlisle in 2014?..and 2015?
It’s not quite spring yet (actually, it’s quite snowy right now) but the real estate market should heat up as things start to thaw. Have you ever considered looking for properties on the West Side? You get more house for less investment and there really are some great people who live over here. We are… Read More Consider buying a house and become a West Side Neighbor!
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
Carlisle West Side Neighbors 