Our neighborhood has a few options for free after school activities for kids. Also the YMCA has a free membership program for all 7th graders. 1) Hope Station in Memorial Park “The Kids Café program provides a free, substantial snack in the afternoon to Hope Station children up to 12th grade. It operates Monday –… Read More Free After School Programs
Community Potluck and Discussion Tuesday, September 9, 2014 6 PM to 8 PM Community/Police Relations Lessons learned from Ferguson Community/Police Relations Lessons learned from Ferguson Enjoy an informal meal with community members. After dinner at 6:30 PM, we will hear from expert panelists who will discuss how we can work together as a community to… Read More YWCA Community Potluck & Discussion 9/9/14-Community/Police Relations-Lessons learned from Ferguson
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
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
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
What: Take Back the Streets Town Hall Meeting When: Friday, November 1st at 6:00pm Where: Hope Station Who: Everyone, Anyone Recently, our neighborhood has seen an unfortunate, violent attack on one of our community members. Two 17 year old chose to attack a 30 year resident over a simple parking space. The specifics really don’t make much… Read More Take Back the Streets Town Hall Meeting At Hope Station
First, let’s start by thanking the 30 neighbors who showed up to discuss ideas about the Tot Lot. It was such a great group of people with diverse thoughts on what the Tot Lot could become. There were a few neighbors whose homes border the park and their perspectives were extremely important to the conversation.… Read More Heberlig-Palmer Tot Lot Meeting Recap
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 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
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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