PRESS RELEASES
The City of Harrisburg and the Office of Mayor Stephen R. Reed provides news information from time to time to all media outlets. For further news information, contact Randy King at 717.255.3040.
Recent Press Releases
Educational, Historical & Cultural Activities Mark City's Observances Of King Holiday & Black History Month
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that an expanded schedule of events and activities commemorating the birthday anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month will be offered by the city in coming weeks.
City Special Events Sponsorships Now Being Sought: Significant Marketing And Promotional Opportunities Offered
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that the City of Harrisburg’s 2005 Corporate Event Sponsorship Book is now available for review by local businesses interested in partnering with the city on its many annual special events and other recreational programming. The book lists the many different events annually produced by the city and the various sponsorship levels and opportunities being offered.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Competition Winners Announced
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced the winners of the City’s Twenty-first Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Essay Competition. The successful young authors were recognized at a special ceremony in their honor at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. City Government Center, the only government headquarters in the world to be named after the heroic civil rights leader. It was so named by an Executive Order issued by the Mayor in 1982.
Minority Business Development Further Bolstered With New Mentoring Protege Program
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that minority contracting and minority-owned business development efforts are now being bolstered by the establishment of a new Mentoring Protégé Program.
Mayor Urges Residents & Businesses To Obtain Flood Insurance
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today urged city residents to obtain flood insurance for their properties if they do not currently have such coverage. Harrisburg’s extensive flood preparation and emergency management activities have resulted in a 15% reduction in base flood insurance premiums for city businesses and residents from what would otherwise be normally charged.
Mayor Urges Citizens To Respond To Upcoming Federal Census Survey
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that the U.S. Bureau of Census will be conducting the new American Community Survey in coming months, and urged citizens who receive the confidential form to promptly answer and return it. Local residents are also being sought for part time employment to conduct follow-up on the surveys.
Suspect Arrested In Christmas Weekend robberies & Sexual Assault
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that Harrisburg Police have arrested 19-year old Reginald Paul Thomas Jr. in connection with two robberies and a sexual assault that occurred on Sunday, December 26 in the midtown area. Thomas was released from Dauphin County Prison in October, 2004 after serving 2 ˝ months for a drug possession conviction, and was again arrested on December 30, 2004, by Lower Paxton Township Police on unrelated robbery charges. He was being held in the Dauphin County Prison on those charges when city police officers arrested him today in connection with his Harrisburg crimes.
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