Q and A: Hector Ruiz, Sofrito
He worked his way from up chef to owner of a downtown Reading gastro pub, using ingredients from local farmers and strengthening Reading's bustling Latino population.
He worked his way from up chef to owner of a downtown Reading gastro pub, using ingredients from local farmers and strengthening Reading's bustling Latino population.
There's another blackout at Harrisburg University. Beginning yesterday at 8 a.m., the young science and technology institution blocked access over its network to several popular social media sites.
Known around the Capital Region as Jersey Mike, this Garden State transplant has set up roots in Harrisburg as a rapidly growing concert promoter, rabble-rouser and soon-to-be bagel-maker.
The most walkable cities in the Commonwealth pack the needs of residents and visitors into dense urban cores and encourage them to leave their cars parked.
Snyder's-Lance in Hanover has completed PA's largest ground-based solar farm -- 15,092 solar panels on 26 acres and built by Reading's RMK Solar.
It�s been a long road for the Berks County seat, once a manufacturing powerhouse. New businesses, fresh investment and a variety of innovative ideas are finally changing perceptions and creating much promise.
The arts, entrepreneurship, academia and opportunity are alive again in Reading, where the loss of manufacturing jobs is being overcome through a variety of public and private initiatives.
In the last 10 years, this resourceful, innovative effort has grown from a 140 square foot silo in Maryland to a 26,000 square foot repurposed historic factory in south Central PA. Its impact can be seen all over downtown York.
With a lifetime of relevant experience, skills and contacts, longtime serial entrepreneur Ed Harrell is establishing a model for entrepreneurial studies in higher ed.
It's not everyday that a college student engineers a product that could help billions of people around the world. But for this Penn State grad's small cook stove, the promise is big.