Bad news about the housing market keeps making national headlines, but we wondered about the state of the industry in Central Pennsylvania. We asked the firms from this year's homebuilder's list: Has Central Pennsylvania hit the bottom of the housing market downturn? What are you expecting for new-home construction in 2008? What follows are their answers — in their own words.

A local contractor is up for a national engineering award.

Harrisburg's fine-dining restaurant and bar Haydn's on Pine has closed.

Kokomo's Sports Bar & Grill will move from 300 N. Second St. to a vacant space at 307 Market St. in downtown Harrisburg.

Twelve Trees Apartments has a new owner.

The sky was blue overhead as Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen McGinty brought some green to York this morning.

A Web conferencing software company based in Barcelona, Spain, today announced it has established its U.S. headquarters in downtown Harrisburg.

A lagging economy and tighter lending practices have hurt the region's new-home market, Central Pennsylvania builders said.

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Signs of progress are emerging in Steelton.

A new Harrisburg initiative designed to deliver more skilled workers to the construction workforce got a boost from a grant of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Labor, Mayor Stephen R. Reed today said.

Lancaster County officials are preparing for the masses. The doors to the Lancaster County Convention Center are due to open in one year.

Lancaster officials are preparing the areas surrounding the anticipated Lancaster County Convention Center for its March 2009 opening.

The American Subcontractors Association of Central Pennsylvania will hold its 10th annual Constructor Awards Gala March 15 in the Harrisburg area.