December 2015

Here’s what’s coming up in the area’s entertainment and arts scene as the New Year approaches. Finish up 2015 and kick off 2016 with these local events, from First Night State College to an astronaut training and space exploration lesson.

On Dec. 18, a group of Elks members and other community volunteers, ranging in age from 12-year-old Vivian Scott to senior citizens, helped to organize the many bags of toys and racks of clothing items that were collected.

Here is the whole book on gift giving in one statement: People love food! That’s it, and that’s all you need to know. Make something delicious and you will never ever go wrong again with holiday gift giving. The recipes below are easy-as-can-be.

A State College couple was sentenced to two years of probation for harboring and concealing illegal aliens. Xue Jiang and Jian Bin Chen, owners of Chen’s Mongolian Buffet located at 1880 S. Atherton St., are at risk of being deported after their guilty pleas.