Centre County Gazette
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Back to Breakfast: At 50 Percent Capacity, Bellefonte Waffle Shop Reopens
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After a long six months, The Waffle Shop in Bellefonte opened its doors on Thursday after the state allowed restaurants to operate at up to 50% capacity beginning this week.
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Spring Creek Project Opens Fishing Options for Disabled Veterans
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For many, the great outdoors is the perfect medicine the doctor may not have ordered. But in the case of a 1,000-foot section of Spring Creek, the prescription came in the form of a dream. And that dream was realized this week in College Township.
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Impacted University Park Airport
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There has been a slow rise in passenger traffic in recent months, a good sign for University Park Airport. However, it could still take three to five years for it to recover from the pandemic.
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Mental Health Task Force Targets November for Final Report
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“When we last spoke on March 3, I concluded those remarks of a comparison of our work to a relay race team,” said Patricia Best in an update on the State College/ Centre County Task Force on Mental Health Crisis Services to the Centre County Board on Sept 15. Best took over as chair…
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Commissioners Discuss the State of the County
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“What a year the last year has been. Everything was going well until the pandemic hit,” said Centre County Commissioner Mark Higgins during the annual State of the County event held by the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County. The impact of the coronavirus took center stage at this year’s virtual event…
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Wasson Farm Joins Market for Local Ice Cream
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Wasson Farm Market, located at the corner of Shingletown Road and West Branch Road, began selling its own homemade ice cream from a trailer on its property at the end of July. If the first six weeks of its existence are any indication, this is quickly going to become a new favorite for local ice…
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Bellefonte First Stop in 100-year Commemoration of Transcontinental Airmail
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One-hundred years ago, on Sept. 8, a DH-4 biplane full of mailbags landed in Bellefonte, completing the first step in a historic journey that started on Long Island and ended in California.
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Bellefonte Community Voices Concern for Masking and Social Distancing Ordinance
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After a long discussion, Bellefonte Borough Council voted 5-4 to table a masking and social-distancing ordinance and then sent the measure to the safety committee for review and a possible public hearing in the future.
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Bob Perks Fund Launches ‘Strive for 25’ Fundraiser
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Like many nonprofits, the Bob Perks Fund has found itself having to think outside of the box when it comes to fundraising in 2020. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down several of the fundraising events it typically relies on, it found itself about $50,000 short of what it needed to get through the e
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Bellefonte Considers Masking, Social Distancing Ordinance
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Bellefonte is considering a temporary emergency masking and social distancing ordinance that aims to “protect, preserve and promote the health, welfare and safety for the residents, employees and visitors of [the borough].”