Sam Stitzer

In April 2014, Pastor K.R. Mele and his friend Harold Morgan pedaled their bicycles for 3,178 miles on a combination fundraising and mission trip from Santa Monica, Calif., to St. Augustine, Fla. On Sept. 6 of this year, the pastor and a racially and geographically diverse team of 15 people took off on another cycling…

The Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 1155 Zion Road in Bellefonte, held a 10th anniversary fundraising celebration Oct. 14 featuring prize drawings for a variety of area business gift certificates, a photo booth, cupcakes and balloons, kids’ crafts and a discount prize wheel.

Members of Bellefonte Girl Scout Troop 40022 were awarded their Silver Awards during a ceremony held at Fisherman’s Paradise on Oct. 15. Receiving the awards were Ashtyn Harter, Ayriella Spicer, Emma Shawley, Gabby Brezler, Katy Fritz, Mia Simoncek and Tori Clouser.

CENTRE HALL — The U.S. Constitution is 230 years old, signed on Sept. 17, 1787. To mark the anniversary, a party was thrown in Grange Park on Sept. 17, which has been designated Constitution Day by the federal government. The Constitutional Convention took place May 25 to Sept. 17, 1787, in Philadelphia. It was…

Snow Shoe Park was filled with vehicles and vendors during the annual Snow Shoe Fall Festival and Car Show on Sept. 16.

The Nittany Antique Machinery Association recently held its annual fall show, featuring 800 tractors of all brands — with some dating back nearly 100 years — at Penns Cave. Each year, the show highlights one brand of farm equipment, and this year it was the orange machines of the Allis-Chalmers

Six Centre County Vietnam War veterans were presented with quilts of valor Aug. 22 by members of Happy Valley Quilts of Valor. The presentation took place on the Southside Stage at the Grange Fair.

Faith Alive Fellowship Church, located at 4394 Penns Valley Road near Spring Mills, hosted its second annual car, truck and motorcycle show Aug. 5. Show organizer Autumn Fetterolf said the show is held as a community outreach project by the church youth group.