Vincent Corso
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Summer Craft Beverage Expo Is Back at Talleyrand Park
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BELLEFONTE — The Summer Craft Beverage Expo is back at Talleyrand Park on Sunday, making it the perfect way to wrap-up the Historic Bellefonte Cruise weekend. Hosted by the Central Pennsylvania Tasting Trail, the two-session event features local craft beer, wine, spirits and cider along with food trucks, vendors and live music. Event organizers said…
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Worth the Wait: Cruise Set to Roar Again in Bellefonte
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It’s finally here. The first major Centre County festival since the pandemic shut everything down is happening, as the Historic Bellefonte Cruise roars back to life Friday and Saturday. To pull the event off, organizers have had to squeeze what typically is eight to nine months of planning into a two-month window because of the…
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Harris Township Supervisors Criticize Bank Closure
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People living in Boalsburg will no longer have a bank in town, as First National Bank is planning to close the branch. Located at 400 E. Boal Ave., the bank will consolidate with the Hills Plaza Office, 1811 South Atherton St., on Aug 27, according to Jennifer M. Reel, senior vice president and director of…
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Champion Bloodlines: Percheron Horses from Windermere Farms Are Helping Shape the Breed All over the World
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The view from Windermere Farms in Spring Mills stretches far across Brush Valley. The mountains shape the valley, with fields and barns highlighting the fertility of the lowlands. On the farm, Percheron horses – stallions, mares, and foals alike – graze in pastures. The magnificent animals stand tall and strong; their gigantic hoofs trot easily…
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Bellefonte Cruise Chairman Pat McCool Talks History and Return of the Father’s Day Weekend Tradition
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This interview appears in The Centre County Gazette’s 2021 Historic Bellefonte Cruise Official Guide. Since 2010, Pat McCool has served as chairman of the Historic Bellefonte Cruise Committee. When he is not busy at his screen-printing shop, PAMP, in Pleasant Gap, or working to keep “the Cruise” a well-oiled machine, McCool is traversing Centre County…
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CATA Looks for Change Amid Ridership and Revenue Downturn Caused by Pandemic
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With ridership still down because of the pandemic, the Centre Area Transportation Authority is proposing a number of service changes to go into effect this fall. During a public hearing on Tuesday, the transit system explained the changes and heard from the public as it moves to finalize the changes. “CATA has always been very…
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Art in the Orchard Coming to Way Fruit Farm in July
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After hearing about the summer events that were canceled again in 2021, Jason Coopey, co-owner of Way Fruit Farm, looked out at the farm and came up with an idea — Art in the Orchard: a festival with artists, music, food trucks and more, spanning the traditional weekend of Arts Fest in State College.
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YMCA Program Begins 17th Year Battling Food Insecurity
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This story appears in the June 3-9 edition of The Centre County Gazette. Many kids rely on school lunch to get the nutrition they need. And with food insecurity at an all-time high due to the pandemic, quality sources for getting young people this valued nutrition are becoming much harder to come by. A popular…
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Millheim to Host Arts and Music Festival
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MILLHEIM — With the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts and the People’s Choices Festival canceling their in-person events again this summer, some community and business leaders are working to bring the art to Millheim this July.
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On Track to Lead State College: A Conversation with Ezra Nanes
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Ezra Nanes is poised to become the next mayor of State College. Nanes declared victory in the May 18 Democratic primary, holding a nearly two-to-one majority over Jim Leous the following day.