Community
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New Mount Nittany Health Outpatient Center at Toftrees to Open in September
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Mount Nittany Health is getting ready to open the doors to its $90 million new outpatient center at Toftrees West in Patton Township. The 125,000-square-foot facility at 164 Greenview Drive will begin providing services on Sept. 3, the State College-based health system wrote in a news release on Friday. After about two years of construction,…
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More Than a Transcript: Local School Counselors Focus on the ‘Whole Student’
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Guidance counseling has evolved significantly from what older generations might remember from their time in school, according to Beth Burnham, school counselor at State College Area High School.
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Sketch Plan Presented for Drive-Thru Coffee Shop Location in College Township
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College Township Planning Commission on Tuesday heard an overview of plans for the first Centre County location of a growing chain of drive-thru coffee shops. 7 Brew Drive-Thru Coffee is planning to open a location on a portion of the parking lot at the Hills Plaza on South Atherton Street. The 540-square-foot shop and 230-square-foot…
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Centre Foundation Awards More Than $421K in Scholarships
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Centre Foundation recently awarded $421,000 in scholarships to 203 students attending 47 post-secondary institutions. The funding is supported by 133 donor-established scholarships and “underscores the foundation’s commitment to advancing educational opportunities across Centre County and beyond,” according to a news release. Scholarships are awarded through a competitive process to students from various districts and educational…
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Irvin Moore’s Goal: A Penn State Diploma at 80
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Some students take a gap year after high school. Irvin Moore took a gap half-century. It wasn’t by choice. Moore went to prison on a murder charge at the age when many kids graduate from college. He walked out 52 years later, not just older, but infinitely wiser. Next week, at the age of 78,…
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Local Historia: George Harris Captures the Flag
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Centre County’s George Harris inspired his regiment and earned a Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions at the Bloody Angle in 1864.
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Hublersburg Inn: A Calm, Cozy and Reassuring Respite
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So… how does everyone feel about living in a battleground state? According to most news media, there are seven “swing” states that will decide the presidential election in less than three months:: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and, you guessed it, good ole Pennsylvania. A Wall Street Journal article published last Thursday reported,…
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Penn Highlands Community College Celebrates Opening of Centre County Location
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Centre County’s new community college is ready to welcome students. Pennsylvania Highlands Community College leaders and local officials gathered Friday to celebrate the opening of the college’s new location at the Match Factory building in Bellefonte. Steve Nunez, Penn Highlands president, said the college’s first Centre County location has been several years in the making.…
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Camp Cadet Prepares Next Generation of EMS Professionals
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Local Centre County kids got the opportunity to learn directly from emergency medical service professionals at the weeklong Seven Mountains Regional EMS Council’s Camp Cadet.
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Overcoming Growing Pains, Sports Radio 98.7 The Fox Celebrates First Birthday
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Centre County’s sports radio station, 98.7 The Fox, will mark its first birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Just like a typical one-year old human, this broadcasting infant is growing fast with increasing ad revenues and upgraded content. Unfortunately, The Fox is still in diapers with respect to its broadcasting technology. Given that I had interviewed Jeff…