Community
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Bellefonte Community Rallies Around Local Burn Victim
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BELLEFONTE — Once again, the Bellefonte community has rallied around one of its own. On May 21, Bellefonte Area High School graduate and current Penn State student Haley Popovitch suffered severe third-degree burns on 50% to 60% of her body when she accidentally fell into a fire pit. She was LifeFlighted to the Lehigh Valley…
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‘We’re Back and We’re Vibrant.’ Centre County Tourism Grant Program Awards Record $840,000
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On a sunny Wednesday morning outside the recently opened Boal City Brewing in Boalsburg, Happy Valley Adventure Bureau President and CEO Fritz Smith summed up the state of tourism in Centre County with an appropriate metaphor. “Tourism is brewing here,” he said. The remark came as the Adventure Bureau and Centre County Board of Commissioners…
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State High Senior Receives ‘Osaze’s Heart’ Scholarship
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A State College Area High School senior is the second annual recipient of a scholarship created in memory of Osaze Osagie. Luis Otarola received the 2023 Osaze’s Heart Community Service Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded by an endowment committee to racially underrepresented high school students from State College who have a demonstrated commitment to community…
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CVIM Opens New Clinic
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Centre Volunteers in Medicine has opened its new headquarters, expanding the free clinic’s opportunities for providing high-quality health care to low-income, uninsured individuals in Centre County. CVIM began moving into the new, 11,000-square-foot space at 2026 Sandy Drive in Ferguson Township earlier in May, according to a news release on Tuesday. The new clinic includes…
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Farmer-Owned Kinfork Brand Is Changing the Game
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MADISONBURG — If you travel along Brush Valley Road in Madisonburg, chances are you’ve driven past a large building with a large banner that reads, “Buy local beef & cheese.” Inside that building, big things are happening. It’s the home to Kinfork, a brand recently launched by the farmer-owned co-operative Keystone Family Farms. Kinfork is…
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Local Historia: The Famed Rattlesnake Pike
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The world of a post-Revolution Pennsylvanian was small. Communities sprouting in the Appalachians were secluded, typically appearing alongside precious resources of the era like fertile soil and iron ore. These isolated villages were largely self-contained, featuring all the mills, smiths, and tradesmen required to sustain an early American settlement. It wasn’t until the creation of…
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Launched from Elk Creek Café: Penns Valley Native Strikes a New Chord on the National Stage
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As Judy Hyman tells the story, Gus Tritsch and his mother arrived at the Elk Creek Café in Millheim in 2008 to watch Hyman’s band, The Horse Flies, at soundcheck. Tritsch was four at the time and had recently started taking violin lessons from her. As she would soon learn, Tritsch was not like any…
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Mount Nittany Health Sleep Lab Receives Accreditation
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Mount Nittany Health’s Sleep Lab, located within the Sieg Neuroscience Center, was recently awarded a five-year accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). The recognition “acknowledges the Sleep Lab’s commitment to excellence in patient care and adherence to rigorous quality standards,” according to a news release. Accreditation by the AASM represents the gold…
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Pizzeria with Local Roots Coming to Downtown State College
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In 1976, Angelo Pistone opened Brothers Pizza at 204 E. College Ave. in State College. Now 47 years later, his son is bringing the Brothers legacy back to the same location. Joseph Pistone plans to open Giuseppe’s Pizzeria by Brothers later this summer in the storefront that was most recently occupied by Weirdoughs Custom Pizzeria,…
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Gone 39 Years, Back for 10: An Old-Timer’s View of Today’s Happy Valley
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I’ll never forget my sense of euphoria as I pulled into the Ebensburg Sheetz one day in May of 2013. My excitement was not anything Sheetzy, although I’ll always appreciate the taste of an MTO sandwich or the chance to save some pennies at the pump. No, my excitement on that day 10 years ago…