Community
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival Set for Downtown State College
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The inaugural APIDA Festival, a celebration of Asian Pacific American heritage, will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza in downtown State College. Organized by the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Caucus at Penn State in partnership with the Borough of State College and…
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Black History in Centre County Project to Present ‘Finding Home: Adeline Lawson Graham, Colored Citizen of Bellefonte’
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The Black History in Centre County Project will offer two workshop readings of a new play with choral music, “Finding Home: Adeline Lawson Graham, Colored Citizen of Bellefonte.” The staged readings, free and open to the public, will take place at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Ave. in…
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Mount Nittany Health, Jana Marie Foundation Partner for Youth Mental Health Training at Two Centre County School Districts
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Mount Nittany Health is partnering with the Jana Marie Foundation to provide Teen Mental Health First Aid training for 10th grade students in the Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceoloa school districts. Teen Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that instructs participants about mental health and substance-use issues. The training defines mental health, describes ways…
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Carter’s Table: A Delicious Twist on the Simple Taco
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Shawn Carter had built a successful catering business serving a worldwide variety of foods and flavors when he decided to try out the Downtown State College Farmers Market in April 2022. Carter, a Penn State alumnus, remembered walking through the market on his way to campus and thought his cooking could add something new to…
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Community Gardens: Planting Seeds of Food & Friendship
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Centre County community gardens provide neighbors with a place to grow.
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Invoice for Bellefonte Easter Egg Hunt Stirs Controversy
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BELLEFONTE — The annual Bellefonte Easter Egg Hunt may be over, but controversy lingers. For the first time ever, organizers of the event received an invoice from the borough for the use of Talleyrand Park, where the event was held. According to the invoice, the reservation fee of $200 was waived. However, event organizers were…
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Masks No Longer Required for Most Patients and Visitors at Mount Nittany Health Facilities
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Most visitors and patients are no longer required to wear masks at Mount Nittany Health facilities, three years after the health system made them mandatory amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Only those who are symptomatic or positive for COVID-19 will be required to wear masks, according to a news release on Wednesday. The change applies to…
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For 75 Years, the Penn State Bakery Has Been Supplying Campuses with Homemade Goodness
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From flaky croissants to artisan breads to beloved chocolate chip cookies, the Penn State Bakery’s fresh baked goods can be found at just about every meal that is ever served at most Penn State campuses. Penn State Bakery breads and pastries are available at every dining area, individually-wrapped bakery items are sold at every campus…
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Zapocalypse: What’d You Lose When the Lights Went Out?
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You probably know that in the event of a power outage or a whopper storm that could cause an outage, you should unplug your electronics. What you may not know is that you should also unplug appliances you may not think of as electronics, like washing machines, air conditioners – anything that’s got computer circuitry…
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Eggs-actly How Many? Churches Combine to Treat Local Kids with 20,000-Count Egg Hunt
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Maybe it was the largest Easter egg hunt in our community this year, maybe not. I’m sorry to admit I don’t have census statistics for Easter egg hunts in the Centre Region. But I will say this: the two-session egg hunt that was jointly sponsored by a pair of State College churches was certainly the…