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Penn State Association for India’s Development to Host ‘Taste of India’ Food Festival
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Penn State’s Association for India’s Development (AID) — a student-run organization of volunteers — will host a “Taste of India” food festival this upcoming weekend. The event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Mount Nittany Middle School. Over 15 traditional Indian dishes and drinks will be featured at the event, including rajma…
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The First-Time Gardener
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To the new homeowner that inherited a stalk-filled and abandoned garden or the new home with a blank canvas for new landscaping, where to begin can feel overwhelming. You could be in desperate need of a landscape makeover, or you simply need to add some curb appeal. Whatever the situation, I have some good gardening…
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A Golden Opportunity: One of the State’s Top Day Hikes Is Just a Short Car Ride Away
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Sometimes a day hiking trip is just what the doctor ordered, and we in Centre County are lucky to be a short drive from what the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources says is one of the best day hikes in the whole commonwealth, the Golden Eagle Trail. With the trail’s beautiful views and…
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Arts Festival Accepting Applications for Banner Competition
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has issued the call for entries for one of its signature events: the annual banner competition Individuals and groups may submit entries, which typically hang between 15 and 20 feet over the street. Identical or different designs must be visible from both sides of the banner. All components…
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Ironmasters on the Canal Wharf: Centre County and the Pennsylvania Canal
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In 1848, the first canal boat—the “George Crane”—arrived at Bellefonte from Milesburg with a celebratory crew of locals and board members of the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation Company. The board members included owners and partners representing Eagle Iron Works, Valentine and Thomas Iron Works, Howard Furnace, Centre Furnace and Milesburg Iron Works (Linn…
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Women’s Clothing Store Opens at Nittany Mall
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A fast-growing women’s clothing retailer has opened a store at the Nittany Mall. Daily Thread held a grand opening on Friday at the former Express location inside entrance B of the College Township mall. The company touts itself as offering affordable fashions in missy, petite and plus sizes. Created by apparel company NYC Alliance in…
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Bees Knees Coffee to Open Cafe at University Park Airport
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After nearly three years based in Pleasant Gap, Bees Knees Coffee is taking flight for the University Park Airport. Owner Bromlyn Fitzgerald said she and her staff will open Up Up and Away Cafe on April 10 in the space at the airport most recently operated by Urbn. The restaurant will feature a variety of…
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BEA Forestry and Wildlife Management Students Use Nature as Their Classroom
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WINGATE — For students who enjoy the outdoors and practical, hands-on learning, the innovative forestry and wildlife management program at Bald Eagle Area High School could be a great fit. “The majority of the days, we’re outside looking at what Mother Nature put there,” said Jade Thompson, the teacher who developed the program with input…
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Geisinger Planning Expansion of Gray’s Woods Complex
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Geisinger Health System is planning multiple expansions of its clinic at Gray’s Woods in Patton Township, starting with construction of a two-story addition this year. Patton Township supervisors approved on March 22 an amendment to the master plan for the 51.94-acre property at 132 Abigail Lane that will include four phases of construction over the…