Community
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CATA Launching ‘Tap to Pay’ Fare System
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The Centre Area Transportation Authority will launch a “tap to pay” system on all of its vehicles starting in April. The contactless payment option will allow riders to tap their credit card, debit card or mobile wallet on their phone on the onboard reader to pay their fare, according to a release from the authority…
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Hilton Brand Hotel Opens on Benner Pike Near Bellefonte
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The newest hotel on the growing Benner PIke corridor near Bellefonte is now welcoming guests. Tru by Hilton opened on Thursday at 143 Leahey Drive in Benner Township, atop the hill behind G.M. McCrossin. The four-story, 98-room hotel includes a fitness center with cardio and strength equipment and a large lobby with games, a pool…
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Centre County Barber Shop Celebrates 75 Years of Shears
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A local man is keeping his family’s history alive in a traditional small barber shop in Millheim that will be celebrating its 75th anniversary next month.
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How To Guide Young Ballplayers? Here’s Wisdom from Dodger Dad John Edman
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Our Happy Valley air may be chilly and our ground may be soggy, yet local kids know that baseball is in the on-deck circle. But will the 2026 baseball season yield fun for the kids? Will their skills improve? Will their lives be enhanced? Or will they experience fear and frustration? The answers to those…
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Clearwater Conservancy Marks 30 Years of Watershed Cleanup Day
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For 30 years, a simple idea has brought hundreds of neighbors together across Centre County and beyond: spend a Saturday morning cleaning up the places we all share.
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Tussey Mountain Starts Process to Allow for Lodge Expansion, Other Renovations
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Tussey Mountain’s owners are undertaking a regional review process that will allow for the expansion of the ski and recreation resort’s lodge and other planned improvements. Harris Township’s Board of Supervisors on Monday discussed Tussey Mountain’s application for a Development of Regional Impact that would bring the property into the Centre Regional Growth Boundary and…
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Peppa Pig Introduces Children to Classical Music With ‘My First Concert’ at Eisenhower Auditorium
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UPDATE (4:43 p.m., March 14) The Peppa Pig “My First Concert” performance scheduled for March 26 in Eisenhower Auditorium has been canceled “due to unforeseen circumstances,” the Center for the Performing Arts wrote in a news release on Friday. Patrons will be refunded the original purchase price of their tickets, excluding services fees incurred for…
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After 51 Years in Downtown State College, Art Fine Prepares to Close His Last Store
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For more than half a century, Art Fine’s footwear and clothing businesses have been a staple of downtown State College. Now he’s getting ready to close up shop for the last time. Fine will close his last remaining store, Barefoot and Metro, on May 31. The shoe and women’s clothing shop at 130 E. College…
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State College Student Wins 1st Place, and a $250K Prize, in National Math and Science Competition
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A State College Area School District student won first place on Tuesday night in a national math and science competition for high school seniors billed as the oldest and most prestigious of its kind. Connor Hill, a 17-year-old Delta High School senior, took the top honor and its accompanying $250,000 prize for his discrete geometry…
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Tony Trischka Brings ‘Earl Jam’ Banjo Tribute to State College
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Trischka, widely regarded as one of the most influential banjo players of the past half-century, will bring his Earl Jam project to the State Theatre on Saturday, just one day after the release of his second Earl Jam album.