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As we head into a New Year after facing a year full of uncertainty, stress, and unprecedented times in every way, we may feel pressure to commit to making big changes in our health emotionally, physically, and spiritually. While it is always important to establish a blueprint of goals and specific steps in reaching…

The late Harold Altman was a world-renowned artist whose work appears in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, the Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris, and elsewhere. Altman spent many years in Happy Valley, capturing rural scenes of Mount Nittany and the surrounding countryside. With his death in 2003,…

Dr. Gerry Clair, a State College physician who passed away last year, knew the therapeutic nature of fishing. After all, being out in nature, listening to and watching the stream, and telling fish stories with like-minded friends sometimes is just what the doctor ordered. Clair served in the United States Navy and Air Force…

Diagnosed every two minutes, one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Understanding the risk factors associated with breast cancer as well as how to detect breast cancer early is key to staying healthy and improving your chances of surviving breast…

We were supposed to visit my parents for a family vacation in Florida at the end of March. Our plans came to a screeching halt with COVID-19 hitting our country and the world in a fast and furious manner. Now, we are five months into life with COVID and still nothing seems normal. It’s been…

Joint health is crucial to having an active life. As we age, many people develop issues with their joints that prevent them from enjoying activities like hunting and hiking. Robert Nye of Millheim wasn’t going to let knee pain get in the way of another hunting season. Nye hunted and fished through the 2019…

As of late March, America was combating the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, by adopting social-distancing measures. In response, Penn State, along with many other colleges and universities, moved to remote instruction, telling students not to return to campus from spring break through the rest of the semester. Commencement ceremonies were cancelled. …

The newly rebranded Happy Valley Adventure Bureau recently launched a tourism marketing campaign that includes a series of videos that take a fun approach to promoting the region. The videos feature a family suffering from a heavy dose of boredom suddenly finding themselves whisked away to Happy Valley by comical Happy Valley Adventure Bureau…

Plumb’s Drug Store first opened its doors in 1951, with Edward L. Plumb Jr. at the helm. Not a lot has changed since. Walk inside and you’ll see much of the same decor and fixtures that have been there since the 1950s. “You walk in here, you walk back into time,” says current owner…