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Trish Fulvio, a generational Penn State alumna, is back in town from the Philadelphia area as the new executive director for Pink Zone. Fulvio tells Town&Gown founder Mimi Barash Coppersmith about how breast cancer has touched her life personally, her experience working as an executive director for several regional and national non-profit organizations, and her…

You could say David Gingher traveled a long way in retail from his days working the sales floor at Capperella’s Furniture in Bellefonte. Although over four decades have passed since his early years in retail, a couple of things never changed: Gingher’s unwavering dedication for customer satisfaction and his infectious personality.  Gingher, the recently…

(Editor’s note: This article was first published in January 2019.) This is a story about addiction. It’s about people suffering and lives lost to opioids, heroin, and other drugs.  It is a story that many people don’t think much about, because addiction is something that could never happen to them or anyone they…

One of the first things a visitor notices on the wall of the Centre County Walk-in Crisis Center is a quilt-like banner from a Centre County Out of the Darkness Walk. The banner was made by people who had lost someone close to them because of suicide. Each square offers a message of hope…

When longtime road cyclist and outdoor recreation enthusiast Josh Stapleton started mountain biking with his two children, he quickly realized that while there is a wonderful, extensive trail system in nearby Rothrock State Forest, there weren’t many places for beginners to learn the sport.  While the trails in the area are sought out by…

Austin Smith and his fellow seventh-graders at Bellefonte Area Middle School spent time before school closed because of COVID-19 going beyond textbooks and into a different kind of learning environment – a fish tank. The tank inside of Allison D’Ambrosia’s science classroom was filled with rainbow trout, joining more than 400 classrooms across the…

Wade Hollenbach has an addiction.  An addiction to orchids he’s happy to tell you about. Hollenbach, president of the Central Pennsylvania Orchid Society, has been growing the flowers for more than 43 years and estimates his greenhouse holds about 1,000 plants. “It’s a good addiction to have,” he says.   Hollenbach was introduced…

When Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performs next month at Eisenhower Auditorium, the musicians will be building a case for great compositions being comparable to masterful architecture. In Masters of Form: From Mingus to Monk, the New York City orchestra and trumpeter-artistic director Marsalis will play music by Jelly Roll Morton,…

Award-winning chef Paul Kendeffy has been on the restaurant scene in State College for more than 20 years. From his previous partnership in a restaurant group that owned Zola New World Bistro, the Gamble Mill, and Alto’s, Kendeffy brings his simple elegance and perfectionist touch to the kitchen at Grace Restaurant at the Carnegie Inn…

Food cooked on a wood grill has that distinctive smoky flavor that comes from the high, dry heat that caramelizes the proteins in meats and the plant sugars in vegetables. The former Luna 2, at 2609 East College Avenue in State College, reopened in late June as Mike’s Wood Grill & Bar. The restaurant’s…