May 2022
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Penn State Football Set To Hire Senior Director of Football Equipment
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Penn State football is undergoing a restructuring of its equipment department this offseason with the hiring of a Senior Director of Football Equipment. The role has not yet been filled publicly but a recent job posting on the university’s job website announced the eventual pending hire. “The position will work in conjunction and report to…
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Raising Cane’s Sets Opening Date for Downtown State College Location
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Local residents won’t have to wait much longer to get Raising Cane’s chicken tenders and special sauce in downtown State College. The Louisiana-based restaurant chain will hold a grand opening at 8 a.m. on June 14 for its location at 228 E. College Ave. Customers who visit between 8 and 9 a.m. on opening day…
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Gift Ban, Other Good-Government Changes Stall in Pa. Despite Promises from Leadership
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Good-government advocates argue that the legislature, swayed by donors and leadership, lacks the political will to rid itself of the perks of being in elected office.
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House Flippers Restore Historic Charm to Philipsburg
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“Flipping houses is very popular and profitable for the right investors,” says Amy Doran, partner in the Doran Cornwall Real Estate Group with Keller Williams Advantage Realty. “The inventory is so low right now, though, that houses are hard to come by.” A few exceptions exist in Philipsburg, where a little flipping movement is stirring. …
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Nature’s Ways: The Killdeer — an Inland Representative of a Common Shorebird Family
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One of our noisiest birds is the killdeer (Charadris vociferus). If you are unfamiliar with this inland version of the “shorebird” plover family, listen carefully, for an excited killdeer repeats its name “kill-deer,” “kill-deer,” over and over — up to 80 times per minute. Even its species name, vociferus, attests to its noisy nature. Killdeer…
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On Sacred Ground
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“You are walking on Sacred Ground.” Those are the first words on the sign at the entrance to the cemetery at Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge. The words “Sacred Ground” are capitalized, signifying their importance. The chapel and its cemetery are part of an active parish which was built in the early 1900s to…
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Dom DeLuca: The Remarkable Story Behind the Penn State Linebacker Who Had Two Interceptions in the Blue-White Game
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Over five weeks had passed since the Blue-White Game, when Penn State football’s freshman class of 2021 gathered on the Lasch practice field last Wednesday for their first media opp. The Landon Tengwalls and the Christian Veilleuxs, the brother who is Liam and the twins that are Kings garnered much of the attention of the…
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Poke Fresh Opens in Downtown State College
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Poke Fresh, a new Hawaiian poke bowl restaurant in downtown State College, is now open for business. Located at 328 E. Calder Way, the restaurant is in the former location of California Tanning Express. It will be open from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.…
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Boalsburg: A Town and a Tradition
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Every year, Boalsburg celebrates its Memorial Day heritage that’s well-known to locals. As the story goes, during the Civil War, three women decorated soldiers’ graves at the cemetery in Boalsburg in the fall of 1864. The following year, they returned to the cemetery, along with people from the town, giving Boalsburg its claim as the…
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Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi Discusses Her First Weeks in Office, Challenges, Priorities, Life in State College and More
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Neeli Bendapudi has only been president of Penn State for a few weeks, but her work started long before she officially moved into her office on the second floor of Old Main. Appointed as Penn State’s 19th president by the Board of Trustees in December following three years at the University of Louisville, Bendapudi began…