November 2022
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Nature’s Ways: The Striking Winterberry Holly
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Few autumn sights are more striking than the early morning sun illuminating the scarlet berries and golden foliage of winterberry holly. Almost everyone knows the American holly that is used for holiday decorations, but few are familiar with the more common Pennsylvania hollies. In addition to American holly (Ilex opaca), several other species of this…
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Penn State Football Stays Just Outside Top 10 in Latest College Football Playoff Rankings
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Penn State football stayed put at No. 11 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings as the Nittany Lions beat Rutgers 55-10 for their ninth win of the year last Saturday afternoon. Penn State’s ranking in the poll matches the Nittany Lions’ place in the latest AP Top 25 which was released on Sunday. Some…
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Penn State Receiver Parker Washington to Miss Remainder of Season
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Penn State receiver Parker Washington will miss the remainder of the season with an injury, coach James Franklin said on Tuesday. Washington missed Penn State’s 55-10 win against Rutgers this past weekend and did not make the trip with the team. Following the game Franklin told reporters that he would wait until Tuesday to update…
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Campaign Raises More Than $20,000 for Local Amish Family Struck by Tragedy
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A fundraising campaign to help a Potter Township Amish family that lost four members in two farming accidents this year surpassed its $20,000 goal. The GoFundMe effort launched in October by the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau and Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County concluded on Monday with a total of $22,000 from 143…
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Citing Inadequate Staffing, Port Matilda EMS to End Service
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A Centre County emergency medical service is shutting down because of critically low staffing. Port Matilda EMS informed the municipalities in its primary service area on Monday that it is notifying the Seven Mountains EMS Council and the state of its intent to close within the next 90 days. The agency serves Port Matilda Borough,…
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4 Things to Know About State College’s New Police Complaint Process
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The new civilian complaint process, scheduled to go live in January, was prompted by outrage following the March 2019 police killing of Osaze Osagie.
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Shaver’s Creek Staff Win Awards for Snake Training Program
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PETERSBURG — The groundbreaking venomous snake training program at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center earned two awards at the American Association of Zoo Keepers conference in Toronto last month. That’s right — the venomous snake training program. Joe Whitehead, the amphibian and reptile (herp) program coordinator, and Meredith Bashaw, professor of psychology at Franklin and Marshall…
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Snow Storms and Sunshine: It’s All Relative
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The early snow in Happy Valley and the cold streak here in the South seem to have caught everyone a little off guard. It’s all relative folks. You could live in Buffalo. Take it from me, I did. It was November of 2014, and I was working for the Buffalo Sabres. I had just moved…
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Pa. Lottery Raffle $50,000 Winning Ticket Sold at State College-Area Sheetz
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A $50,000 winning raffle ticket was recently sold at a State College-area Sheetz, according to a Pennsylvania Lottery release on Monday. The ticket was among the first two $50,000 Weekly Drawing prizes as part of the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. The raffle features eight weekly drawings for two prizes of $50,000, leading up to the Jan. 7…
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College Township Seeking Candidates to Fill Council Vacancy Following Takac’s Election to State House
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College Township is now accepting applications from interested residents to fill an upcoming vacancy on its five-member council. Current council member Paul Takac will resign effective Nov. 30 after being elected earlier this month to represent the 82nd District in the state House. Takac, a Democrat, defeated Republican Justin Behrens for the open House seat.…