Jennifer Pencek

Breaking Barriers: FitLink Connects Central PA Residents with Intellectual Disabilities to Fitness and Wellness Classes

CommunityYou see the commercials, get the random social media posts, and have images of fitness in your face constantly, especially after the holidays. “Join our gym, pay for our wellness […]

Neighbor to Neighbor: Celebrating the Little Victories

Community & EntertainmentSomica Brower was at her lowest point in February. After having just given birth to her third child, Brower’s sister passed away from COVID-19 and her husband left their family, all within a span of three weeks. Suddenly a single mother and feeling isolated, Brower didn’t know where to turn for

Neighbor to Neighbor: Celebrating the Little Victories

Spot 3Somica Brower was at her lowest point in February. After having just given birth to her third child, Brower’s sister passed away from COVID-19 and her husband left their family, […]

50 Years after Opening Uncle Eli’s, Douglas Albert Is Sticking to ‘Plan A’ with His Emporium and His Gallery

Community & EntertainmentDouglas Albert came to Happy Valley in 1968 to attend Penn State and more than 50 years later, he hasn’t left. He has become a fixture in town with longstanding businesses celebrating big anniversaries – Uncle Eli’s Artist Marketplace and Gift Emporium celebrates its 50th anniversary this year

Offering That Special Something: 50 years after opening Uncle Eli’s, Douglas Albert is sticking to ‘Plan A’ with his emporium and his gallery

Spot 5Douglas Albert came to Happy Valley in 1968 to attend Penn State and more than 50 years later, he hasn’t left. While he never graduated from Penn State as he […]

Trout in the Classroom program connects students with important cold-water resources as they raise small fry

Spot 9Austin 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 […]