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Centre Pieces Quilt Guild displayed 80 quilts and quilted items at St. John’s United Church of Christ as part of the Boalsburg Memorial Day Celebration. There were a variety of different quilts including an entire section of patriotic quilts and another section in memory of quilt member Viola Snow who passed away last year. The quilts…

STATE COLLEGE — The League of Women Voters of Centre County will host an evening with Dave Abruzzese of Spotlight PA titled “Local News Matters!” on Wednesday, June 24 at 7 p.m. at the Calvary Harvest Fields Lodge Conference Room, 150 Harvest Fields Dr., Boalsburg. The event is open to the public without registration. For…

BELLEFONTE—This summer, families are invited to attend Emerald Crossing Vacation Bible School, July 13-16 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for children ages 3 through 5th grade at Freedom Life, 113 Sunset Acres, Bellefonte. Inspired by the beauty of Ireland and the timeless promises found in Psalm 23, Emerald Crossing VBS will take children on an…

Thursday, June 11 Pleasant Gap Flea Market Pleasant Gap Flea Market will be held every Thursday through Aug. 20 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., weather permitting.  This season’s set up will include one Sunday each month, on June 14, July 12, and Aug. 9. Vendor set up begins around 6 a.m. no reservations needed. Pleasant Gap…

STATE COLLEGE — State College Kiwanis Club awarded scholarships of $1,000 each to six accomplished high school seniors on Monday, May 18. The students, along with their parents, attended a dinner at South Hills School of Business and Technology and received recognition for their achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service to the community. Kiwanis President…

HARRISBURG — Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt recently announced that 35 Pennsylvania high schools won Governor’s Civic Engagement Award for student-led efforts to register their eligible classmates to vote during the 2025-26 school year. Twenty-one schools won Gold Level Awards for registering to vote at least 85% of their eligible students, and 14 schools…

BELLEFONTE — There’s something about the Bellefonte Cruise that feels bigger than just a car show. Maybe it’s the rumble of engines echoing off the old brick buildings downtown. Maybe it’s the smell of fresh-cut fries, grilled hot sausage and funnel cake drifting through the streets while oldies music spills from the stage. Maybe it’s…

BELLEFONTE — For a few hours each year, the streets of Bellefonte stop acting like streets. They become memory lanes. Chrome shines beneath the courthouse lights. Old engines rumble through town like ghosts with gasoline in their veins. Men and women who once spent Friday nights “riding the block” suddenly find themselves standing beside the…

BELLEFONTE — Long before the chrome gleamed under streetlights and engines rumbled through downtown, the Bellefonte Cruise began as a simple idea. It was a brainstorm from a man who loved cars and community in equal measure. That man was Jack Houser. Each year, as thousands gather for one of Centre County’s most anticipated traditions,…

BELLEFONTE — There’s a certain kind of night the Bellefonte Cruise does better than just about anywhere else. It hums before it ever roars. Chrome gleams in the fading light, families drift between food stands and storefronts and somewhere between nostalgia and neon, the music starts to take over. This year, that sound belongs to…