Community
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Partners for Sacred Places Supports Preservation of St. John’s Episcopal Church
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St. John’s is among the rural Pennsylvania churches receiving support through a program aimed at helping congregations plan for the long-term use and sustainability of their historic buildings.
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Alpha Fire Company Receives $10K Donation From Bloom Energy During ESPN Radio Tour Stop
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ESPN Radio’s College Football Campus Tour made its first stop at Penn State, bringing a $10,000 donation from Bloom Energy to Alpha Fire Company ahead of Saturday’s Homecoming matchup between the Nittany Lions and Wisconsin. The donation was presented at Alpha Fire Company Friday morning as part of the tour’s State College stop. ESPN and…
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Curtin Village Set to Host Final Tour of 2026
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Visitors are invited to journey into Pennsylvania’s ironmaking past on Sunday during the 2026 season’s final guided tour of Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village
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Kitty Yoga at Axemann Brewery Brings Community Together for Centre County PAWS
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Axemann Brewery in Bellefonte looked a little different on Wednesday night depending on which floor you were on. Downstairs, people played cornhole, sat around the bar and gathered for trivia. Upstairs, nearly 50 people sat on yoga mats waiting to hold kittens. You’ve probably heard of goat yoga. Maybe even puppy yoga. But Centre County…
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Centre County Winery’s Grape Harvest Shows ‘Devastating’ Effects of Spring Freeze
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A late-April freeze that caused significant damage to fruit crops across Pennsylvania had long-reaching effects that remained evident at Mount Nittany Vineyard & Winery on Sept. 15, when staff and volunteers gathered to harvest what remained of the 2026 grape crop. Only about one-third of the winery’s 6 acres of vineyard at 300 Houser Road…
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Penn State Creamery Revives Retired Ice Cream Flavors With ‘Throwback Scoops’ Program
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A retired flavor is returning to the scoop line this week as Berkey Creamery launches a new program aimed at bringing some of its former favorites back to Penn State. The Creamery’s new “Throwback Scoops” program began Monday with the return of Golden Chocolate Pecan, a flavor that was last served in 2017. More retired…
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Centre County United Way to Join Give Like Dolly Day in Support of Imagination Library
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Centre County United Way will join the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library communities around the world on Friday for a global day of giving honoring Dolly Parton’s legacy of inspiring children to develop a lifelong love of reading. Give Like Dolly Day will also shine a spotlight on the local partners that make Dolly Parton’s…
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Firewood 4 Good Program Helps Keep the Community Warm
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A local church is offering free firewood to those challenged with heating their homes this winter — especially those who need help paying for gas, oil, electricity or wood and pellet bills.
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Church Volunteers Restore Historic Gravestones in Pine Grove Mills
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For the third consecutive year, members of St. Paul Lutheran Church spent a day of service at the historic Pine Grove Mills Cemetery, carefully cleaning and restoring gravestones that decades of weather had darkened and worn.
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Hitting the Right Note: Nittany Valley Symphony Celebrates Diamond Anniversary
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The Nittany Valley Symphony began as a small but mighty group organized by Ann Keller. Sixty years later, the symphony includes 60 to 80 members — some paid, others volunteer — who come together for the love of music.