Town&Gown Magazine

Here in Centre County, there are approximately 50 registered LFLs, each owned and operated by local “stewards”—individuals or organizations who set up and maintain the boxes and help curate the contents.

Two mares and a new foal—each of them representing one of the world’s rarest and most ancient breeds of domesticated equines—have found a home in a pasture at Tudek Park.

Volunteers of Centre County’s Senior Environmental Corps keep a close eye on the quality of water in local streams.

Decades before the iron boom of the 19th century, future Revolutionary War figure James Potter blazed a trail through Native American lands, proclaiming he’d “discovered an empire.” The years that followed highlight one of America’s great land grabs, which quite literally carved out the communities of today’s Centre County.

What do you get when you mix influences of college art classes, a long-ago job on a local farm and a love for the Peruvian art of mate burilado? For Stephanie Gush, this mix turns into carving and painting gourds.