Town&Gown
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School Counselors Focus on the ‘Whole Student’
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Guidance counseling has evolved significantly from what older generations might remember from their time in school, according to Beth Burnham, school counselor at State College Area High School. When Burnham […]
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Play ‘I Spy: Lemont’ in August!
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Find the six pictured details in Lemont and enter for the chance to win one of three $25 Cafe Lemont gift cards!
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Time-Honored Homecoming Traditions
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As the weather turns cooler and the leaves on the trees start to transform from green into orange, red, and gold, local schools start gearing up for their homecoming celebrations. […]
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Teaching Music to All Ages
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The Music Academy in State College is celebrating sixty years of music instruction for students of all ages and abilities. In 1963, piano teachers Cynthia “Cinny” Schein and Betty Trachtenberg […]
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LION Bash for Town, Gown
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Held as part of Penn State’s Welcome Week, LION Bash has long been new students’ first introduction to the broader State College community, beyond Penn State’s University Park campus. However, […]
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George Harris: Capturing the Flag
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Much has been written of the legendary 148th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War and their prolific commander, James A. Beaver. From their regimental history, to numerous battlefield monuments […]
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Grab Some Moonshine at the Speakeasy
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Don’t worry, you don’t need to know a codeword to enter the new speakeasy area at Old Pop’s Corny Village Emporium. Nope, if you are interested in sampling some moonshine […]
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Snake, Rattle & Roll!
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I will never forget the first time I ever saw a rattlesnake out in the wild. I was hiking up the boulders near the Shingletown Gap trailhead with my brother, […]
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Summer’s in Bloom at Local Flower Farms
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The Centre County agricultural scene is robust, but if you’ve limited your explorations of Happy Valley’s farms and markets to just the products you can eat, you’re missing out. A […]
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Rare Akal-Teke horses make their home at Tudek Park
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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. […]
