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Summer’s in Bloom at Local Flower Farms
This story originally appeared in the July 2024 edition of Town&Gown magazine. 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 select few farms around the region are growing and selling a product that serves a very different—but still very important—purpose: simply to make you happy. Here’s what’s happening at four of the area’s flower farms. ‘No one leaves grumpy’ “I used to sit at a desk all day,” says Christie Holloway, owner of Rooted Farmstead in Bellefonte and a former engineer....
Centre County Commissioners discuss parks, state budget plan
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (WTAJ) – The Centre County Commissioners proclaimed July 19 as Parks and Recreation Professionals Day along with discussing their reactions to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s new budget plan. While dedicating a day to parks and recreation professionals is a way to highlight the work that they do, Commissioner Steve Dershem said there is still […]
A week of festivals in Centre County
CENTRE COUNTY — The Centre County festival season has come to a close. The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, People’s Choice Festival, Art in the Orchard and Philipsburg Heritage Days all took place during the week of Monday, July 8. The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts...
Alpha Fire Company celebrates 125 years of service to Centre County
The Alpha Fire Company is celebrating 125 years of serving the Centre County community. The company was formed in 1899 with 29 firefighters, and now has about 80 volunteers at stations in State College, College Township and Patton Township. Patton Township supervisors approved a celebratory proclamation last week. “The residents...
Nittany Mall Casino can move forward, Pa. Supreme Court rules. What happens next?
After a legal quagmire that spanned nearly four years, Centre County’s proposed mini-casino has finally been cleared to move forward with construction — although it’s still unknown when it might break ground. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court put an end to the legal saga earlier this week by...
Pa. man found guilty in Jan. 6 riot should be detained, prosecutor says
A federal prosecutor has asked a judge in Washington to reverse his ruling and detain pending sentencing a Centre County man found guilty on charges from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Hutton Marshal in a brief filed Friday in District of Columbia federal...
PA Military Museum partners with local distillery to offer special, 'historical' whiskey
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — You can get your hands on a piece of history in Centre County. For the third year, the PA Military Museum is teaming up with "Big Spring Spirits," in Bellefonte, to create a "private label bottle of whiskey" commemorating the whiskey rebellion. The whiskey,...
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