State College is reppin' on National Geographic's online "Adventure Town" series, which features 100 cities and towns all across the country worth visiting. Happy Valley came in at No. 88 on the list and is one of only two PA cities to make the cut.
Our own Otto's Pub and Brewery has been nominated for the upcoming Martha Stewart American Made Contest. The contest hopes to showcase handmade, local products by people who have a "passion for quality craftsmanship and well-designed goods."
An intense storm resulted in flooding across State College Thursday afternoon and evening.
Referred to by AccuWeather senior meteorologist Mike Piggot as “one of the largest non-tropical storms in 20 years,” the rainfall closed portions of North Atherton Street and College Avenue and made other roads difficult to navigate.
Fans of Michael Pilato’s iconic Inspiration Mural on Heister St. in downtown State College will have another creation to enjoy from the prolific muralist.
Having a car on campus kind of sucks. The amount of money that the average student pays for a semester-long parking pass could easily buy almost 300 slices of Canyon pizza. Then, once you get to your spot, you have to hoof it to catch the nearest Blue Loop, only to make it to class approximately an hour after you set out from your apartment to begin with.
The pipeline saga continues, as it came out yesterday that Columbia Gas has filed a lawsuit against State College and Borough Manager Tom Fountaine for refusing to issue a permit to begin construction on Penn State's pipeline project.