The Bedford County Players invite audiences to dive into the big blue world for Disney’s “Finding Nemo Jr.,” performing July 17–26 at the Bedford County Playhouse, 1044 Centerville Road, Bedford. Based on the beloved Disney and Pixar film, this heartwarming musical follows Marlin, an ...
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has announced the recipients of $1,800 in awards for Images 2026, the Festival’s annual juried exhibition of fine art. Award winners were selected by this year’s juror, Amanda H. Hellman, director of the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State. ...
WoodmenLife, a champion of family, community and country since 1890, is offering donations totaling $10,000 to fund worthwhile community nonprofit organizations across the country. The Community Champions contest is seeking nominations for deserving U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in good standing. One grand prize winner will be selected to receive a $6,000 donation from WoodmenLife. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 donations. The public is urged to nominate community champions via the online submission portal, which can be found through WoodmenLife’s ...
The Jared Box Project celebrated its 25th anniversary in June, marking a quarter century of delivering smiles and the gift of play to children in hospitals across the country. The Jared Box Project began during vacation Bible school at Our Lady of Victory Catholic School in State College in ...
50 years ago: 1976 The Altoona Recreation Commission sponsored a trip to Story Book Forest and Idlewild Park in Ligonier for kids from all the playgrounds in Altoona and five buses were needed to transport the 250 children who responded. Carole Bartley, Barbara Allen and Estelle Pappas were adult supervisors. 25 years ago: 2001 More than 100 state policemen and State College Borough police were on hand as the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts ended in State College. There were riots at two of the last three festivals, one causing more than $100,000 in damages and the other ...
BOSTON — When it comes to losing weight, it turns out the simple math of counting calories doesn’t always add up. Fad diets come and go, but the underlying message almost always follows a simple equation. If you consume fewer calories than you burn, the weight will melt away. In principle, it’s true. And counting calories can be a useful tool for managing weight. But it only works if you know what numbers you’re counting. And what’s been billed as basic math can sometimes look more like Einstein’s theory of relativity. That’s because a complex web of factors ...
