Following another day of the Penns Manor School district teacher’s strike, the school board held a meeting on Wednesday evening.
Dozens of teachers. Residents, and students showed up to voice their opinions about the ongoing strike and subsequent school cancelations.
The strike has been ongoing for over a week now and students haven’t been able to attend class for eight consecutive school days. All of this because the teacher’s union disagreed with the healthcare and retirement incentives set in the new contract proposed by the district – and are asking to maintain their current level of benefits while providing competitive salaries to attract new teachers as many are set to retire. Read More...
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. — Starting Saturday, the Rockhill Trolley Museum will be hosting their annual Santa’s Trolley Rides, from 10 am to 3 pm.
Visitors will board one of three trolleys and kids will get to meet Santa.
A new event that they will be running is the ‘Lights, Cameras, Christmas Trolleys’ event, from 5 pm until 9 pm, during which photographers of all skill levels will be able to photograph the trolleys, and have their pictures taken with the Candyland area, while they’re lit up for the season. Read More...
UNIVERSITY PARK, CENTRE COUNTY, Pa — Yesterday’s wind brought down many trees across our viewing area, but none with more historical significance than this tree on Penn State’s campus in Centre County.
The original 'Old Willow' was planted on Penn State’s campus back in the 1800's. Yesterday, Mother Nature’s aggressive winds brought down the third descendant of the original campus landmark yesterday afternoon.
Located on old main lawn, the tree was the third of its kind at Penn State. Read More...