Pleasant Gap News

People watch as firefighters work to contain a fire at a home on Brandywine Drive in State College on Friday, November 27, 2009.

John I. Poorman, 75, of Aaronsburg, passed from this life on Nov. 20, 2009, at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College.

In 1845, a small community of a few homes was placed on the map - and its name set in stone - when a post office opened near a fork in the Bellefonte-Lewis-town turnpike.

Like an ancient god, Joe DeHaas flung thunderbolts across the landscape. CDT/Nabil K. Mark Vietnam Army Veteran Terry Donahey, of Pleasant Gap, listens to the speaker during the Veterans Day ceremony held at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, November 11, 2009.

Submitted by ShopWithHeart on Mon, 2009-10-26 10:32. Start: 2009-10-31 09:00 End: 2009-10-31 15:00 Timezone: 2009 Fall Craft Show To be held this Saturday, October 31, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM This quality craft show is held in the cafeteria/lobby areas of the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology.

College Heights residents agree that the past weekend's extended power outages, while inconvenient, had a bright side.

A district-wide facilities committee is recommending that the Bellefonte Area School District build a new fourth and fifth grade intermediate school, renovate and create a small addition at Benner Elementary School, and renovate Pleasant Gap and Bellefonte elementary schools.

Robert A. "Bob" Foust, of rural Spring Mills, died Oct. 17, 2009, at Ohesson Manor in Lewistown.

Never mind ghosts, ghouls and goblins. For scary, try this - a day to transform the Milesburg Citizen's Hook and Ladder company firehouse into a house of horrors.

Members of the Allison Park Sportsmen's Club and local volunteers helped the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission restock Pine Creek in Hampton with trout.

The Growing in Faith Daycare center has joined a growing list of Centre County child care providers that have attained the highest possible rating from the state's recognition system.

Police investigate vehicle thefts in Pleasant Gap Spring Township police are investigating a series of vehicle thefts in Pleasant Gap from Sunday night into Monday morning.

Corinna Munn, of State College, plays a character dying of heartbreak during the Bard in Bellefonte at Talleyrand Park Sunday, Sept.

The Mifflin County Commissioners gave approval on Thursday for the county to apply for a grant to aid in the operation of the Mifflin County Day Reporting Center.

Volunteers from the Spring Creek chapter of Trout Unlimited, in the green hats, watch as a truck hauls boulders up Spring Creek to begin rehabilitation of the stream near the site of the former McCoy-Linn Dam in Milesburg on Tuesday, August 11, 2009.

A woman from Bradford County was killed Wednesday in Centre County. Police said Mae Welker, 73, of Towanda was riding a motorcycle along Route 64 near Pleasant Gap when the bike slid and rolled onto its side.

For information on the Nittany & Bald Eagle and the North Shore railroads, visit www.nshr.com. For more information on the Bellefonte Historical Railroad, visit www.bellefontetrain.org. The first qualification for getting into this business - you've got to be nuts," said Dick Robey, who along with his wife, Mimi, started the Nittany & Bald Eagle ...

For information on the Nittany & Bald Eagle and the North Shore railroads, visit www.nshr.com. For more information on the Bellefonte Historical Railroad, visit www.bellefontetrain.org. The first qualification for getting into this business - you've got to be nuts," said Dick Robey, who along with his wife, Mimi, started the Nittany & Bald Eagle ...

For information on the Nittany & Bald Eagle and the North Shore railroads, visit www.nshr.com. For more information on the Bellefonte Historical Railroad, visit www.bellefontetrain.org. The first qualification for getting into this business - you've got to be nuts," said Dick Robey, who along with his wife, Mimi, started the Nittany & Bald Eagle ...

By all accounts, Valerie Heidt was a young girl who always had a smile on her face, who touched many people during her short life.