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Flour & Stone Expands to All Day, Five Days a Week!

Big changes are brewing (and scooping!) at Flour & Stone this week. Beginning Wednesday, June 4, the buzzed-about Pine Grove Mills restaurant will be open five days a week, Wednesday through Sunday, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and also offer a Summer Walk-Up Window!

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Where to stay in Happy Valley: Top hotels for every traveler

For Travelers seeking a memorable stay in Happy Valley, the region offers a variety of accommodations, each providing unique amenities and easy access to Penn State and local attractions. Whether you’re here for a college visit, a weekend getaway, or to relive favorite memories, these hotels offer the perfect home base.

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Appalachian Outdoors: Where All Great Adventures Begin

When average employees take part in “team-building” exercises with their coworkers, they might participate in a scavenger hunt or trivia game. But at Appalachian Outdoors, you might end up ascending Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest mountain in the Americas, and at 22,837 feet, the second highest mountain in the world, after Everest. It’s also known, by the way, as “the mountain of death.”

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Pennsylvania’s Elk Herd: Past and Present

Native elk roamed Pennsylvania’s mountainsides before colonization. Moose and buffalo also inhabited the region. By the 1860s, only a few elk remained in Elk and Cameron counties. Hunting was unregulated then, and by the late 1870s, the last native eastern elk had been shot for food.

The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau publishes up-to-date event information at HappyValley.com/events