Local-Philipsburg

Philipsburg has finally been able to put one major project in the "done" column.

PHILIPSBURG — The borough has a new captain at the helm with the hiring of its fourth manager in just over two years.

A 2008 feasibility study by Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates determined that Philipsburg- Osceola Area School District has eight renovation and consolidation options for its worn down facilities.

Philipsburg-Osceola junior high students designed cars from a block of balsa wood.

Philipsburg is casting a little spell on Saturday.

You may feel compelled to drive west, to come over the mountain, to join in the fun. Don't try to resist. You'll be helpless. It's Halloween, after all.

Philipsburg-Osceola crowned their homecoming king and queen Friday before the football game against St. Marys.

Both Penns Valley Area High School and Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School held their homecoming parades on Wednesday.

"POHS, POHS, our alma mater dear, your sons and daughters raise a song to honor your own fair name. We thank you for the happy days we spent as students here. Long shall we cherish your ideals as the years bring us joy and fame."

There is something about fall that makes people want to come together and share a cup of coffee, linger over tables of things other people have made with their own hands, and talk to friends and strangers.

PHILIPSBURG — Could 34 jobs in Philipsburg have been saved? The Moshannon Valley Economic Develoment Partnership never found out.

When I was a kid, every trip to State College started the same way. As soon as we started down North Atherton Street, my stepfather would say the same thing: “I remember when all this was farm.”

PHILIPSBURG — For 34 employees of a Philipsburg manufacturer, the Christmas season will be starting with an unemployment check.