Lifestyles

Make family meals special with a fresh, homemade dish

Family Features Nothing makes family time special quite like a homemade meal, especially one made with locally sourced ingredients that are as fresh and flavorful as they are thoughtfully prepared. Whether your gatherings with loved ones take place in the family kitchen, on the patio or at a picnic area, this Asparagus, Bacon and Egg Salad makes for a perfect brunch or appetizer that leans on local ingredients like Michigan asparagus, which takes just about three days to get from the field to your table. Grown by more than 100 family farmers, it can be found in your local store at ...

McVeytown woman named SCASD Teacher of the Year

MCVEYTOWN — Some teachers leave a mark on their students’ lives, while others leave an indelible imprint on entire communities. Teachers come and go in our lives, a fleeting procession of grown-ups at the front of classrooms imparting knowledge, skills, and occasional inspiration. A few, though, endure and leave lasting impressions. Karen Rossman Styers, a beloved educator from McVeytown, is undoubtedly the latter. Recently named State College Area School District Teacher of the Year for the second time in her 35-year career, Rossman Styers has touched numerous lives with her ...

Sweet steps to making maple syrup

Metro Breakfast foods like pancakes or French toast just aren’t the same without delicious maple syrup. Not all syrups in the grocery aisle are the same. In fact, some do not contain any maple at all. Pure maple syrup is a marvel of nature, and involves a multi-step process of getting this rich liquid from tree to table. Sugar maples and sugarbushes Sugar maple trees are the species responsible for producing the maple syrup consumers know and love. Alternative maple trees can be used, but industry experts say sugar maples produce the most flavorful syrups. According to the ...

Ranking America’s most-loved theme parks — see who made the list

By Sarah Gilliland Wealth of Geeks Attendance at America’s top theme parks has taken owners on a roller coaster ride with more ups and downs and dynamic turns than anything the Imagineers could have come up with. While the summer travel season looms large, it’s impossible to say whether crowds will break records in the positive or the negative this year. The parent companies of both Universal Parks and Resorts and Disney Parks and Resorts revealed during their 2023 shareholder meetings that revenue figures had increased from 2021 to 2022. While those companies often withhold ...

Miss Stephanie’s Spring Recital

For swimmers, chilly, choppy water beckons

The Associated Press Many beaches won’t open for weeks, but already one dedicated group is quietly pacing the shore. You might not have noticed them, but these quiet few are the ones who seem most keen on noting the shifting tides, the current, the wind. They’ll gush about the color of the water, the angle of the sun, the shape of the clouds. They are the first to plunge in when those on the shore are still shivering in sweaters. And they are the last to, very reluctantly, call it a season in late fall. And occasionally not even then. “A lot of us look longingly at the water ...