Author Archives: Josh Portney

By Katherine Joyce Photos by Bethany Haag A few months ago, back in May, I embarked on creating a bit of a travel piece: to follow the Highlands historic neighborhood tour with my friend, Bethany (Ramble Part One). I was … Continued

This is a reprint from the Centre County Historical Society Encyclopedia. By Anna Ludwig Camelot is a whimsical, fairytale-like home in State College that is on the National Register of Historic Places. The house at 520 South Fraser Street was … Continued

By Katherine Joyce Photos by Bethany Haag I am a native Pennsylvanian, but I’m writing this article from northern Kentucky, where I’ve taken an internship for the summer. Just approaching this piece reminds me of my stomping grounds, and while … Continued

Part II By Zachariah Hamer-Lang Delta’s Time in the Fairmount Building From 1981 to 2019 the Delta Program was located in the historic Fairmount Building located on 411 South Fraser Street in the Highlands District of State College. The original … Continued

Part I By Zachariah Hamer-Lang After moving to State College in 2019, I began my senior year of high school during the fall of 2021. I left the entirely online boarding school that I had been attending during the COVID-19 … Continued

By Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT)*** ***: So far, all of the authors for the Hearts in the Highlands articles you have read are real people. This time we are trying something new. Josh Portney, one of the editors of the Hearts … Continued

By Rebecca E. Rogers Jacqueline Rogers (maiden name Ragner) arrived in State College with Thomas Hunton Rogers in 1961 when the University hired my father to teach fiction writing in the English department. A Frenchwoman born in Gascony in 1924, … Continued

By Adrienne Ott On Monday, October 7, 2024, the State College Borough Council approved a $1.5 million construction loan for the State College Borough Redevelopment Authority’s adaptive reuse project of a former fraternity building in the Highlands neighborhood. Located at … Continued

By Star Campbell When you are out in the neighborhood, check out the new little library at 617 East Hamilton Avenue, in front of the First Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) church. The little library was designed and built … Continued

By Shane McGinness The Highlands is one of the several neighborhoods in the municipality of State College. It is also a very large neighborhood. How large? There are approximately 60 named streets, alleys, roads, and avenues in the Highlands. That’s … Continued