Meet the ‘Shop Ladies of Brookville’

From big cities to rural Pennsylvania: The ‘Shop Ladies of Brookville’ have brought flair to a small town

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the Town, a daily newsletter of local stories that dig deep, events, and more from north-central PA, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. BROOKVILLE — When Rebecca Alkaaby found a Victorian [...]

Meet the ‘Shop Ladies of Brookville’

BROOKVILLE — When Rebecca Alkaaby found a Victorian house for sale on Facebook last fall, she and her artist husband had never heard of Brookville. They weren’t looking to move to rural Jefferson County, or even Pennsylvania. But Alkaaby was searching for that kind of house — a model she had loved since watching Practical Magic as a kid — and a place to “put down roots and have a more charming life,” she told Spotlight PA. A video walkthrough fr…

Drawn by historic homes and a slower pace, these women moved to rural Pennsylvania and opened their own storefronts all while building a network of support and friendship

Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the Town, a daily newsletter of local stories that dig deep, events, and more from north-central PA, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. BROOKVILLE — When Rebecca Alkaaby found a Victor…