April 2021
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‘Hopeful’ for Full Beaver Stadium Capacity in the Fall, Penn State Outlines Other Potential Football Attendance Scenarios
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Penn State Athletics provided fans Wednesday with a brief look at the department’s planning for the Nittany Lion football season in the fall, which could include limited attendance and pod seating and will have mobile ticketing across the board. In an email sent to season ticket holders Wednesday, athletic department officials expressed hope the stadium…
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Donation from Local Business Funds New Exhibit at Discovery Space
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A Boalsburg-based company’s financial support has allowed Discovery Space to purchase an exhibit was formerly part of a traveling exhibition that visited science centers around the world. EnergyCAP LLC made a “generous donation,” for Discovery Space, 1224 N. Atherton St., to permanently acquire the Color Play exhibit, according to a news release from the nonprofit…
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Bryce Jordan Center COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic to Accept Walk-ins
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The state-run COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Bryce Jordan Center will begin accepting walk-in patients when it resumes operation as scheduled on Thursday. Appointments are still encouraged, but are not required, and can be made online or by calling 1-844-545-3450. According to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Department of Health, which jointly operate the…
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Penn State Soccer Teams Head to NCAA Tournament With Eyes on the Prize
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For the Penn State men’s and women’s soccer teams, it’s time to go dancing. Both teams had impressive regular seasons that ended in Big Ten Tournament heartbreak. But in the end, it all boils down to a handful of must-win games against the nation’s elite in the North Carolina “bubble” where the NCAA Tournaments will…
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Penn State SBDC Provides Resources for Businesses During Pandemic
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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Penn State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has provided more than 1,000 collective hours of business advising to small businesses owners experiencing supply chain disruptions, staffing challenges, a decrease in revenue, and/or closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 347 entrepreneurs who have sought pandemic- related…
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Centre County Adds 48 COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death; Pennsylvania Reports 3,686 New Positives
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Centre County reported 48 new COVID-19 cases and one new death attributed to the virus on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The county’s COVID-19 case total is now 16,230, with 220 deaths. Pennsylvania added 3,686 positives for a statewide total of 1,143,076. With 57 new COVID-19 deaths reported on Wednesday, the commonwealth’s…
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Coroner Identifies Man Who Died in Benner Township Fire
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Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers has identified the man who died in a mobile home fire on Sunday night in Benner Township. Kenneth Fitzgerald, 42, died of smoke inhalation and his death was ruled accidental, Sayers said in a release on Tuesday night. Fitzgerald’s home at 1117 Buffalo Run Road was destroyed by the fire…
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Downtown State College Celebrates Spring with May Day Art & Garden Walk
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The Downtown State College Improvement District will host its first May Day Art & Garden Walk on Friday and Saturday. The event brings together more than a dozen local artists and artisans, displaying their work throughout downtown businesses. Local businesses and organizations also will be offering special May Day experiences. “Following the success of our…
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The Last Road Trip (Maybe)
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I am sitting at the bar of Robert’s Western World in Nashville, Tennessee, drinking a Miller High Life and listening to a band play “Rhinestone Cowboy.” Though I feel like I’ve been teleported here, it was actually a slog: We left State College at 9 a.m. a couple of Fridays ago and pulled into Music…
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Ferguson Township Opens Long-Planned New Public Works Building
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The two-story building includes three vehicle service bays, a wash bay, training and break room, locker room and second-floor office space.