April 2023
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Primary Election 2023: State College Borough Council
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StateCollege.com editor Geoff Rushton conducted interviews hosted by C-NET with candidates for several offices on local ballots in the May 16 primary election. Today we’re featuring the interviews with candidates for State College Borough Council. Previously: Centre County Judge THE ELECTION Five State College Borough Council seats are up for election this year: four with full four-year…
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Letters: Slate for State Candidates Make Student Success Priority; Rater’s Bona Fides; Jordan’s Failed Stunt
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A recent letter to the editor in another publication cites “declining academic performance among SCASD students” as a reason to support particular candidates for the State College Area School Board. But is there evidence to support the claim of academic decline? In fact, there is very little. Like all school districts, SCASD has experienced impacts on learning…
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Penn State Federal Credit Union Donation Aids YMCA of Centre County Anti-Hunger Program
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Penn State Federal Credit Union recently donated $15,000 to the YMCA of Centre County’s Backpack Program, a service that is needed now more than ever for children and families struggling with food insecurity. The program, which was started in November of 2014 in one school district, now serves eight local school districts. Each week during the school…
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Community Members Sought to Assist with Primary Election Vote by Mail Center
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The Centre County Office of Elections is seeking community members to assist with counting mail-in and absentee ballot votes on primary election night. Individuals are needed starting at 8 p.m. until all ballots received are counted on May 16 in the vote by mail center, which will be located at the the Penn Stater Hotel…
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Primary Election 2023: Centre County Judge
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StateCollege.com editor Geoff Rushton conducted interviews hosted by C-NET with candidates for several offices on local ballots in the May 16 primary election. Today we’re featuring the interviews with candidates for Centre County Court of Common Pleas judge. THE ELECTION Judge Pamela Ruest’s retirement at the end of 2022 opened up a position on the bench of…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Nittany Lions Land North Carolina Transfer Puff Johnson
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Penn State men’s basketball added North Carolina junior forward Puff Johnson out of the transfer portal on Wednesday. Johnson, who was rated the No. 62 overall player in the country for the 2020 recruiting class, made an official visit to Penn State this past weekend. He is the brother of Brooklyn Net standout Cameron Johnson,…
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Penn State Football: Nick Singleton No. 3 Nationally in Running Back NIL Valuations
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Penn State sophomore running back Nick Singleton comes in at No. 3 among all running backs nationally in the On3 NIL Valuation, the sites latest updates show. Singleton is No. 20 nationally among all college football in On3’s NIL Valuation rankings system, which blends known NIL deals with performance, social media presence and overall exposure…
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Penn State Football Player Accused of Punching Man in the Face at Fraternity House
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A Penn State football player was charged on Wednesday with two misdemeanors after he allegedly punched a man in the face at a State College fraternity house in February. Theo J. Johnson, a rising junior tight end, refused to leave a Feb. 11 event at the fraternity on the 400 block of East Prospect Avenue…
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Pa. Doesn’t Fund Public Defense. Shapiro’s Budget Would Change That
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The $10 million proposal would be the most funding the state has ever dedicated to supporting the constitutional right to counsel.
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A Mystery Set in Centre County – Almost 200 Years Ago
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Here’s a line from a recently published book: “Toads trilled in the mill ponds strung out along Spring Creek, the stream that gushed forth from the Big Spring, around which the town of Adamant had grown.” If that sounds like Bellefonte until you get to the name of the community, it’s because in the world…