January 2024
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Penn State Adds New Campus Street Names for 911 Addressing
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Penn State’s University Police and Public Safety (UPPS) Emergency Management unit is reaching the end of a two-year project to provide all locations at University Park and Penn State’s Commonwealth […]
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Kish for the Cure Campaign Raises Record Total for Local Cancer-Fighting Charities
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Kish Bank recently announced that its annual employee-led fundraising effort supporting local cancer-related nonprofits raised a record-breaking grand total of $74,871. Donations to the 2023 Kish for the Cure Campaign […]
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One on One Fitness Raises $39,000 for Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Youth Service Bureau
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One on One raised nearly $40,000 for two local nonprofits with its annual charitable campaign. The fitness and wellness center, located at 424 W. Aaron Dr., State College, will donate […]
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Centre Region Townships Get Nearly $450,000 for Traffic Safety Projects
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Two Centre Region Township’s will receive nearly $450,000 in state funding for traffic safety improvement projects, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced on Monday. College and Harris townships are among […]
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County Awards $26.4M in Bids for Major Renovation of Former Centre Crest Building
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Centre County’s Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to award more than $26.4 million in bids to four prime contractors for a major overhaul of the former Centre Crest […]
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Local Historia: Departing for World War I
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Bellefonte and Boalsburg troops fought in the ‘War to End All Wars’
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Column No. 300: Why I Write
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“A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave” – Oscar Wilde Well, folks, today is a milestone of sorts. This column represents my 300th since I first began […]
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Lady Lions Dazzle in Front of Season-High Attendance
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Penn State women’s basketball rolled past Maryland 112-76 Sunday afternoon to clinch the program’s first midseason winning record since 2016-17. The win — the Lady Lions’ first over Maryland since 2003 — […]
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Construction Delayed for New Toftrees Resort Hotel, Existing Guest Rooms to Reopen
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A new luxury hotel at Toftrees Golf Resort is going to have to wait a little longer. Construction of the new hotel will not begin in the spring as previously […]
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Pa. Supreme Court Sets the Stage to Consider Whether the State Constitution Protects Abortion
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A new Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision doesn’t resolve whether Medicaid can pay for abortion or decide if it’s protected by the state constitution, but it offers hints about the justices’ thinking.