Centre County Gazette

Centre County’s election day unfolds without a hitch BELLEFONTE – More voters than usual cast their ballots throughout Centre County in Tuesday’s general election. There were 44, 117 ballots cast – including mail-in ballots received by 8 p.m. – about 43 percent of 102,007 registered voters. That figure is an increase from the last municipal…

BELLEFONTE — Historic preservation, building codes and energy costs were among the leading topics during Bellefonte Borough Council’s meeting on Monday, Nov. 3. Council heard public comments regarding the proposed demolition of the Beaver Farmhouse on Airport Road, owned by the Bellefonte Area School District. Preservationists, architects, educators and residents urged the borough to delay…

For the past decade, there’s been nothing short of a crisis in Harrisburg. More and more of Pennsylvania’s sprawling and costly bureaucracy operated without scrutiny from investigative reporters, the watchdogs tracking how tax dollars are spent and demanding answers from lawmakers about waste, fraud and abuse. The Centre County Gazette is proud to introduce you…

By Christina Lengyel The Center Square (The Center Square) – Lt. Gov. Austin Davis rallied support for the state’s charitable food network Monday to brace for need driven by stalled federal payments toward the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, or SNAP. Following Gov. Josh Shapiro’s emergency declaration that freed up $5 million in state funding to…

STATE COLLEGE – State College Area School District Board of Directors on Monday heard an update on the progress of the district’s Future Ready Comprehensive Plan goals. Future Ready plans are a requirement for every school district in the state, and give administrators a chance to set goals and action times for continuous improvement in…

PennDOT Driver License, Photo Centers closed for Veterans Day HARRISBURG — The state Dept. of Transportation announced that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans Day.  Customers may still obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services, including…

STATE COLLEGE – The State College Area School Board of Directors on Monday unanimously approved Casey Yates to be the new Park Forest Middle School principal. She will begin at SCASD sometime after Jan. 1. Yates comes to the district from North Carolina, where she is the principal at Brentwood Elementary and, before that, was…

By Christina Lengyel The Center Square (The Center Square) — Juvenile justice experts gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday for a joint hearing of the House Children and Youth and Judiciary committees. Following the hearing, reform advocates held a press conference in support of three pieces of legislation that aim to support children who have…

By Mark Stricherz The Center Square (The Center Square) — Pennsylvania’s annual budget has ballooned by nearly 64% under Gov. Josh Shapiro and his predecessor, both Democrats, an investigation by The Center Square found.  The Keystone State’s budgets have increased three-and-a-half times more during the last two Democratic administrations than the previous Republican one.  When a Democrat is governor, state funding has swelled 6.3 % a year on average. When a Republican has…