Centre County Gazette
The Centre County Gazette is Centre County’s only weekly, independent newspaper covering the news, sports, entertainment and events throughout the area.
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Centre Film Festival announces lineup, celebrates seven years
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STATE COLLEGE — The Centre Film Festival returns for its seventh season, Nov. 10–16, bringing global stories and local voices together across five cherished venues — UEC Theatres, The State Theatre, and The Rowland Theatre as well as the Carnegie Cinema and the Foster Auditorium at Penn State University. This year’s celebration opened with a…
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“Taste of the Town” returns Nov. 16
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STATE COLLEGE — The community’s most anticipated night of flavor and philanthropy returns this fall. Centre County United Way will host 2025 Taste of the Town on Sunday, Nov. 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. at The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College. Taste of the Town brings together more…
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Nittany Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ to be presented Dec. 13–14
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UNIVERSITY PARK — The Performing Arts School of Central Pennsylvania Nittany Ballet will reprise its magical performance of “The Nutcracker” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, in Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased online. Centre County’s pre-eminent classical ballet school’s annual production will transport audiences to a magical world…
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The night Cindy Song vanished
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STATE COLLEGE — Halloween in State College has always carried a certain electricity. The bars swell with costumed students, music spills from apartments and the streets echo with the laughter of young people chasing a night they’ll half-forget in the morning. But in 2001, the holiday left behind something the community has never forgotten. Hyun…
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Former funeral director sentenced in plea deal
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BELLEFONTE — A former Centre County funeral director was sentenced in Centre County Court on Monday after pleading guilty to a second-degree misdemeanor charge of abuse of a corpse. Garrett A. Singer, 33, former owner of Singer-Kader-Neff Funeral Home in Howard, was sentenced by Judge Brian Marshall to 30 days to 23 ½ months of…
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SCOUTING FOR FOOD
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State College Food Bank, Boy Scouts partner to fight hunger STATE COLLEGE — At the State College Food Bank, the shelves may look full, but Executive Director Allayn Beck knows how quickly they can empty. The nonprofit, which serves more than 500 Centre County households each month, is entering its busiest stretch and one of…
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Police Blotter
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Police received a report of a missing juvenile on Oct. 11 at approximately 5:30 p.m. on 4671 Brush Valley Road in Miles Township. According to police, the juvenile was last seen wearing gray sweatpants and a gray Penns Valley football shirt. Police asked that anyone with information contact PSP Rockview at 814-355-7545. *** Police conducted…
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Commissioners proclaim Down Syndrome Awareness Month
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Centre County Board of Commissioners recently proclaimed October as Down Syndrome Awareness Month in the county. The proclamation calls attention to the 6 million people worldwide who live with Down Syndrome, which is a chromosomal variation that can manifest in various physical, cognitive, and physiological ways. Pictured from left are Centre County Commissioner Chairman Mark…
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Penn State loses fight to keep internal trustee documents hidden
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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. STATE COLLEGE — A…
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Centre Safe marks 50 years of saving lives
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CENTRE COUNTY — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to honor survivors, remember victims and confront the silent crisis that affects families across Centre County and beyond. For Jennifer Pencek, executive director of Centre Safe, this month isn’t about statistics or slogans. It’s about saving lives. “This month is about shining a light…
