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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Mount Nittany Health donates $10,000 to the State College Food Bank and launches employee food drive
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STATE COLLEGE — As part of its annual Season of Giving, Mount Nittany Health is donating $10,000 to the State College Food Bank. In addition, the health system has launched an employee food drive to collect nonperishable food and essential supplies to further support the food bank’s efforts throughout the holiday season. This initiative reflects…
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Death Notices
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DAUGHENBAUGH www.daughenbaughfuneralhome.com DEBORAH R. BREON FLEMING — Deborah R. Breon of Fleming, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. She was 69. Arrangements under the direction of Daughenbaugh Funeral Home in Milesburg. CAROL J. DAY BELLEFONTE — Carol J. Day of Bellefonte, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. She was 77. Arrangements under the…
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News Briefs
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Help stuff a squad car STATE COLLEGE — State College Police Department invites you to help Stuff a Squad Car with toys on Friday, Dec. 12, from 3 to 5 p.m. New, unwrapped toy donations can be dropped off at the Municipal Building at 243 S. Allen St. between now and Dec. 12. On the…
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SCAHS Key Club, LiTEArary Society bring new books to local Head Start programs
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STATE COLLEGE — Leaders from the Pennsylvania Key Club — which has more than 12,000 youth members in Pennsylvania – recently teamed up with The LiTEArary Society, the world’s largest entirely youth-led nonprofit with the mission of ending book deserts, to bring the gift of reading to Head Start children in Pennsylvania, This kicked off…
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Director of Penn State Cancer Institute resigns
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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. UNIVERSITY PARK — Raymond Hohl, the director of…
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Arboretum volunteers, staff produce record harvest for food bank donation
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bank donation UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Throughout this year’s growing season, volunteers and staff worked to plant, cultivate and harvest a wide variety of produce in the gardens of the Arboretum at Penn State. Those efforts wrapped up the week before Thanksgiving break with one final delivery of kale and a few other vegetables, resulting in…
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MVEDP elects new officers for 2025-26
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PHILIPSBURG — The Moshannon Valley Economic Development Partnership recently elected officers for the fiscal year 2025/26 which begins Dec. 1. MVEDP is the non-profit economic and community development organization serving the greater Philipsburg and Moshannon Valley region. The officers for the new year will be Dr. Karen Blair, President; Gene Wardo, First Vice President; Wanda…
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Commissioners approve $1M in grant applications
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BELLEFONTE – Centre County Commissioners recently adopted three resolutions, each one authorizing the county to apply for grant money. The first two grant applications are destined for the state Dept. of Community and Economic Development’s Local Share Account Statewide Grant. Eligible uses for the LSA grant money include supporting projects in public interest, specifically those…
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Centre County residents hit by phone scams
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CENTRE COUNTY — The phone rings, the number looks local and the voice on the other end sounds official enough. Maybe it shows up as the Centre County Sheriff’s Office. Maybe the caller uses the name of a judge you recognize from the news. Then comes the punch: you supposedly missed jury duty or failed…
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Gazette offers scavenger-type contest to readers
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STATE COLLEGE — The busiest time of the year is upon us — shopping for that perfect gift, wrapping, cooking, baking and cleaning — and “down time” is not always a frequent occurrence in our hectic holiday lives. But no worries! The Centre County Gazette has found a way for our readers to take a…




