Community
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AAUW State College Awards Five Undergraduate Scholarships
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AAUW State College awarded scholarships totaling $24,000 to five local women during its annual Award & Scholarship Celebration on June 6. The recipients are all Penn State students who had their education interrupted due to life circumstances for at least two years, and were now ready to resume their education but without the funds to…
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Spend Some Time Outdoors at the Great Outdoor Picnic
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Wildlife For Everyone will host its annual Great Outdoor Picnic from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, at Penn’s Cave and Wildlife Park.
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‘It’s About Not Giving Up.’ State College Area’s Spencer Bivens Gets Call to the Bigs
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Spencer Bivens has played baseball for the Rogers State Hillcats, the Lions de Savigny de-sur-Orge, the Steel City Slammin’ Sammies, the Washington Wild Things, the Lexington Legends, the West Virginia Power, the Gastonia Honey Hunters, the Sacramento River Cats, the Eugene Emeralds, the Richmond Flying Squirrels and the Scottsdale Scorpions. Perhaps you haven’t heard of…
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Sips & Sounds Festival Returning to Downtown State College
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An outdoor food and drink festival with local music is returning to downtown State College for its second year. Sips & Sounds Downtown, hosted by the Downtown State College Improvement District, will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 28 in Sidney Friedman Park. As with the inaugural edition in 2023, this…
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Nearly $400k in State Funds Awarded for Affordable Housing in Centre County
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Four Centre County organizations will receive a combined $395,000 in state funding to support affordable housing programs, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency announced last week. The funds are among $64.8 million awarded to 322 housing and community development initiatives from the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement (PHARE) fund for 2024. “Investing in affordable housing…
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Aston Barrett Jr. Carries on Father’s Legacy in Iconic Bob Marley Band
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Every little thing is gonna be all right when reggae band The Wailers, with special guest star Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root Uprooted Trio, performs this weekend at the Tussey Mountain Amphitheatre.
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State High Named Renaissance School of Distinction
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State College Area High School recently received national recognition for efforts to create a positive school climate and culture. The school is one of 59 in North America to receive a 2024 Jostens Renaissance School of Distinction Platinum certification and one of just 84 to earn the designation at any level (silver, gold or platinum).…
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UNA-CPA Explores Centre County’s Black History
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The United Nations Association of Central Pennsylvania Chapter #151 recently led a discussion shedding light on a significant yet often overlooked chapter of Centre County’s past.
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Block Party Celebrates Juneteenth in Downtown State College
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State College community members joined together on Saturday afternoon for an afternoon of music, dance, poetry, food and more to celebrate Juneteenth. The block party on the 100 block of South Fraser Street and the Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza marked State College’s fifth annual commemoration of the holiday celebrating the emancipation of the last…
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Father’s Day Spotlight: The Dads Resource Center
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The Dads Resource Center, a State College-based organization established by Joel N. Myers, the founder and CEO of AccuWeather, advocates for the importance of fathers having fair opportunities to fulfill their role in fatherhood.