Community
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SCASD Board Selects Site for New Park Forest Middle School
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State College Area School District has narrowed the focus for the future of Park Forest Middle School. The school board on Monday unanimously approved an 18-acre, district-owned parcel off of Valley Vista Drive, across from the current campus, as the site for construction of a new building that will replace the 53-year-old middle school in…
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Bestselling Author Heather McGhee to Give Free Ethics Lecture at Penn State
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Policy advocate and New York Times bestselling author Heather McGhee will deliver the Penn State Rock Ethics Institute’s 2024 Richard B. Lippin Lecture in Ethics on Thursday, March 28. The free event will take place from 6-7 p.m. in Freeman Auditorium in the HUB-Robeson Center at University Park campus and is open…
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Trash Hauler, Rates to Change for 5 Centre County Townships in 2025
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Residents of five Centre County townships will have a new trash hauler and increased rates for collection starting in 2025. Burgmeier’s Hauling will take over refuse collection in Benner, College, Ferguson, Harris and Patton townships on April 1, 2025, following approval of a new five-year refuse and recycling contract by the Centre Region Council of…
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A Culinary Trip at Café Luna: Restaurateurs Offer a Taste of Their Kazakhstan Homeland
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Centre County diners can take a culinary trip through eastern Europe and central Asia right here in Pleasant Gap. Café Luna, which opened in October 2022, focuses on sweet and savory regional dishes from faraway lands. The restaurant is run by Gary Shindy, his parents and other family and friends. The family hails from Kazakhstan…
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Another Centre County School District Plans Early Dismissal for Solar Eclipse
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Three Centre County school districts are now planning to dismiss students early on April 8 because of the total solar eclipse that will occur that afternoon. Bald Eagle Area School District is the latest to announce the decision. BEA elementary school buildings will dismiss at 11:35 a.m. and the middle school and high school will…
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Furniture Flippers Transform Old and Worn into Beautiful
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Old is better than new—at least once Lisa Drobka or Gwen Parsons gets a chance to work their magic on a vintage piece of furniture. Both have very different backgrounds, techniques and styles, and, while neither considers themself an “artist,” they both specialize in transforming old, worn furniture into beautiful, “new” works of art. Lisa…
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Two Centre County School Districts Plan Early Dismissals for Solar Eclipse
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Two Centre County school districts will dismiss students early on April 8 because of the total solar eclipse. Superintendents of State College Area and Philipsburg-Osceola Area school districts explained the decisions were made for safety reasons because the eclipse will occur during student dismissal times. The eclipse will occur between 2:04 p.m. to 4:32 p.m,…
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Egg Hunts and Easter Events 2024
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Glow In The Dark Egg Hunt — Saturday, March 23 The Glow in the Dark Egg Hunt is hosted by Freedom Life Church from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bald Eagle Area High School in Wingate on Saturday, March 23. As the sun sets, the football field at the high school will be speckled…
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Family, Community Members Remember Osaze Osagie 5 Years After His Death
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This week marks the five-year anniversary of the fatal police shooting of State College resident Osaze Osagie. Here is how his family and the community are honoring his memory by uplifting high school and college students.
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Is Penn State’s Creamery Ice Cream ‘The Coolest Thing Made in PA’? Your Vote Can Help Decide
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Penn State’s Berkey Creamery ice cream is among the Keystone State products vying for the title of “Coolest Thing Made in PA” in the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s second annual tournament competition. The bracket features 64 made-in-PA products competing for votes on the Chamber’s X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram accounts. The Creamery is…