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New Advanced Life Support Truck Comes to Mount Nittany Health
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The Mount Nittany Health Emergency Medical Services team has added a new non-transport emergency services vehicle to its fleet: an advanced life support truck. The new 2022 Ford Expedition is a replacement vehicle for one that reached its end of life, going nearly 300,000 miles during its more than 10 years in service. “It will allow us…
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Siblings Help Put Tussey Mountain Skiing on the Competitive Map
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BOALSBURG — The Tussey Mountain Alpine Racing Team, TMART, is making a name for itself in Pennsylvania USSA skiing. Recently, team member Van Glantz won the Governor’s Cup as the number one slalom and giant slalom youth 18-year-old racer in Pennsylvania, and Kesley Glantz won the state championship 12-year-old slalom championship. For years, larger ski…
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Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra to Present ‘Resilience’
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The Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra’s annual family concert is created for families, children and the young at heart. This year’s program focuses on storytelling through music. Join guest conductor Timothy Farrand as he guides you through the stories of Lully, Debussy, Honneger and Ravel in “Resilience,” at 11 a.m. on March 25 at Good Shepherd Catholic…
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Newly Appointed as State College Area Superintendent, Curtis Johnson Ready to Take on Challenges and Opportunities
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Curtis Johnson says it was luck that brought him to the State College Area School District. After graduating from Penn State with bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Johnson started out his education career in Reading and in 2003 decided to try to find a job in Philadelphia. He interviewed for a grade-level principal position in State…
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Women Leading the Tasting Trail
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Women have been leading the way along the Central Pennsylvania Tasting Trail since its inception.
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Volunteers Rebuild Barn Destroyed by Fire
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SPRING MILLS — For six days in January, dozens of Amish men pitched in to do a neighborly favor and worked to rebuild a barn of one of their own, which was ravaged by fire in mid-January. The author of this article photographed the process for the family whose barn was destroyed and likened the…
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Chris Stapleton Bringing ‘All-American Road Show’ to Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center
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Acclaimed country music singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton will make a stop in State College this fall with his “All-American Road Show” tour. Stapleton, with special guests Margo Price and Nikki Lane, will perform on Oct. 6 at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center, the venue announced on Thursday. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts…
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State College Plans to Establish ‘Sister City’ Relationship with War-Damaged Ukrainian College Town
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State College Borough plans to establish its first “sister city” relationship by partnering with a Ukrainian town that community members have been working for months to aid. Borough council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution introduced by council President Jesse Barlow to form an official sister city relationship “as soon as reasonably possibly,” with Nizhyn,…
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Former New Leaf Space in State College Municipal Building to Be Renovated for Borough Offices
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The former New Leaf Initiative coworking space in the State College Municipal Building will be renovated for borough government offices. Borough council on Monday approved as part of its consent agenda awarding a $171,577 contract for the renovations to JC Orr & Son Inc. of Altoona, which had the lower of two bids received for…
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Meet Adam & The Armadillos: The Country Band Rocking Through State College
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When Adam Yarger, Brandon Deamer and Alex Sterbenz first talked about forming a band back in 2022, little did they know they would soon have a growing fan base of college students requesting classic country songs every week. Hailing from Central Pennsylvania, Yarger first met Deamer and Sterbenz through his wife, Lauren. Deamer and Sterbenz…