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21 Community Projects in Centre County Awarded More Than $3.2M in State Grants
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More than 20 community projects in Centre County — ranging from a Centre County PAWS facility expansion to electric vehicle charging hubs to a rural wastewater treatment system — will receive a combined $3.22 million in state grants, local lawmakers announced on Tuesday. The funding comes from the Statewide Local Share Account program administered by…
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Union Ratifies New 3-Year Contract
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Mount Nittany Medical Center’s unionized employees on Monday ratified a new three-year contract, bringing to an end more than four months of negotiations that included the hospital’s first labor strike in 22 years. The contract includes wage increases of 3% each of the first two years and 2% in the third. It also includes a…
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Bellefonte Wine and Spirits Walk Back for Another Round
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The second annual event will also include guided ghost tours from Local Historia.
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Anti-ICE Protesters March Through Penn State Campus
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Penn State students and community members marched across the University Park campus Monday evening, chanting in opposition to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and calling for “an end to admin cooperating with ICE.” The latest local anti-ICE demonstration began around 7 p.m. on the Old Main lawn, where protesters gathered with signs and banners as…
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Bellefonte Teachers and Staff Union Votes in Favor of Strike Authorization if Contract Agreement Isn’t Reached
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Unionized teachers and staff in the Bellefonte Area School District on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike if contract negotiations continue to falter. About 94% of the Bellefonte Area Education Association’s 230 members participated in the vote, with 99.5% of those voting yes on strike authorization, according to a release from the…
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Motorcyclist Dies After Crash in Ferguson Township
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A 20-year-old man is dead after a two-vehicle crash Friday night at the intersection of Blue Course Drive and Westerly Parkway, according to Ferguson Township police. A preliminary investigation indicated that Rashid Alnuwaymi was stopped on a motorcycle in the middle of the northbound travel lane along the 1200 block of Blue Course Drive at…
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Climb Nittany to Reopen Under New Local Ownership After Whirlwind Community Effort
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Less than five months after closing, a Boalsburg climbing gym will reopen under a new local ownership group, thanks to the swift efforts of determined community members. Climb Nittany, 328 Discovery Drive, will reopen to the public on Oct. 11, and a grand opening party will be held on Oct. 18. Keystone Members — limited…
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New Jersey Man Killed in Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-80 in Centre County
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A New Jersey man died after a tractor-trailer crash Friday morning on Interstate 80 in Centre County. Otis Thompson II, 56, was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle crash at mile marker 168.8 of I-80 eastbound in Marion Township, according to Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. State…
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How Quietly Passed Legislation Will Allow Penn State to Move Forward With Potential Campus Sales
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The Board of Trustees this week will consider sales of the Shenango and Wilkes-Barre campuses, which are slated to close next year.
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Pooches Get the Final Swim of the Season at Park Forest Community Pool’s Paws-A-Pool-Ooza
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The doggy paddle was the stroke of choice Sunday afternoon at Park Forest Community Pool.