May 2020
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Schlow, Centre County Libraries Now Accepting Returns
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Schlow Centre Region Library and Centre County Library locations are now accepting returns at their drop boxes — though patrons are still prohibited from entering library buildings.
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Artist Ben Saggese Finds Wide Success from His ‘Chouse’ in Tiny Central PA Village
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Ben Saggese lives in the tiny village of Munson (population: 284), in a renovated “chouse” (church-house) that also doubles as an art studio. Despite his rural headquarters, Saggese has made an impression far and wide. The phrase, “Bloom where you’re planted” is one the artist embraced early on. “Being from Munson was fantastic…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Talks Fatherhood, Loneliness in Coaching and a Desire to Find Common Ground Again
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James Franklin sits down with StateCollege.com to talk about things away from the Xs and Os of football and gets personal about fatherhood, wealth and life.
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State College Eyes Grant for Action Sports Park
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State College Borough is looking to secure a state grant that would help fund a long-discussed action sports park.
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State Releases COVID-19 Cases and Deaths at Long-Term Care Facilities
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For the first time, the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Department of Human Services on Tuesday released the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths at individual nursing and personal care homes.
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Downtown State College Farmers Market to Return in June
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For more than 40 years the Downtown State College Farmers Market has been a seasonal staple, with its arrival each May signaling a transition to summer and drawing crowds to Locust Lane. Because of COVID-19 concerns, the market did not return as planned on May 1, but now it will be back every Friday
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Health Department Reports 1 Fewer COVID-19 Case in Centre County
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Centre County has now had 132 cases since the first was reported on March 20.
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The Good Fortune of Finding a Running Buddy (and the Melancholy End of a 14-Year Run)
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It was my good fortune that after our move back to Happy Valley in 2005 and a while of running by myself, our next-door neighbor, John Graham, approached me about going out and running together. And so it began. A three-times-a-week routine that went on for months, then years, then a decade.
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State College to ‘Light Up the Night’ for Class of 2020, First Responders
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The State College community will shine a light on the achievements of the high school class of 2020 as well as the work of first responders and medical providers.
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Sandusky Again Seeking New Trial
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Attorneys Philip Lauer and Al Lindsay filed motions in Pennsylvania Superior Court seeking the release of or a new trial for Sandusky, the former Penn State football assistant coach and Second Mile charity founder who was convicted in 2012 on 45 counts of child sexual abuse.