June 2021
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Centre County Adds 7 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 272 New Positives
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Centre County reported seven new COVID-19 cases on Friday to bring its total 16,905, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Pennsylvania added 272 new positives, bringing the commonwealth’s total to 1,209,997. The county reported 49 additional negative test results, bringing its total to 70,386. Statewide, there were 5,774 new negatives for a total of…
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Home D Pizzeria in State College Closing After 67 Years in Business
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UPDATE: Home D Pizzeria permanently closed on Sunday, June 20, one week ahead of schedule. More information: https://www.statecollege.com/home-d-pizzeria-now-permanently-closed/ ORIGINAL STORY: A State College restaurant is shutting down this month after 67 years in business. Home D Pizzeria, 1820 S. Atherton St., will permanently close at 8 p.m. on June 27, according to a post on…
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Centre Hall Fire Company to Hold Open House for New Station
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CENTRE HALL — The Centre Hall Fire Company will hold a public open house at its new fire station from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The new 14,000-square-foot facility is located along Witmer Avenue on the east end of the borough. The station features eight equipment bays, a large meeting room, a fully…
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Worth the Wait: Cruise Set to Roar Again in Bellefonte
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It’s finally here. The first major Centre County festival since the pandemic shut everything down is happening, as the Historic Bellefonte Cruise roars back to life Friday and Saturday. To pull the event off, organizers have had to squeeze what typically is eight to nine months of planning into a two-month window because of the…
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State College Redevelopment Authority Surveying Businesses on Pandemic Recovery Needs
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A new survey will help the State College Redevelopment Authority’s efforts to assist borough businesses in recovering from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The survey will examine the overall state of the local business environment and identify the short- and long-term strategies that best meet the needs of local businesses,” according to a…
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Summer Program at The Rivet Aims to Help Launch Construction Careers
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The Rivet at Discovery Space, 1224 N. Atherton St., is offering a boot camp to help participants launch careers as construction professionals. Introduction to the Construction Industry Summer Boot Camp is a weeklong program for just beginning in the industry, preparing them to get started in a trade or land a construction job. It is…
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How Penn State and Its Number of Women’s Sports Athletes Add Up
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Next week will be the 49th anniversary of the passing Title IX, the federal statue that protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. The federal law was buttressed as recently as Wednesday, when the U.S. Department of Education said discrimination against transgender students — and…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey: Longtime Volunteer Assistant Heads to USHL
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Penn State men’s hockey will see a second staff change this offseason as volunteer assistant coach Andrew Magera is set become the Director of Scouting and an Assistant coach for the Fargo Force, a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League. Magera had spent the previous…
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State College Police Continuing to Investigate MLK Plaza Vandalism
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Two months after the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza on South Fraser Street was vandalized with the logo of a white supremacist group, State College police are continuing to look for the individuals who were responsible. On Wednesday, the department renewed its call for anyone with information about the vandalism to come forward. Police…
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Harris Township Supervisors Criticize Bank Closure
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People living in Boalsburg will no longer have a bank in town, as First National Bank is planning to close the branch. Located at 400 E. Boal Ave., the bank will consolidate with the Hills Plaza Office, 1811 South Atherton St., on Aug 27, according to Jennifer M. Reel, senior vice president and director of…