October 2021
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THON 2022 to Be Held in Person
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Penn State’s THON will hold its 2022 dance marathon in person at the Bryce Jordan Center, the organization announced on Thursday afternoon. Scheduled for Feb. 18-20, THON Weekend 2022 will combine a “robust and engaging livestream” with in-person festivities, including 46 hours of dancing. THON said it’s prepared to revert to an all-online weekend akin to…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Future a Complex Gamble
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For better or worse, Penn State football has always been unique, long headlined by one man who became the connective tissue between generations of fans and players. Nothing about that is wrong, but nothing about it is normal. For comparison, Ohio State has had more head coaches since 2010 than Penn State has had since…
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Election 2021: State College Area School Board
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Six candidates are vying for seats on the State College Area Board of School Directors in the Nov. 2 general election. Four positions, each with a four-year term, are up for election this year. The board will have at least three new members, with just one incumbent, David Hutchinson, on the ballot. StateCollege.com editor Geoff…
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Winter Jam Returning to Bryce Jordan Center
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Winter Jam will return to Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center on March 4, 2022, for a night of contemporary Christian music. The 2022 tour lineup includes Skillet, Tauren Wells, KB, Colton Dixon, I Am They, Newsong, Shane Pruitt, Abby Robertson and Bayside Worship. Tickets are not required and the requested donation of $10 for general admission seating…
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Election 2021: State College Borough Council and Mayor
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State College will have three new faces on its seven-member council and a new mayor come January. Four candidates are vying for council seats this year, while the mayoral election is unopposed. Democrats Gopal Balachandran, B. Divine Lipscomb and Richard Biever and Republican Jacob R. Werner are all running for council for the first time.…
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Centre County Adds 46 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 4,312 New Positives
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Centre County reported 46 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday to bring its total to 20,567, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 18,609 are confirmed and 1,958 are probable. Pennsylvania added 4,312 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,552,953. The county also had 150 new negative test results for a total of…
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Ivan Maisel’s New Memoir Is a Gift and a Lesson for All
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The respected and talented college football writer Ivan Maisel this week released a book that is a gift and a lesson for all of us. “I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye: A Memoir of Loss, Grief and Love” recounts the loss of Ivan’s son Max to suicide in February of 2015 and the path…
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Local Nonprofit to Host Costume 5K Fundraiser on Halloween in State College
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Local autism nonprofit The ACRES Project will host its inaugural Halloween Hustle 5K fundraiser on Sunday, with participants of all ages welcome to run, jog or walk at their own pace and encouraged to dress up in their Halloween costumes. “We wanted to do something fun and silly for a fundraiser and the idea of…
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College Township, State College Seeking State Funds for New Shared-Use Paths
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Two municipalities are looking to secure state funding for separate projects that would expand the Centre Region’s bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. College Township is hoping to construct a shared-use path connecting Puddintown Road to Hastings Road on the Penn State campus. At its meeting last Thursday, council authorized applying for a PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Fund…
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Coroner Identifies Man Killed in Spring Township Construction Accident
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A 27-year-old Clearfield County man died by high voltage electrocution in an accident on Monday afternoon at a construction site in Spring Township, Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers reported on Wednesday. Anthony Laterzo, of Hawk Run, was in a ditch installing a new sewer line at the Logan Greene development on Rolling Ridge Drive when…