February 2022
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Douglas Albert Gallery to Close Longtime Downtown State College Shop After Losing Lease
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After more than four decades in business, Douglas Albert Gallery will be closing its art shop in downtown State College this spring. Owner Douglas Albert said the building’s owners have declined to renew his lease and that, tentatively, he must be out of the location at 107 Pat Daugherty Walkway by April 30. “I knew…
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Kickoff Time Set for Penn State Football’s Blue-White Game
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Penn State football’s annual Blue-White Game is set for Saturday, April 23 and will kick off at 2 p.m. in Beaver Stadium. The date of the annual scrimmage was previously announced with the kick time released on Thursday. The game will air live on Big Ten Network. Admission is free for the Blue-White Game. Parking…
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Penn State Set to Buy University Club Property for $4 Million
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Update: The Penn State Board of Trustees approved the purchase during its meeting on Friday, Feb. 18. Between Porter Road to the east and North Atherton Street to the west, only one property on the north side of College Avenue through the heart of downtown State College is not owned by Penn State. That’s about…
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Celebrating 50 Years, THON Is a Shining Example of Selfless Leadership
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Penn State is a place where many great things happen, but nothing we do at Penn State outshines the 46-hour Dance Marathon (THON). Celebrating its 50th anniversary, this year’s THON will likely raise more than $10 million for the Four Diamonds Fund to battle pediatric cancer at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in Hershey and…
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Centrice Martin Appointed Interim Ferguson Township Manager
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Ferguson Township’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appointed Centrice Martin to serve as interim township manager beginning March 1. Martin, currently the assistant manager and a member of the township administration since 2018, will take on the top administrative post with the departure of manager David Pribulka. Pribulka tendered his resignation, effective Feb. 28, last…
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Centre County Adds 35 COVID-19 Cases; Hospitalizations Reach 5-Month Low
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Centre County recorded 35 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to increase its total to 34,337, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases, 30,538 are confirmed and 3,799 are probable. Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 48, down from 69 a week ago and 139 two weeks ago. Pennsylvania reported…
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Affordable Senior Housing Project Proposed in College Township
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A local developer is planning to build affordable housing apartments for senior citizens in College Township. Evergreen Heights is a proposed three-story, 40-unit apartment building for qualified individuals age 62 and older to be constructed on a parcel at the intersection of Trout Road and Pleasant Pointe Drive. Trout Road Partners II — a limited…
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Op-Ed: Mass Incarceration Is An Urgent Human Rights Crisis
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In February 1990, Nelson Mandela walked out of Robben Island prison after 27 long years of unfair imprisonment. The release of the world’s most famous prisoner added poignancy to Black History Month, and justice-loving people around the world rejoiced to know that an innocent man, incarcerated for his effort in dismantling the apartheid system, now…
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They’ve Been Going In and Out of Style, but They’re Guaranteed to Raise a Smile
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The giant heads of John, Paul, George and Ringo covered most of a wall of my sisters’ bedroom when we were kids. Paul sang “Meeee-shell, ma belle” endlessly from their portable record player. The Beatles were mostly Wendy’s thing, at first. Meryl was a little old. I was a little young. Once, for a block…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Harrar the Difference in 62-58 Comeback Victory over No. 19 Michigan State
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Theoretically you can play the fantasy horror video game Dark Souls an infinite number of times, each run the enemies are slightly more difficult to defeat, only matched by your character’s own progression of ever increasing strength and wit. But that first time through you are in over your head, it’s only until you gather…