April 2022
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Barry Fenchak Seeks to Bring Different Approach to Penn State’s Board of Trustees
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This is part of a series profiling the candidates for alumni election to Penn State’s Board of Trustees. Barry Fenchak isn’t your typical Board of Trustees candidate. Sure, that expression is commonly thrown around when anyone runs for any kind of office. But for Fenchak, a longtime chemical engineer, investment adviser and adjunct instructor at…
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Mix of Duplexes and Apartments for ‘Diverse Community’ Proposed in College Township
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Two local residents are looking to construct a new housing development in College Township for a “diverse community” of families and individuals from a range of ages and economic statuses. Ethan Wendle and Daniel Haverkos, of Mosaic Community Development LLC, presented a sketch plan for the development to College Township Planning Commission on Tuesday night.…
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Penn State’s Creighton Edsell Stepping Away from Wrestling
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Penn State wrestling’s Creighton Edsell announced on Wednesday that he’s stepping away from the program due to a serious back injury. The redshirt junior is set to graduate this spring after competing at 165, 174, and 184 pounds for Penn State over the past few years. “With graduating this spring and having a pretty serious…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Has a Feel for What Quarterback Room Has, but It Still Sounds Like Clifford’s Job to Lose
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Penn State’s quarterback competition – and the curiosity if it even really exists in the first place – has been one of the major talking points of spring football and one of the main reasons fans are excited to get a glimpse of the future this weekend at the Blue White game. So just days…
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Centre County Adds 23 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 1,844 New Positives
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Centre County registered 23 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The new cases bring the county’s total to 35,435 (31,433 confirmed and 4,002 probable). Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 20, level with a week ago and up from 9.7 a month ago. Pennsylvania recorded 1,844…
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To Successfully Use Pennsylvania’s ‘Compassionate Release’ Law, He Had to Choose to Die
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A late-stage cancer diagnosis left Bradford Gamble with a difficult decision: Receive treatment in a Pennsylvania state prison or die on the outside.
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One Happy Accident: Jerry Valeri’s Radio Career Has Stood the Test of Time
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“We don’t make mistakes … we just have happy accidents.” – TV painter Bob Ross Jerry Valeri could be considered local broadcasting’s “happy accident.” As the 20-year radio veteran explains, he’s not supposed to be here. “I can condense my career to one word—accidental,” Valeri says with his signature laugh. “I feel that a lot…
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Penn State Football: Blue-White Set to Be More Practice Than Scrimmage
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Penn State will take part in its annual Blue-White game on Saturday afternoon but much like in recent years, the Nittany Lions won’t be scrimmaging as much as they’ll be practicing. “Some of the periods will be thud some of the periods will be live,” James Franklin said after practice on Wednesday evening. “So we…
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Three Centre County Transportation Alternatives Projects Receive More Than $2 Million in Funding
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Three projects to improve bicycle and pedestrian access and safety in Centre County will receive a combined $2.125 million in funding through the commonwealth, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office announced on Wednesday The projects in State College, Ferguson Township and Bellefonte were among 64 statewide to receive money from the state’s federally-funded Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside program.…
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‘Penn State Forward’ Board of Trustees Campaign Aims to Lend Voice to Younger Penn Staters
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This is the first in a series profiling the candidates for alumni election to Penn State’s Board of Trustees. Voting for alumni-elected trustees began on April 10 and continues until 9 a.m. EDT on May 5. Last summer, three young, progressive and determined Penn State alumni were hard at work. Running for Penn State’s Board…