July 2022
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Op-Ed: Smart Growth, Bold Leadership Key to Centre County’s Future
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The push is underway for “robust, resilient and thoughtful” economic-investment strategies.
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Charting the Course of Sean Clifford’s Roller-Coaster Penn State Career
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Sean Clifford is a sports agency head, a labor organizer, a team leader and co-captain – likely for his record fourth season — and a college student, with two degrees…and counting. He’s also a very veteran starting quarterback (he turned 24 on July 14) heading into his fourth season as Penn State’s starting QB. It’s…
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Wolf Quietly Steers $40 Million to Pa.’s State-Related Universities
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The move follows opponents of abortion access in the state House unsuccessfully attempting to block funding for the schools over Pitt’s research using fetal tissue.
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‘Ethically Handmade:’ A Talent for Sewing and Disdain for ‘Fast Fashion’ Lead to Teen’s Small Business
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Page Powell was in third grade when her grandmother gave her a great gift—teaching her how to sew. Sewing became Powell’s passion, and she has spent the past eight years honing her skills. Now 16, she has turned that passion into a small business, Lazanya Sunwear, whose name in part pays homage to her late…
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Twists, Turns and Taxes
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Discerning investors know that volatility comes with the territory. As we all feel right now, U.S. stock indices can experience wide-ranging swings. While not exactly comforting in your retirement years, those who recognize that the zigs and zags for a specified portion of your overall portfolio are par for the course, can harness that momentum…
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Penn State QB Sean Clifford Leading Group Discussing Player Benefits with Big Ten Officials
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Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford was among a handful of Big Ten football players to speak with league commissioner Kevin Warren this week about giving players a seat in at the table in addressing a variety issues and concerns in “the changing landscape of college sports.” The meeting was reported by ESPN’s Dan Murphy and…
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Scouts Collecting a Mile of Pennies to Benefit CVIM
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BOALSBURG — Cub Scout Pack 380 in Boalsburg is collecting a mile of pennies to raise funds for Centre Volunteers in Medicine. How many pennies are in a mile? Assistant cubmaster Kevin Bender did the math to find out. “If you lay pennies out right next to each other, it takes 16 pennies to make…
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Centre County Remains at Low COVID-19 Community Level
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Centre County remains at the low community level for COVID-19 for the seventh consecutive week, according the weekly Centers for Disease Control update on Thursday night. At the low level, the CDC recommends wearing a mask if symptomatic, if an individual has tested positive for COVID-19 or has been exposed to someone who has, and…
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Pa.’s Unemployment Trust Fund Is Broke. The Wolf Admin Says a Long-Term Fix Will Save Taxpayers Millions
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The state’s new budget pays off $42 million in debt, but backers say a bigger policy change is needed to prepare the system for future downturns.
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Centred Outdoors: Flutter Over to This Local Park for a Tour of the Snetsinger Butterfly Garden
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Join Centred Outdoors on July 24, 27 and 28 to tour the Snetsinger Butterfly Garden at Tom Tudek Memorial Park, the most frequently visited park in the Centre Region. The land where the park is today at 400 Herman Drive was a proposed site for a shopping mall in the 1970s. A group of community…