January 2023
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Millinder Running for Reelection as Centre County Register of Wills
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Millinder was first elected to the position running as a Republican in 2015 and launched a successful reelection bid in 2019 for a second straight term
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Aaron Miller Launches Run for State College Area School Board
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Aaron Miller, an instructor of human development and family studies at Penn State, will seek a nomination for the State College Area School Board in May’s primary election, he announced this week. Miller is a parent of two elementary-age district students and said his 10-year-old daughter strongly encouraged him to run. “My primary reason for…
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Words, Deeds and Patriotism
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Each year on Martin Luther King Day, people take to social media and post quotes from Dr. King. Mostly they cherry-pick something that represents their stand on something political. But the actions of what some politicians have done and will continue to do run counter to the ideals espoused by Dr. King. Many of these…
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Ferguson Township Supervisors OK Butz Street Parking Restrictions in Response to Concerns over New Apartment Building
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Ferguson Township’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved additional parking restrictions on Butz Street in response to neighborhood resident concerns stemming from a new student apartment complex slated to open nearby this year. The extended no parking areas resulted from a parking study authorized by the board a year ago after North Butz Street residents…
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DEP Investigating Heating Oil Spill in Ferguson Township
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Heating oil delivered to the wrong home was accidentally pumped into a western Ferguson Township stream, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. DEP was contacted on Saturday for remedial response and investigation after a report of a sheen on the surface of a small, unnamed tributary to Beaver Branch and pools of red-dyed…
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Penn State Football: Jaden Dottin Enters Transfer Portal
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Penn State’s extremely busy week in the receiver room continued on Wednesday afternoon as redshirt junior Jaden Dottin announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal. “Thank you Penn State and everyone involved with me for everything!” Dottin wrote on Twitter. “I am forever grateful. I am now officially in the transfer portal with three…
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Sampsel to Seek 3rd Term as Centre County Sheriff
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Bryan Sampsel is running for a third term as Centre County sheriff in this year’s election, he said in a statement on Wednesday. A Bellefonte resident, Sampsel will again seek the Republican nomination for the county’s top law enforcement officer in the May primary. Sampsel began his career with the sheriff’s office in 2003, working…
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Submits Sketch Plan for Upcoming Expansion
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The presentation of sketch plans, intended to garner feedback before the submission of a final land development plan, shed new light on key details for the proposed expansion.
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Who Has Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro Nominated for His Cabinet?
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The proposed cabinet would assemble people from across the ideological spectrum who already have experience at top levels of government and public service.
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Former Florida State Receiver Malik McClain Transfers to Penn State Football
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Wide receiver Malik McClain on Wednesday afternoon announced his decision to transfer from Florida State to Penn State. McClain, who made the announcement on his Instagram account, will have two seasons of eligibility remaining with James Franklin’s program. After entering the transfer portal on Jan. 11, the former four-star prospect visited South Carolina and Penn…