February 2023
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Rowland Theatre Prepares for New Seats
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PHILIPSBURG — Anyone attending one of the first-run movies being shown at the venerable Rowland Theatre in Philipsburg will temporarily have to sit in the balcony. That’s because the 106-year-old venue cleared out most of its old theater seats and is waiting for delivery of more than 400 brand new ones and a new carpet…
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Happy Valley Adventure Bureau Accepting Applications for Tourism Grant Program
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The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau (HVAB), in conjunction with the Centre County Board of Commissioners, has begun accepting applications for the 2023-24 Tourism Grant program. The annual Tourism Grant program funds marketing, tourism development and, in some cases, facility improvement projects designed to generate visitation to Happy Valley – with a particular emphasis on overnight…
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State College Area Considering Addition of High School Girls Wrestling Team
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State College Area High School could have a girls wrestling team starting with the 2023-24 winter season. The school board will consider a funding request for the team in the 2023-24 budget. If approved, State College would become the the third Centre County school district with a high school girls wrestling program. Bald Eagle Area…
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Alum’s Gift to Fund New Memorial Field Scoreboard
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State College Area School District’s Memorial Field is getting a new scoreboard, mostly funded by a gift from a State High alumnus. The school board voted unanimously on Monday to accept the $125,000 donation from 1962 graduate Larry Beans and to approve the purchase and installation of the scoreboard. The gift, made through the SCASD…
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SCASD Hires Firm for Title IX Audit in Wake of Lawsuit
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State College Area School District has hired a Philadelphia-area law firm to conduct a Title IX audit of district athletics programs amidst a lawsuit over its handling of opportunities for girls to play on the middle school hockey club team. Parents of three students filed the lawsuit in August after no girls were selected to…
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Man Accused of Video Recording Penn State Student in HUB Bathroom
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Penn State police arrested a 52-year-old man who allegedly video recorded a male university student without his consent last week in a HUB-Robeson Center bathroom. Mark A. Williams is also accused of assaulting the student after being confronted about the incident. According to a criminal complaint, the student reported that at about 5 p.m. on…
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Penn State with Program Record in Sight Ahead of Big Four-Game Stretch
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While Penn State men’s basketball certainly has bigger fish to fry, the Nittany Lions are set to break a bit of program history – likely as soon as Thursday – en route to trying to chase down an NCAA Tournament bid in the final weeks of the season. The record in the question, the program’s…
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Unequal Election Policies Disenfranchised Pennsylvania Voters in 2022
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Pennsylvania counties make their own policies on drop boxes, fixing mail ballots and more, creating an uneven landscape that gives people additional voting options based on where they live.
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Opinion: Why Penn State Should Build a New Football Stadium
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Feb. 8, 2023 was a red-letter day for tens of thousands of Penn State football fans. That was the last day to renew your season tickets for the upcoming slate of home games in Beaver Stadium this fall – the marquee matchup of the season being on Nov. 11 against Michigan. And the season also…
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Rep. Glenn Thompson Named YMCA Congressional Champion
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The YMCA of the USA recently honored U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard Township, for his support of the Centre County chapter’s efforts to address food insecurity. Thompson was named a “YMCA Congressional Champion” on Feb. 15. “The Y is fortunate to have elected leaders such as Rep. Thompson,” Mel Curtis, director of the YMCA of Centre…