July 2023
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Schlow Library Hosting After-Hours Programs for Teens and Adults
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Schlow Centre Region Library is celebrating the end of this year’s Summer Reading programs for adults and teens with a pair of upcoming after-hours events. “Mystery in the Library,” a […]
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Great PA News Quiz: School Funding Appeal, Public Pensions and a Really Big Sandwich
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Test your knowledge of the week in news, from a landmark school funding lawsuit to the “world’s largest bologna sandwich.”
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Center for the Performing Arts Unveils 2023-24 Lineup
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The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State this week announced a full 2023-24 lineup that includes a wide variety of music, dance and theater. Productions range from “Bluey’s […]
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Takac, YMCA Partner for Back-to-School Donation Drive
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State Rep. Paul Takac, D-College Township, and the YMCA of Centre County are partnering for a donation drive to help local students. The Back-to-School Donation Drive began Friday and continues […]
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State Theatre to Host ‘Stand with Ukraine Through Film’ Project
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The State Theatre in State College will host the “Stand With Ukraine Through Film” project with a showing of “The Guide,” at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Ukrainian director Oles Sanin’s […]
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How Pa. Counties Spent the First-Ever Election Grants from the State
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Act 88 poured $45 million into shoring up counties’ election needs, with a few strings attached. Now some officials are designing their budgets based on another round.
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Six Big Ten Teams in the Expanded College Football Playoff? James Franklin Could be Right
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James Franklin says he believes that when the College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams in 2024, the Big Ten Conference could get as many as six teams […]
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Coroner’s Office Identifies State College Bicyclist Killed in South Atherton Street Crash
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The Centre County Coroner’s Office confirmed the identity of a 70-year-old State College bicyclist who died in a crash on Monday in College Township. Douglas Barch died from blunt force […]
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Construction to Get Underway for Ferguson Township Park Improvements
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Construction of long-planned improvements to a Ferguson Township park is expected to begin Monday, according to the township. Improvements at Suburban Park, 101 Suburban Avenue, will include a new pavilion […]
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Gangsters to Grandmothers: Prohibition in Central PA
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The ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1919 was the culmination of temperance movements across the United States. Prayers and protests made in front of saloons during […]