July 2023
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Deed Transfers
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The following property transactions were compiled from information provided by the Centre County recorder of deeds, Joseph Davidson. The Gazette is not responsible for typographical errors. The published information is believed to be accurate; however, the Gazette neither warrants nor accepts any liability or responsibility for inaccurate information. RECORDED JUNE 20 – JUNE 23, 2023…
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How Local Government Works: How Does Municipal Planning Work in Your Community?
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The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code lays out how land use decisions in local governments are made.
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Statewide Air Quality Alert Issued for Pennsylvania on Monday
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Pennsylvania will once again be under an air quality alert because of smoke from Canadian wildfires. The state Department of Environmental Protection issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Monday. At the code orange level young children, the elderly and those with respiratory problems, such as asthma, emphysema and bronchitis, are especially vulnerable…
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State College Police Looking for Owner of Dog That Bit Child at Arts Festival
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State College police are asking for the public’s help contacting the owner of a dog that bit a child at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. An 11-year-old girl was “accidentally bitten” by the dog sometime between 3 and 4 p.m. on Thursday while playing under the water buckets on the 100 block of…
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Don’t Call It a Comeback: Vinyl Sales on the Rise in County
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BELLEFONTE — If you have an old box of records just sitting in the garage, it might be time to dust them off and get out the old record player. You see, vinyl is back. Records have returned and their popularity is on the rise. Used records, new records, it really doesn’t matter. Buyers are…
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Nature’s Ways: The Great Blue Heron — a Super Angler
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Humans aren’t the only anglers to wade area trout streams hoping to land a trophy catch. One of the most efficient anglers in the state wears feathers instead of hip boots and never worries about what size of tippet to use. This two-legged fisherman is the great blue heron (Ardea herodias). Herons are equipped with…
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Great PA News Quiz: University Funding Blocked and a Historic Pa. Market Burns
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Test your knowledge of the week in news, from the consequences of the ongoing budget impasse to public support for legal cannabis.
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Arts Festival Sidewalk Sale Closes Friday Evening After Strong Thunderstorm Causes Damage
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts closed its Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition at 5 p.m. on Friday after a strong thunderstorm in State Colelge caused damage to artist booths and festival operations. Scheduled entertainment for the evening continued as planned on Friday and the Sidewalk Sale was set to resume at 10 a.m. on…
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Free Guided Hikes to Explore Little Juniata Natural Area
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Centre County locals can explore one of six natural areas in Rothrock State Forest — Little Juniata Natural Area — this coming week through ClearWater Conservancy’s Centred Outdoors program. Found in Huntingdon County, Little Juniata has “unique geology,” according to the program website. The Little Juniata River, which is also known as “Little J,” flows through…
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Bellefonte Man Charged with Attempted Murder After Spring Township Fire
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Police arrested a Bellefonte man on attempted murder and arson charges after a fire that destroyed a vehicle and damaged a home on Thursday night in Spring Township. Emergency responders were dispatched to the 200 block of Vanessa Drive at 8:23 p.m. for a vehicle fire and were notified a minute later that the blaze…