August 2023
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Penn State Football: Big Ten to Implement Game Day Availability Reports
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The Big Ten Conference announced on Friday evening that it will implement a student-athlete availability report for all football competition during the 2023 season. The league also announced a new partnership with U.S. Integrity (USI), a collaboration that will look to help prevent student-athletes, coaches, and staff from engaging in prohibited sports wagering. While not…
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From Concessions to ‘Happy Valley Alley,’ Here’s What’s New at Beaver Stadium This Fall
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Penn State football kicks off its 2023 season with a 7:30 p.m. matchup against West Virginia on Sept. 2, and fans will find plenty of additions to the game day experience this year. From a new family-friendly entrance to pregame festivities for kids and adults to a variety of new food vendors to the Legacy…
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After Years of Elite Kicking, Penn State Special Teams Quality TBD in 2023
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For all of the offensive and defensive talent Penn State has managed to amass over the past decade, it is perhaps no mistake that the Nittany Lions have found a great deal of success around the same time that the program had accumulated elite punting and kicking. Flipping the field may not win you a…
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Explore Centre County Through Centered Outdoors’ Guided Hikes
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Over the next four weeks, ClearWater Conservancy will wrap up its Centred Outdoors summer season, offering guided hikes at Poe Paddy Tunnel, Ray F. Decker Trail, Musser Gap and Indian Steps Loop. For all guided hikes, which are free and open to the public, Centred Outdoors recommends using a water bottle that can hold at…
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Luxury Short-Stay Condos Open in Downtown Bellefonte
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Downtown Bellefonte has a new lodging experience. Happy Valley Short Stay, two luxury loft condos in the century-old Keystone Building at 112 N. Allegheny St., recently opened for bookings. Building owner Barry Myers and interior designer Susan Brown spent the last year designing and renovating the two- and three-bedroom units in what had once been…
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Obstacles Abound as Pa. Plans for Surge of Federal Broadband Funding
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More than $1 billion in federal funds are coming to Pa. to expand rural broadband but hurdles remain.
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Sinkhole Repairs Continue in Sheriff’s Parking Lot
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BELLEFONTE — A sinkhole that opened up in the west parking lot of the Centre County Sheriff’s Department in Bellefonte is currently under repair. During the Aug. 22 Board of Commissioners meeting, county Administrator John Franek addressed the situation. “What we found upon opening up the hole was that it was site of the former…
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High School Football Season Kicks Off
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All five Centre County high school football season kick off the 2023 season on Friday night.
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Letters: Urge Thompson to Support End of Greyhound Racing; CATA Funding Column Missed the Mark; Inflation Reduction Act Benefits
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This September, the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture will vote on an amendment to outlaw all gambling on greyhound racing nationwide. Even though greyhound racing is a dying industry, more than $400 million is still bet on dog races each year in our country. Further, as dog racing slowly dies in the United States, foreign dog…
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Penn State Football: Nick Singleton Featured in Beats Headphone Commercial
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Penn State running back Nick Singleton is one of a handful of college football players to be featured in a newly released by Beats by Dre commercial highlighting a some of the game’s biggest up and coming stars. Singleton joined Michigan quarterback JJ McCarthy as the current Big Ten’s representatives in the commercial. Singleton’s appearance…