July 2025
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After Years of Secrecy, Penn State Board Discloses Details of Closed-Door Meetings
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A recent legal settlement with Spotlight PA mandates that the university disclose what trustees are doing during their private conference sessions.
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Face It, Campers, Outhouses Are the Pits
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Another thing I’m aging out of: camping. My parents were not outdoorsy. My first intensive nature experience wasn’t with them but with my grammar school gym teacher. Every summer, Anthony […]
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Big Ten’s Petitti: No Support for SEC’s At-Large Bid Preference for College Football Playoff
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Big Ten commissioner doubled down on the league’s preference for multiple automatic qualifiers in the next version of the College Football Playoff on Tuesday, increasing […]
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State College Borough Council to Consider Temporarily Suspending Responsible Contractor Ordinance
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State College officials will consider temporarily suspending the borough’s Responsible Contractor Ordinance after multiple projects failed to get bidders who met its conditions since it went into effect in March. […]
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CBICC Joins National Coalition Advocating for Federal Research Funding
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The Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County has joined a growing nonpartisan alliance of business organizations to advocate for protecting and increasing scientific research funding in the next […]
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State College Making Changes to Downtown Parking Meter Limits. Here’s What to Know
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State College is trying changes to downtown street meter time limits and enforcement to address what borough officials say is a growing issue of meter feeding in violation of the […]
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Happy Valley Adventure Bureau Board Names New Chair, Members
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The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau Board of Directors recently elected Bellefonte-area business owner and Spring Township supervisor David Capperella as chair of the board for Centre County’s tourism promotion agency, […]
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10 Retired CATA Buses Bound for 2028 LA Olympic and Paralympic Games
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The Centre Area Transportation Authority is contributing to the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games by donating 10 of its retired buses to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The […]
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Blue Brick Theatre to Host Second Round of ‘Improv Inferno’
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Happy Valley Improv is bringing back its spiciest event for a second round. Six members of the longform improv company will bring the laughter while consuming spicy foods during “Improv […]
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Fun and Family: How Some Sports Figures Have Illuminated What’s Really Important
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It’s the dog days of the summer. Accordingly it was a slow sports week last week. The NFL, NBA, NHL and college football are all in their offseason and had […]