Adam Smeltz
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State High Class of 2000 Creates Memorial Fund to Support Mental Health Programs
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For alumni who attended State College Area High School through the late 1990s, it’s easy to look back through rose-colored glasses. Relative peace and prosperity enveloped our youth. Seismic upheavals — the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic — were years away. Plus, cell phones had yet to…
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Benner Township Water Authority Looks to Private-Sector Buyer as ‘Last Resort’
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Facing an uncertain future, the Benner Township Water Authority board is asking Pennsylvania American Water Co. to consider buying the nearly 300-customer municipal water system, StateCollege.com has learned. But any bid from the private-sector company would face an uphill battle with the three-member township Board of Supervisors, which would vote on any sale. Two supervisors…
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Arts Review: Acting Excellence, Plot Shortfalls Mark ‘Evan Hansen’ at Penn State
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Updated 5:19 p.m. March 28. Evan Hansen lies. The high school senior lies to his classmates, his friends, his mother, even dream girl Zoe Murphy. Before long, his lies rocket across the internet, propelled by social media and internalized by peers forever tapping their screens. But for as much as “Dear Evan Hansen” is said…
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Residents Near State College Airport Say Penn State, DEP Proposal for Water Contamination Cleanup Isn’t Enough
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Blasting Penn State and the state government, Benner Township property owners are demanding broader protections under a draft agreement to address “forever chemicals” found at State College Regional Airport and in their private water wells. A remediation proposal negotiated by the university and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection wouldn’t cover consequences like medical monitoring…
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Penn State in Talks to Help Bring Public Water to Homes With Contaminated Wells Near State College Airport
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Penn State is ready to help bring public water to dozens of Benner Township homeowners facing chemical contamination in their private wells, the university told StateCollege.com this week. When and how the nearly 40 affected households might connect to a municipal water system remain uncertain. But the university has begun talking with the Benner Township…
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Penn State Enters Agreement for Water Contamination Cleanup Around State College Regional Airport After 5-Year DEP Investigation
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After a five-year investigation into groundwater contamination around State College Regional Airport, Penn State is about to take responsibility for an overall clean-up plan and ensuring nearly 40 homes with contaminated wells have drinkable water. The university also would pay about $565,000 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under a proposed consent order and…
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After More Than Two Decades of Pushing the Envelope, Rick Bryant Ready to Retire from Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
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By the late 1990s, Rick Bryant had been selling insurance on South Allen Street for nearly half his life. Then it hit him: “I hated selling insurance.” He had followed his larger-than-life father into the field after finishing a bachelor’s in architectural history at the University of Virginia. Joining the family business felt worth a…