David Pencek
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3 candidates for State College mayor discuss key issues facing borough
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STATE COLLEGE — State College will see a new mayor take office in January, and three candidates are hoping to win the position as head of the home-rule charter government. Democratic candidate Donald Hahn won the primary election and appears on the ballot with Republican candidate Michael Black, who secured the ballot position after…
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Schlow Library Children’s Department Leaders Plan to Build on Strengths
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For nearly a decade, Paula Bannon has worked in public libraries. The last four years she has been the children’s librarian at Schlow Centre Region Library, and in September, she became head of children’s services at Schlow, replacing Anita Ditz, who retired after 34 years at the library.
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On Tap: State College Brew Expo 2017
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The State College Brew Expo, now in its 19th year, continues to be one of the more popular summer events in Happy Valley and offers one of the best settings for a beer festival. It also helps a great cause, raising money for Coaches vs. Cancer of Penn State — hence the slogan, “Good Beer,…
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On Tap: State College Brew Expo 2017
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Visit your local beer distributor — or, these days, any grocery store or convenience store that sells beer — and the shelves are stocked with more different beers from more different breweries than one could ever have imagined. The craft-beer industry continues to grow, which has surprised Michael Martin. “I’ve been saying this…
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Fresh Air Fund Host Families in Centre County Help Change Children’s Lives
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Sitting around a campfire and roasting marshmallows isn’t a popular summer tradition in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, where Crissy, now 9, lives. Neither are catching fireflies and walking in grass in bare feet, both of which Crissy experienced for the first time when she stayed
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5 Questions with Dave Saxe, Producing and Artistic Director of Nittany Theatre at the Barn
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While the Boal Barn Playhouse is one of the oldest arena barn theaters in the country, it’s been just three years since Dave Saxe took over as producing and artistic director of Nittany Theatre at the Barn. The third season began in late April with the first production of the 2017 season, Church B
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5 Questions with Dave Saxe, producing and artistic director of Nittany Theatre at the Barn
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While the Boal Barn Playhouse is one of the oldest arena barn theaters in the country, it’s been just three years since Dave Saxe took over as producing and artistic director of Nittany Theatre at the Barn. The third season began in late April with the first production of the 2017 season, Church Basement Ladies.…
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Letter from the Editor
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Back when I was a Penn State student (and the one year I was a freelance writer based in State College), this area was a place I lived, but I never really considered it my home. For the past nearly 12 years, however, this has been a place I can proudly…
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5 Questions with Sarah Jarosz
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Maybe it’s fitting that Undercurrent, the fourth album from singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz, represents sort of a graduation for her into stardom. Jarosz wrote many of the songs for the album as she was transitioning from graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music to moving to New York City. Two months ago, Jarosz took home…