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Fundraiser Established to Help Penn State Fraternity Members Relocate After Fire Damaged House
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A Penn State fraternity chapter has launched an online fundraiser to help its members relocate after a fire on July 9 caused extensive damage to their house. The GoFundMe campaign was established after the Alpha Zeta house at 360 N. Burrowes Rd. sustained major fire damage to the third floor and attic, along with smoke…
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Penn State Gets First State Education Funding Increase in 7 Years With New Performance-Based Allocation in Pa. Budget
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Penn State will see its first increase in state education support in seven years thanks to new performance-based funding included in Pennsylvania’s $50.8 billion 2026-27 budget passed on Sunday. While the university’s base general appropriation will remain flat at $242.1 million, Penn State is expected to receive more than $4 million from a $10 million…
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Lane Closures Planned as Roadwork Begins on I-80 in Centre County
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Motorists will encounter lane closures as work gets underway this week for a road preservation project on Interstate 80 in parts of Centre and Clinton counties, according to PennDOT. The project is scheduled to get underway Tuesday, July 14, between mile marker 164 in Marion Township, Centre County and mile marker 171 in Porter Township,…
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A Promise Kept: The Hope Fund Celebrates 5th Annual ‘A Toast to T.J.’ Event
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What began as a community rallying around a young husband and father battling a rare form of cancer has grown into The Hope Fund, a volunteer nonprofit that has quietly helped more than 300 Penns Valley families facing medical emergencies and personal crises.
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‘A Labor of Love.’ Arts Fest Celebrates 60 Years of Creativity and Community
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts celebrated its 60th anniversary with new attractions, returning traditions and hundreds of artists filling downtown State College and Penn State’s campus, continuing a summer tradition that has become one of the region’s signature events. Held July 8-12, this year’s festival featured more than 300 juried artists from across…
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‘Glad We’re Back.’ Vendors, Organizers Welcome Return of People’s Choice to Boalsburg
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After seven years away, the People’s Choice Festival of Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts has returned to the place where it began. The four-day festival was once again being held on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg Thursday through Sunday after spending four years at the Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall and missing…
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Arts Festival Announces Awards for ‘Images 2026’ Fine Art Exhibition
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts announced the recipients of $1,800 in awards for its annual juried exhibition of fine art, “Images 2026.” Award winners were selected by this year’s juror, Amanda H. Hellman, director of the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State. Hellman also curated the exhibition, selecting 46 works from 361…
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St. Joseph’s Student Shines in National FBLA Competition
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Public speaking began early for Connor Miller. And practice makes perfect, as he discovered last week at the National Future Business Leaders of America Conference in San Antonio.
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Estate of Man Who Died From Electrocution in Centre County Sues Power Company
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The girlfriend and the estate of a man who died after coming into contact with a downed power line last year in Centre County filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing a power company of negligence. The lawsuit alleges that West Penn Power and its parent company FirstEnergy “negligently installed and/or maintained utility poles, power lines,…
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Pilot Program to Make 3 Downtown State College Streets One-Way
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Three State College streets will be converted to one-way under a pilot program aimed at increasing on-street parking spaces and loading zones on the eastern side of downtown. Borough Council on Monday approved a plan that will make the 100 blocks of Hiester Street, Sowers Street and Hetzel Street one-way during the sixth-month pilot beginning…