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People’s Choice Festival Is Back Home in Boalsburg
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After years away from its historic home, the People’s Choice Festival is returning to Boalsburg this week, bringing with it the artists, food, music and family-friendly traditions that have made it a Centre County favorite for decades.
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What to Know About Parking and Transit During Arts Fest
in Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Community, Latest Penn State News, Local News, State College—
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts returns Wednesday, July 8, through Sunday, July 12, marking the busiest days of the summer in downtown State College and Penn State’s University Park campus. The 60th year of the festival kicked off with Children and Youth Day from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Festivities continue…
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Art in the Orchard Returns to Way Fruit Farm for Three-Day Festival
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While the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts fills downtown State College this week, Way Fruit Farm is once again offering its own countryside celebration with the return of Art in the Orchard. The sixth annual event will take place Thursday through Saturday, July 9-11, at the 150-year-old, family-owned farm located at 2355 Halfmoon Valley…
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Will It Rain During Arts Fest? Here’s the Forecast for Festival Week in Centre County
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Scattered showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast for part of festival week in Centre County before drier, cooler weather arrives for the one of the busiest weekends of the summer in downtown State College and the surrounding areas. AccuWeather senior meteorologist Isaac Longley said Thursday and Friday — when the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the…
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Employees Set to Strike
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Updated 7:11 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Mount Nittany Medical Center employees appear ready to strike for the fist time in more than 20 years after negotiations with management failed to produce a new contract. The hospital’s 950 workers represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania will vote Wednesday to decide the date and duration of a…
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Keeping the Magic Alive for 60 Years: The Enduring Appeal of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
in Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Community, Local News, State College, Town&Gown Magazine—
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No matter what challenges or evolution has come its way, though, The Arts Festival has always retained the magic that has defined it from the very first day in 1967.
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Hook: A Welcoming Education at Penn State’s Breazeale Nuclear Reactor
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When I arrived at Penn State in the fall of 1977 as a 17-year-old – what is now referred to as a “first-year student” – I moved into Beam Hall in the North Halls dorm area. North Halls was, and is, the smallest dorm area on campus, and at the time it was the primary…
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State College Borough Council Approves Ordinance Restricting Cooperation With ICE
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State College Borough Council on Monday approved an ordinance that formally prohibits municipal employees from participating in or providing borough resources for civil immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant. The 7-0 vote — which followed 90 minutes of discussion during most of which anti-ICE protesters could be heard chanting and yelling outside the municipal building…
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How Tick Activity Has Shifted in Pa. This Year, and What to Know About Infection Risks
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Early warmth that dented fruit crops and jolted backyard gardens could also influence regional tick activity into the autumn, a Pennsylvania tick researcher says. The disease-bearing parasites are most active in the commonwealth twice a year — from the spring into summer and again in the fall. But unseasonal heat in March and April saw…
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Philipsburg to Celebrate Its Past, America 250 at Heritage Days
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Philipsburg will be celebrating its history along with America 250 at the annual Heritage Days event this week.