Penns Valley
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Bellefonte Waterfront Project Awarded $600,000 in State Funding
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The long-anticipated Bellefonte Waterfront project will receive $600,000 in state grant money for the creation of a promenade and improvements to an adjacent road, state Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Bellefonte, said on Wednesday. The funding is among $890,570 awarded to three Centre County projects in Benninghoff’s 171st district from the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund…
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Centre County Man Reported Missing Located and Is Safe
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Updated 10:48 a.m. Jan. 12 A Centre County man who was reported missing on Sunday has been found and is safe, according to state police at Rockview. Robert Fohringer, 87, of Centre Hall, had been reported missing after he was last seen at about 11 a.m. Sunday in the area of Earlystown Road (Route 45)…
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Coroner: Hunter Found Dead After Search in Penns Valley Likely Died of Natural Causes
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A hunter who was found dead in Penns Valley after a search that spanned Friday night and Saturday morning appears to have died of natural causes, according to the Centre County Coroner’s Office. A neighboring land owner found the hunter at about 9:25 a.m. Saturday in a wooded area on private property in Gregg Township,…
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Missing Hunter Found Dead in Penns Valley
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A missing hunter was found dead on Saturday morning in Penns Valley after a search that began late Friday afternoon. Emergency response agencies were dispatched at about 4:30 p.m. Friday to the 400 block Green Grove Road in Gregg Township for a search detail. The Centre County coroner was called to the scene on Saturday…
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PVCA to Host Whiskey Presentation and Fundraiser with Author Lew Bryson
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The Penns Valley Conservation Association will hold a fundraising event featuring local author, whiskey writer and podcaster Lew Bryson from 2 p.m to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7 at the Brush Mountain Lodge in Spring MIlls. The event will include a presentation and book signing tied to Bryson’s new release, “American Whiskey Master Class:…
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Millheim Community Continues Effort to Save Clock Tower
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This story originally appeared in The Centre County Gazette. MILLHEIM — For the better part of 140 years, the Millheim town clock has kept more than time. It has been a landmark, a gathering point and a quiet reminder of how deeply this corner of Penns Valley values its history. But the clock tower that…
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Fundraiser Aims to Restore Historic Woodward Inn After Devastating Fire
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Community members are rallying to support efforts to restore a historic Penns Valley building that was devastated by a fire earlier this month. A GoFundMe campaign for the Woodward Inn has set a $125,000 goal to help with the rebuilding efforts of owners Melissa and Corby Stover. The fundraiser — which was established by Melissa…
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Gregg Township Receives $529K Insurance Payment for Former Secretary’s Theft
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Gregg Township on Wednesday received reimbursement for most of the more than $500,000 in losses it incurred as a result of a former employee’s years of theft of public money. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, which held the bond policy covering liability for former secretary Pamela Hackenburg, delivered an initial payment of $528,617.66 to the…
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Former Gregg Township Secretary Sentenced to State Prison for $532K Theft of Public Dollars
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Pamela Hackenburg was sentenced to two to four years in state prison and ordered to pay $615,580.78 in restitution to Gregg Township, Centre County.
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Another World Festival Brings Music and Community Back to Woodward Farm
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Another World Music Festival returns Sept. 12–14 with three days of music, camping and community on the rolling fields of a fifth-generation farm in Woodward.