The State College Area School District has placed a greater focus this year on making reading a lifelong habit. And a fundraiser next week will help the district keep library shelves stocked with students’ favorite books, and replace worn classics.
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CDT/Nabil K. MarkBELLEFONTE — Like an ancient god, Joe DeHaas flung thunderbolts across the landscape.
- SCHOOL TESTING
More than 50 Penns Valley Area High School seniors recently took, for the second time, one or more of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment reading, writing and math exams.
ONGOING COVERAGE
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The 2010 IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon held a “silent rave” Wednesday on Old Main lawn to mark 100 days until Thon. Students brought headphones and music players and danced to their own playlists during the event. The 2010 IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon is scheduled for Feb. 19-21.
PENN STATE
Matt Poth enlisted in the U.S. Marines right out of high school. In 2005, when he was 19, he went to Iraq as a machine gunner for the first time.
• Penn State students hold anti-coal rally
• 6 PSU faculty receive Fulbright grants• Bow stolen from Snow Shoe homeOn Centre: Around Philipsburg
Philipsburg has finally been able to put one major project in the “done” column.
MARCELLUS SHALE
Stations to assess
impact of gas drilling
BY THE NUMBERS
Dead fish float in a once-pristine stream. Algae thrives. Lovers of the outdoors are heartsick, and everyone wants to know what happened.
Q:I see there are senior community centers in Centre County. Can you tell me why I should attend?
NEW YORK — That travel team back in Virginia a decade ago must have played great defense on the left side of the infield.
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BELLEFONTE — Like an ancient god, Joe DeHaas flung thunderbolts across the landscape.
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Perryman, boyfriend had dinner plans at time of fatal shot
PHILIPSBURG — Racheal Perryman and her boyfriend were supposed to be eating dinner with his parents around 8:20 p.m. Oct. 24, according to newly released court papers.
News of Centre Hall slaying has spread across the nation
BELLEFONTE — Media coverage of the case against a Centre Hall woman accused of planning her husband's murder has literally spanned the country, Mirinda Boob's attorney said Tuesday.
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Vietnam veteran puts his life in danger to save three others
Coveted Cross awarded for heroics
Seven bullets dropped the medic, and Spc. Bob Catherman had to choose.
When 70 veterans from the Mountaintop area gathered Sunday to be honored by American Legion Cartwright-Martin Post 813, the Centre Daily Times asked them to talk about their military service.
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FIRST OF A THREE-PART SERIES
EDUCATION: Harrisburg spending plans leave schools with more questions than answers
The State College Area school board isn't alone in struggling to cut expenses just weeks before it must pass a final budget.
Part 2: Schools' technology grant money in jeopardyPart 3: Pension contributions to stress budgetsBy the numbers: How districts would farePreliminary: 2009-10 proposed budgets
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