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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.

Henry W. Shoemaker is the man behind the legend of Nita-nee — the story of a white trader who died in Penn's Cave, calling out the name of an Indian princes.

Stop me if you've memorized the lyrics to "Moonshiner's Dance Part One," "The Spanish Merchant's Daughter" and "Mississippi Boweavil Blues."

SPRING MILLS — All but two summers of her life, artist Stacy Levy has watched raindrops form glassy squares on her grandmother’s porch screen in Maine.

Centre Hall, Gregg Township and Potter Township are seeking feedback on how to develop 165 acres into a park.

Both Penns Valley Area High School and Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School held their homecoming parades on Wednesday.

Barring another record-setting snowfall, the Penns Valley Area School District's homecoming parade will take place at 6:30 p.m. today at the Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall. The event, scheduled for last Thursday, was rescheduled because of the weather.

Both Bellefonte Area High School and Penns Valley Area High School celebrated homecoming on Monday night, after the festivities had been postponed due to snow.

Jesse M. Darlington grew up on a Delaware County dairy farm that was land granted to his family in 1683 by William Penn.

This letter was published Friday in the CDT:

Here’s what keeps Shelly Weaver up at night: Will vendors bring too much food? Or too little food?

Aaronsburg held its annual Dutch Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday.