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Detailed PennDOT maps show impact of Route 322 connector options on properties
Centre County residents got to see detailed maps of the State College Area Connector Project alternatives during an open house Thursday, one step in the process for PennDOT to narrow down the options for overhauling U.S. Route 322 in Potter and Harris townships. Karen Schuckman and her husband live in...
Tunes and Traditions at the Grange Fair
This story originally appeared in The Centre County Gazette. CENTRE HALL — Musical performances are a staple of the Centre County Grange Fair. To celebrate 150 years of tunes and traditions, this year’s fair has a lineup of impressive performers. Eight concerts, starting at 8 p.m. each night, will take place during the fair. All performances are free for fairgoers. “This year the Centre County Grange Fair will celebrate its 150th anniversary. It’s always exciting to see families and friends reuniting at the fair,” Kris McKloskey, head of entertainment for the Grange Fair, said. “Sometimes this is the only time throughout the year that...
Passing the Crown: Teaghan Bair Reflects on Her Year as Centre County Grange Fair Queen
CENTRE HALL — As the Centre County Grange Fair celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, Teaghan Bair, the 2023 fair queen, reflected on her Grange Fair journey before passing off the crown and setting the stage for another year of tradition and community spirit. Bair, a Centre Hall native, has been attending the fair her entire life with her family. Her older sister participated in the Grange Fair Queen Program, which Bair noted was an inspiration in her run for fair queen. “The fair has always been a special place to me, but my interest in the Fair Queen Program came through...
Residents in 5 Centre County Townships Can Select Cart Size for New Trash Hauler
Residents with curbside trash collection in five Centre County townships can now select what size refuse cart they want for when a new hauling contract goes into effect next year. Beginning April 1, 2025 Altoona-based Burgmeier's Hauling will replace Waste Management as the hauler for approximately 16,200 properties in Benner, College, Ferguson, Harris and Patton townships. Under the new five-year contract approved by the Centre Region Council of Governments in March, automated collection using hauler-owned carts will replace bag limits for customers, with three cart sizes available: 35-gallon, 65-gallon and 95-gallon. Residents will receive a postcard in the mail this month with information...
PennDOT to narrow down plans for State College Connector Project by early next year
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — For the first time in about two years, PennDOT officials are out in public with plans for the State College Area Connector Project. The controversial highway project looks to connect Potters Mills to Boalsburg, which is about 8 miles away. The current route between...
State College Area Connector Project Update
For first time in about two years — PennDOT officials were out in public Thursday with plans for the State College Area Connector Project. The controversial highway project looks to connect Potters Mills to Boalsburg about 8 miles away. The current route between the two is 322, which sees a lot of traffic.
4-H: Skills to Lead for a Lifetime
This story originally appeared in the August 2024 edition of Town&Gown magazine. During her nine years in 4-H, 17-year-old Jillian Anderson has raised pigs, lambs, dairy cows and heifers. She has baked and sewed and created tie-dye t-shirts to show at the Centre County Grange Fair and Encampment. She’s president of the Centre County 4-H Teen Council and has traveled to Texas and Minnesota on group exchange programs. The most meaningful part of 4-H for the Centre Hall teen, though, isn’t the actual activities. “It’s the people I have met throughout the years,” she says. “It’s making connections, it’s networking, not just...
Did Pa. township missing $532K in taxpayer dollars have financial safeguards? Officials won’t say.
STATE COLLEGE — When residents learned that a Centre County township is investigating the potential misuse of more than $532,000 by a suspended employee, many asked: How could such a large sum of public money disappear without scrutiny?. Officials in Gregg Township have provided few details but did say...
Grange Fair Queen crowned at 150th anniversary event
To much fanfare, the Grange Fair crowned this year’s queen, Kryslynn Ronk, 20, of Spring Mills, kicking off the fair’s 150th anniversary on Wednesday. The Penns Valley Area High School graduate was crowned the 2024 Centre County Grange Fair Queen by last year’s winner, Teaghan Bair, during a ceremony that celebrates agriculture and community tradition.
Pennsylvania officials hear farmers’ concerns at Ag Progress Days
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Penn State’s Ag Progress Days attract hundreds of people each year and while they may not be farmers they do have a particular interest in agriculture. Some pretty big faces, like Congressman Glenn Thompson, Secretary of the PA Department of Agriculture Russell Redding, US Senator Bob Casey, US Senate Candidate […]
Grange Fair: Centre County’s Family Reunion
This story originally appeared in the August 2024 edition of Town&Gown Magazine. Centre Hall Mayor LeDon Young sometimes thinks about what Leonard Rhone would say about the fair he founded if he could see it today. The farmer, legislator and visionary from Potter Township organized the first iteration of the Grange Fair back in 1874—a one-day “pic-nik” bringing 3,000 farmers together in Linden Hall to share information and socialize. The tradition continued at various Centre County locations until 1890, when Rhone directed local Granges to purchase 25 acres of land as a permanent site for the annual agricultural gathering. Grange Park has since...
2024 Grange Fair: Concerts, camping and tractor pulls
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The 2024 Grange Fair is almost here and there are hundreds of things for people to see and enjoy, including performances by Aaron Tippin and Jo Dee Messina. The Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair will take place from Friday, Aug. 16 to Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Grange Park […]
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