Ferguson Township

Candidates for State College Borough Council, Gopal Balachandran, Divine Lipscomb and Rich Biever posed for a photo next to a large sign with their names and faces on

A Central Pa. Group Works To Elect Progressive Candidates, From Presidential To Hyper-Local

Min Xian

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Tierra Williams and Rich Biever co-hosted a “politics and poetry” event at the Tudek Park in State College. “The purpose of…

Township manager Adam Pribulka standing in the road in front of a house pointing to snow melting into a drain pipe.

Politics and Government

Increasing Rain, Aging Infrastructure Lead Growing Number Of Municipalities To Adopt Stormwater Fees

Anne Danahy

David Pribulka, manager of Ferguson Township in Centre County, stood on a suburban street in late February, as snow melted and ran down a drain. The…

In this file photo from July 2018, Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna spoke at a town hall in Philipsburg on opioids.

Crime and Law Enforcement

District Attorney, Police Departments Release Statements On Racial Inequities

Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna, the Centre County sheriff, and police chiefs from State College and Bellefonte, Spring, Patton, and…

Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors is hashing out details on a ordinance that would ban single-use plastic bags.

Agriculture and Environment

Ferguson Township Considering Plastic Bag Fee

Ferguson Township could become one of the first municipalities in Centre County to follow a national trend of imposing a fee on single use plastic bags.…

Agriculture and Environment

Penn State Looking At Conserving Musser Gap Property

Anne Danahy

Penn State has announced that it is “investigating ways to conserve” a 365-acre property between Rothrock State Park and the future Whitehall Road…

Site Work Slated To Begin On Toll Brothers Housing Development

Anne Danahy

Drivers on Whitehall Road in the State College area may encounter lane closures once work begins on the Toll Brothers project. The company is slated to…

Supersized Playground, Fields, Walking Trail: Whitehall Park Plans Coming Together

Anne Danahy

“This is the master site plan that was updated in 2014,” explained Pam Salokangas, director of Centre Region Parks and Recreation.She was looking at a…

Two central PA municipalities vote to urge end to separating families at the border

Anne Danahy

At least two Centre County municipalities are speaking against the Trump administration’s policy that separates families who enter the U.S. illegally.…

Penn State employees remove canopies belonging to members of the Nittany Valley Watershed Coalition from the site the university has sold to Toll Brothers for a student housing development.

Penn State Evicts Protestors From Toll Brothers Development Site

Anne Danahy

Penn State has followed through on its warning to protestors of a proposed housing development on Whitehall Road in State College. The university evicted…

Ferguson Township residents hold signs protesting "The Cottages at State College" on November 16, 2015.

Centre County Judge Rules Against Controversial Student Housing Complex In State College

Erin Cassidy Hendrick

The approval for a controversial student housing complex in State College’s Ferguson Township has been reversed by a Centre County judge.The planned…