Bellefonte News

Submitted by voicesweb on Fri, 2008-09-05 14:27. by Suzan Erem When Centre County commissioners voted 2-1 in August to replace the voting machines the county purchased just two years ago, they were riding a national tide that has turned against touch-screen voting.

Two hospitalized in Walker Twp. crash A 51-year-old Huntingdon woman and 41-year-old Huntingdon man suffered severe injuries after a Saturday evening car crash involving two 17-year-old Bellefonte boys, police say.

Proposals for a slight decrease in parks and recreation taxes and in increase in recycling fees were revealed in further discussion of the 2010 budget during Monday's Borough Council meeting.

The defendants in a civil suit brought by the family of a pedestrian who was seriously injured when he was hit by a car are arguing the case should be dismissed because of a release the family signed in exchange for $100,000. Anthony Torsell, of Bellefonte, was driving drunk on Oct.

Ben Rogers, 3, left, and his sister, Genevieve Rogers, 4, ride in a wagon made to look like a zoo cage during the State College Halloween parade Monday, Oct.

Oct. 28--BELLEFONTE -- A future hotel and restaurant on East College Avenue in College Township is slated to be the first project in Pennsylvania to benefit from federal recovery zone facility bond money.

Ghouls and ghosts will haunt the Buffalo Run Community Park as part of 'Haunted Woods at Benner Park' event from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Allison Albinski awoke early Friday morning to the sound of a tree crashing into her roof.

Due to storm damage, Ferguson Township is holding a special brush collection today through Oct.

Borough residents likely will see some tax increases next year to cover street lighting and fire service and equipment.

Delaware police have charged a Pennsylvania man with robbing and tying up an elderly couple, with help from an accomplice.

When Bob Ricketts decided to give away free pasta at the grand opening of his shop last week, he thought he might go through 60, maybe 70 pounds.

Police officer associations in Ferguson, Patton and Spring townships have endorsed Michael Madeira for district attorney, according to organization officers and a prepared statement from Madeira.

This past weekend T.J.'s Family Haircare celebrated its grand opening on Colonnade Boulevard in Patton Township.

Business owners and other area professionals gathered Tuesday at Celebration Hall in State College to heed advice from a variety of panelists about starting and maintaining businesses in today's economy.

For the past 20 years, Marc Abrams has watched the trees from his office at Penn State.

The man had been working on the project since 2001 and was getting paid by the City of Harrisburg upward of $85,000 a year.

Volunteer firefighters enrolled in the FireVEST program work together to extinguish a propane tank fire in a drill at the Allegheny County Fire Academy in North Park.

A local agency that helps families lower their bills by weatherizing their homes is expanding its reach with $4.7 million in federal stimulus money.

Kari Ann Lucas cleans glass at the Old Gregg School in Spring Mills during the United Way Day of Caring on Thursday, October 1, 2009.