Lemont News

The Centre County League American All-Stars defeated the National squad 10-5 Sunday in the the league's All- Star Game.

Alpha Fire Company and Columbia Gas Company responded to a gas leak in Lemont on Monday caused accidentally by landscaping work.

Riley on Main will join the Boalsburg business community at 101 E. Main St., the former home of Diamonds & Lace, in the upcoming months.

I am pleased to announce that my work has been accepted by jury into The Gallery Shop , located in Lemont, PA.

Two educational leaders within State College Area schools are moving up this summer to take top administrative roles.

If state lawmakers pass antismoking legislation now under consideration, it may not have much effect on many Centre County businesses.

Merrill David isn't sure who she'll find to replace her geomungo player next year.

Ted Horman didn't know what to make of it, hearing gunfire erupt Saturday afternoon from the trees and brush at the Pennsylvania Military Museum.

“I can report that all of them are alive”

One local ministry is switching into disaster-relief mode in the wake of the deadly cyclone that hit Myanmar last Saturday and has a volunteer ready to fly into the country to hand deliver some financial aid. via Centre Daily Times

“But they're fun, and you come up with new things.”

Doris Partridge and Betty Hill, both of Milesburg, observe a display of orchids while at the 43rd annual orchid show at the Snider Ag Area. via Centre Daily Times

Teresa K. Sparacino, who has served as executive director of the State College Downtown Improvement District since its inception, has resigned to accept a position with Delta Development Corp., the DID ... via Centre Daily Times

Two critically injured in Miles Twp. wreck Two men were flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville on Sunday morning after a Jeep Wrangler they were traveling in hit a rock embankment and flipped along state ... via Centre Daily Times

The Centre Daily Times asked each of the nine Republican and three Democratic candidates for the 5th Congressional District nominations to respond to an identical set of eight questions. via Centre Daily Times

The Centre Daily Times asked each of the nine Republican and three Democratic candidates for the 5th Congressional District nominations to respond to an identical set of eight questions. via Centre Daily Times

“I'd hate to see a total throwing of that away. It would be disrespectful to the warriors who have fallen over there.”

Retired physicist Peter Shaw looks at Iraq as a nightmare that must end soon. National Guardsman Mike Wenrick sees an unfinished job.

Their contrasting views frame the charged argument of whether to withdraw U.S. troops as the war marks its fifth anniversary today.

The other day, Shaw looked over a pamphlet that the State College Peace Center handed out in 2002, warning that a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq could lead to the deaths of thousands of innocent Iraqis, cost tens of billions of dollars and erode the international cooperation needed to destroy al-Qaida. Read more

“People are going to be able to find a lot of the things they found on the old menu”

It might have taken a little longer than planned, but the Gamble Mill in Bellefonte is back in business. via Centre Daily Times

“It was a classic tragic case where she would love a do-over”

BELLEFONTE -- A former Penn State student was acquitted of a felony charge of fleeing the scene of a Dec. 2, 2006 vehicle-pedestrian crash after testifying that she never intended to run away but was simply looking for a safe place to park before turning herself into police.

Katherine Applegate, 24, was found guilty Monday of a misdemeanor DUI charge by Centre County President Judge David Grine, but Grine found there was not enough evidence to show she was trying to hide from police when she drove about a mile away from the scene -- the 600 block of East College Avenue -- parked in a parking lot and began walking. Read more

“The children are removed from the classrooms, and they are put in the basement with ice pops”

Certain classrooms at State College Area schools will get air conditioning before this fall, but others will have to wait. via Centre Daily Times

The Centre Daily Times asked each of the nine Republican and three Democratic candidates for the 5th Congressional District nominations to respond to an identical set of eight questions. via Centre Daily Times

The Centre County Domestic Fatality Review Committee continues its work with renewed vigor since the Easter 2007 murder of Centre County resident Jodi Barone by her estranged husband, Ben Barone, in Clinton ... via Centre Daily Times