Pleasant Gap News

“Our biggest concern is going to be the waivers”

More than 300 Bolton Metal Products employees will be eligible for additional benefits under the federal Trade Act, after the company's appeal petition was accepted by the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday. via Centre Daily Times

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“It's going to be a big boost to the kids and the police”

Jason Brower is expected to begin work today as the Bellefonte Area School District's first full-time school resource officer. via Centre Daily Times

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A two-vehicle crash at High and Water streets in Bellefonte at 4 p.m. Tuesday shut down the intersection for about 45 minutes and sent five people to Mount Nittany Medical Center. via Centre Daily Times

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Penn State Cooperative Extension announced that a workshop entitled "Understanding and Negotiating Natural Gas Leases" will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. May 13 at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science ... via Centre Daily Times

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“It sets the tone for the next 20, 30 years to come”

Naomi Gallagher was hot under the collar Tuesday, and it had nothing to do with the warm weather. via Centre Daily Times

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Police said suspects punched numerous holes in apartment walls and sprayed adhesive on corridor walls - causing $6,800 in damage - to a construction site at 320 W. Beaver Ave. via Centre Daily Times

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“OK, now this is a preliminary walk through to make sure everyone understands the layout, structure and flow of the building”

PLEASANT GAP -- The fire burned at 600 degrees, about twice the heat of a normal house fire, but there was no cause for alarm on Saturday as dozens of firefighters watched the first blaze set inside the county's newest training facility.

The burn buildings at the new Centre County Public Safety Training Center on Harrison Road were introduced to fire for the first time in order to cure and dry out a special fireproof tile attached to the ceilings, beams and floors.

After each room is systematically heated with fire this weekend to ensure the tiles work properly, it will be officially open for training. Read more

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“We bring out 18 kids every year, and we assist them in putting fish into the Quittie before the season opens”

By BRAD RHEN Staff Writer ANNVILLE - Fish in a barrel. Lebanon Daily News They were all over the place yesterday as the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission - with a little help from the Northern Lebanon High ... via The Lebanon Daily News

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“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

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“All I'm saying is I don't remember everything. It was found. It was abated”

Black mold uncovered

Discovery kept secret by school administrators

BELLEFONTE -- At the beginning of a three-year renovation of the Bellefonte Area High School in 2005, workers began an asbestos removal project and uncovered something unusual.

Patches of black mold -- enough to lead to an 800-square-foot abatement project by an environmental contractor -- were discovered above a plaster ceiling on the roof deck of a first-floor hallway near the high school's old wrestling room. Read more

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