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“They ask me what I’d like written about me when I’m gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.” These are the words that are beside the statue of Joseph Vincent Paterno outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. Four hundred-nine...
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I would say a picture says a thousand words, but in this case there are a million words that need to be said. In the midst of the darkest week in the 156-year history of Penn State, an estimated 10,000 students, alumni and community members gathered Friday night to illuminate the night on the...
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When word got out that the Penn State University Board of Trustees would be holding a press conference Wednesday night, my a cappella group rehearsal was let out early and nearly all 17 of us sprinted to the nearest commons to get around a television. We were far from alone as people were frantically...
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The Lapels Dry Cleaners Giants and the UPPR LLC Yankees took the field Thursday night at Everett Field in game one of the 2011 VBSL Major League World Series. After the conclusion of the pre-game ceremonies, in which Verona Public Works Superintendent and former-VBSL president Chuck Molinaro Sr. threw out the ceremonial first pitch,...
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My friends and I arrived at the AMC Loews Theaters at 11:45 p.m. on June 17, anxiously awaiting the 12:01 premiere of Disney Pixar’s “Toy Story 3″. As we looked around the theater, we noticed hardly one person in the room was under the age of seventeen, and that the majority of the viewers...
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Following a state-sectional-championship season, the Verona High School Boy’s Varsity Basketball team has set its sights on a repeat for the 2009-2010 season, which kicks off Friday at 7:00 p.m. in the VHS Gym. Coach Eric McElroy, who is beginning his seventh season as VHS coach, admits that it may be a bumpy road...
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