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‘What it takes to succeed’: Bellefonte graduates 182 seniors

BELLEFONTE — Bellefonte Area High School awarded diplomas to 182 seniors during a moving commencement ceremony Saturday morning at Rogers Stadium. The ceremony marked a milestone for the Class of 2026, as students, families and faculty gathered to celebrate their completion of high ...

Chaos in the run-up to Civil War

(Editor’s note: This is the next in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday.) The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United States were planted many years before the Civil War would tear the country apart. “For the newly independent United States, the ...

Gettysburg held the nation together through blood, tears

(Editor’s note: This is a bonus, 13th entry in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday.) Gettysburg. The very name is etched in the American experience — in our hearts, in our souls and in the memory of our towns. The site of a three-day battle, ...