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Renaming Beaver Stadium after him 'was never important' to former Penn State ... - Patriot-News
So in January, when Penn State tried to use the issue as leverage to get the family to sign a full release in exchange for paying the full contract, the family didn't budge, the source said. Tensions, already smoldering under the surface between the ...
April 22, 2012


The Mantis Collective's closing deals blow to Harrisburg's arts renaissance - Patriot-News
“We moved into midtown thinking this was going to become a new renaissance,” said one gallery owner who asked to remain anonymous. “Due to the economy and some other problems with crime, that doesn't seem to be happening. The city maybe going bankrupt ...
April 5, 2012


Harrisburg crash victim recalled as a 'loving husband, caring father' - Patriot-News
A neighbor who declined to give his name said he was awakened by a loud boom and looked outside to see a car wrapped around a tree and several state troopers and city police around it. He said police remained on the scene until the car was hauled away ...
April 2, 2012


Lurch to the right worries some Republicans - Patriot-News
said one Republican lawmaker from the Philadelphia suburbs who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to talk about private conversations. “It paints a picture of Republicans as a certain type of people that doesn't fit the moderates ... as in: ...
March 18, 2012


Republican presidential nomination race is heading to Pennsylvania - Patriot-News
And one Harrisburg GOP consultant, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Santorum's argument that he can carry conservative Democrats in a general election would be upended with a Pennsylvania primary loss. “That could be his Waterloo,” the ...
March 11, 2012


Harrisburg bar owners walk tightrope deciding whether to report fights and ... - Patriot-News
... to foot the bill for added police protection, security cameras and additional lighting in the 200 block of North Second Street according to one owner, who spoke on a condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak for the group.
March 7, 2012


Experts: Penn State investigation could focus on cover-up - Patriot-News
A source close to the investigation has said that the informal requests from federal investigators began just days after Sandusky was arrested in November. The first known subpoena wasn't issued until Feb. 2. penn state old main . jpg.
March 2, 2012


Federal authorities are conducting separate investigation involving Jerry ... - Patriot-News
That request was related to Sandusky's travel records, the source said. Much of the same information had already been requested by the state attorney generals office, the source said. According to the state grand jury's presentment, one of the alleged ...
February 24, 2012


Former Penn State official Tim Curley asks court to throw out his charges - Patriot-News
... office had discussed getting a statement from Joe Paterno after his cancer diagnosis in November, but held back after the 85-year-old's doctor said he wasn't healthy enough, says a source close to the perjury case against two Penn State officials.
February 14, 2012


Pennsylvania's nonunion employees want a pay raise - Patriot-News
“In my 12 years, I've been assaulted 10 times with fists and bodily fluids,” said a corrections manager who declined to give his name because he is not authorized to speak for his association. “Homemade weapons are found daily with Department of ...
February 9, 2012


Penn State board of trustees face delicate decision on Joe Paterno memorial - Patriot-News
A source who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the situation said trustees were discouraged from attending the service as a group. But at the same time, some trustees who had long personal relationships with the old coach probably ...
January 26, 2012


Jerry Sandusky sat in president's box at Beaver Stadium for Joe Paterno's ... - Patriot-News
By STEFANIE LOH, The Patriot-News A week before his arrest on charges of child sex abuse, sources say Jerry Sandusky watched Joe Paterno notch his 409th victory from the president's box at Beaver Stadium, sources said Wednesday. ...
January 12, 2012


Workers in 3 of 4 Pennsylvania legislative caucuses are again eligible for pay ... - Patriot-News
“Everybody should be on the same playing field,” said a veteran Department of Environmental Protection manager, who asked to remain anonymous for job-security reasons. The manager is not getting a raise. “If we're all going to be frozen, then we should ...
January 6, 2012


Second Mile weighs options as 2 of 3 charities step away from taking over programs - Patriot-News
It is still considering assuming some programs, the source said. Last year, The Second Mile reached more than 200000 children through camps for at-risk kids, programs for foster families and outreach in schools, according to its advertising. ...
January 4, 2012


Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett memo on accomplishments points out other governors' failures - Patriot-News
Another GOP strategist in Harrisburg, who also declined to be named for business reasons, was appalled that a Corbett administration official would be behind even an internal document that appears critical of Republican governors. ...
January 1, 2012


Harrisburg police foot patrols could be walking away - Patriot-News
Officers stayed at the scene for three hours, waiting for a forensics officer to arrive, the source said. The source added that there have been, on multiple occasions, a backlog of at least 30 calls to police, some of which did not receive attention ...
December 28, 2011


Judge had no contact with Sanduksy as Second Mile volunteer, source says - Patriot-News
But according to a source close to the case, Leslie Dutchcot had only small roles at a few events in 2008 and 2009 -- after Sandusky stopped participating in charity events -- and never talked to Sandusky himself. The information on her law firm's ...
November 14, 2011


Penn State University and students seek to 'restore the pride' - Patriot-News
Then, on Wednesday, as the calls for his firing reached full throttle, Spanier's wife called him at his Old Main office while he was packing, urging him to leave immediately to ensure he could exit safely, a source close to the administration told The ...
November 12, 2011


Jerry Sandusky's autobiography, 'Touched,' is still available at The Penn ... - Patriot-News
He asked that his name not be used. Nope. It's not an oversight. A university bookstore spokesman said he was aware the book, which explores Sandusky's work with the children's charity he founded, The Second MIle, and his football career, ...
November 11, 2011


Proposed cuts cost Camp Hill School Board candidate a board seat - Patriot-News
All residents interviewed for this story insisted on anonymity. Although they let their feelings be known in the ballot box, they said that, in tiny Camp Hill, everyone is somehow to connected to everyone else. They were afraid of the backlash from ...
November 10, 2011


Jerry Sandusky, a Penn State University football legend and founder of The ... - Patriot-News
“That mother said to the police, 'He's coming over to explain what happened to me,'¤” the source said. “Ray and the detectives decided that they would go to the house to find out what was going on — to hear what he had to say.” A few days later, ...
November 5, 2011


Frustrated Amtrak travelers left high and dry - Patriot-News
One woman, who asked not to be named, had no way of getting to her home on Route 322. She would be buying some night clothes and staying with the pastor of her church. Mesko got to Shanksville. Her mother took the day off and drove her halfway across ...
September 11, 2011


'Amtrak refugees' scramble to get back to Harrisburg after flooding - Patriot-News
One woman, who asked not to be named, had no way of getting to her home on Rt. 322. She would be buying some night clothes and staying with the pastor of her church. Mesko got to Shanksville. Her mother took the day off and drove her half way across ...
September 9, 2011


Is Toomey the next Pennsylvania kingmaker? - Patriot-News
One of Pennsylvania's most influential Republican movers and shakers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, put it like this: “He's only going to be on the national stage [with the supercommittee] for a certain amount of time, and then he's going to go ...
August 21, 2011


Former pastors, congregation clash at Wesley United Methodist Church in Middletown - Patriot-News
The letters were given to The Patriot-News by a church official who did not want to be identified. The most recent pastor left at the end of June. The new pastors, the Rev. David McCullough and the Rev. Calvin Rich, have said from the pulpit that some ...
August 2, 2011


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