PA Liquor Control Board Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants to Aid Fight Against Underage, Dangerous Alcohol Use HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 15 The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board today announced 72 organizations throughout the state were recently awarded grants totaling...
September 14, 2010 by Adam Smeltz for StateCollege.com Leaders spanning the public and private sectors converged Monday in State College to endorse tougher penalties for underage-drinking and public-drunkenness offenses in Pennsylvania. A two-hour hearing by the state...
By Lauren Boyer September 14, 2010 STATE COLLEGE — One by one, officials unbottled pent-up frustration surrounding penalties they say aren’t strong enough to deter the increasing population of excessive drinkers committing alcohol-related crimes in college towns. At a...
By Katrina Wehr Collegian Staff Writer State College Borough Council President Ron Filipelli said he doesn’t leave his home after 10 p.m. and keeps his car inside to prevent damage from drunken passersby. “It’s like living in two different...
Sara Ganim August 30, 2010 STATE COLLEGE — Two weekends into the fall semester, State College police say they are seeing a higher than normal number of alcohol-related calls downtown. “This is a non-football weekend, not a special event,” said State College police Lt....
Lauren Boyer September 11, 2010 Sen. Jake Corman, R-Benner Township, introduced a package of three bills into the state Senate Friday that are intended to tackle alcohol abuse and fund police efforts to prevent drinking-related crimes. The first two bills would...
