LOCK HAVEN It’s deadline day.
Today is the deadline to sign up for Pennsylvania residents wishing to vote in the May 18 municipal primary election.
On Saturday, Clinton County Government posted a reminder on its Facebook page. It read:
The Deadline to Register to vote or to update your Voter Registration before the Municipal Primary Election is Monday, May 3, 2021. The Clinton County Board of Elections encourages all eligible Clinton County voters to make sure they are registered and that the information is up to date.
Voters can choose the online voter registration system at www.votespa.com or obtain a copy of the voter registration form at the Clinton County Piper Building located at 2 Piper Way in Lock Haven.
With mail voting underway and primary election day three weeks away, voters will have an opportunity during a forum this week to learn more about the candidates in several local races.
The League of Women Voters of Centre County will host Primary Candidates’ Night at 7 p.m. Thursday. Candidates will participate via Zoom and the forum will be broadcast live on C-NET channel 7 and online at cnet1.org.
Only candidates in opposed primaries are invited to participate in Candidates’ Night.
Following a brief welcome and explanation of the format the schedule is as follows:
7:05 p.m. Bellefonte Borough Council Ward 2 (Republican)
Red Raider Name Change Protest 12:37 am
An update to a story we have been following for weeks. Earlier this month, the Bellefonte School Board voted to remove the Red Raider logo, and the Community was not happy with the decision. Now, the Red Raider name is on the chopping block. In Bellefonte on Saturday, current Students and Graduates let their feelings towards keeping the name be known.
Alumni and Students alike lined the front of the Centre County Courthouse, attempting to show this name change is not what the community wants. A few dozen people showed up outside the Centre County Courthouse this afternoon to protest against removing the Red Raiders as Bellefonte’s Mascot. Cherelle Zeigler is a Graduate of the School. She’s adamant that doing away with the Red Raider name would wipe away the past. Cherelle Zeigler of the Class of 1996 saying: “It’s pride, its tradition, if by changing the name and taking away the mascot, you take away history. You take
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