The roots rock band The Badlees, born decades ago out of the music department at Mansfield University and fronted by Pete Palladino of Manahawkin, has been named to the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame, a nonprofit organization created in 2019 to recognize, support and grow the area’s diverse music heritage.

Palladino, lead singer of The Badlees and general manager of daddy O Hotel and Restaurant in Brant Beach, called it “such a great honor.”