State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news — locally, nationally, internationally and in cyberspace. We post the latest sampling of stories of note, with links, from our site and across the Web every weekday in Noon News & Features.
Here is Friday’s offering:
News
- Beaver Ave. Tree Replacement to Cost Thousands (StateCollege.com)
- Susquehanna Acquisition of Graystone to Bring More Services to State College Market (StateCollege.com)
- State College Plans Open House about Fraser Street Project (StateCollege.com)
- Investigation: A Look At Sexual Assaults in State College the Last Year (WTAJ TV)
- New Life Sought for Tainted Site in College Township (Centre Daily Times)
- State College Couple Returns From Year-Long Boating Trip (WTAJ TV)
- Retired Valley: Baby Boomers Seek Vibrant, Stimulating Retirement Communities that College Towns, Like State College, Offer (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- State College Weekend Plans: Friday, June 24, to Sunday, June 26 (StateCollege.com)
- Summer’s Best Music Fest: Concert Highlights Downtown Offerings (Centre Daily Times)
- Downsizing Is The Word At Penn State (American Agriculturist)
- House Speaker Receives Alumni Association’s Legislative Award (Penn State Live)
- Penn College Board Approves 2011-12 Budget, Tuition Rates (PCToday)
Columns/Opinion
- Russell Frank: On Not Going Gentle into That Good Night (StateCollege.com)
Audio
- Centre County Farmland Preservation Artists (WPSU)
Sports
- NBA Draft: Talor Battle Goes Undrafted (OnwardState)
- Penn State To Earn 13th Top 15 Finish in Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings (StateCollege.com)
- Two Sections in New Student Section to Lose Front Rows (Onward State)
- Women’s Volleyball’s Brown One of Three Finalists for Honda-Broderick Cup (GoPSUsports)
- Mauti and Moye Lead 14 Nittany Lions Named to Phil Steele’s Pre-season All-Big Ten Teams (GoPSUsports)
- Highly Recruited Boyertown Lineman Chooses Rutgers Over Penn State (Reading Eagle)
- Penn State-Pitt: Keystone State Cat Fight (Sports Network via Charlotte Observer)
- Mazzante Brings Championship Mentality to Atlanta Dream (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- NEPA Miners sign former Penn State RB Austin Scott (Scranton Times-Tribune)
- Penn State Football: A Closer Look at the Past Six Years (Bleacher Report)
- Track and Field: Loxsom, Borchers Advance to 800 Semi-Final at USATF Championships (GoPSUsports)
- Spikes, Jammers Postponed on Thursday (State College Spikes)
