It’s been a decade since State Patty’s Day weekend reached its infamous peak in 2011. As time has gone on, crime over the Penn State student-created drinking holiday weekend has generally decreased, and that was no exception this year.
Last weekend’s State Patty’s resulted in the lowest crime totals on record for the weekend in nearly every category, according to data released by the State College Police Department on Wednesday.
A total of 102 crimes or ordinance violations were reported by State College and Penn State police over the weekend 19 below 2019’s State Patty’s, which resulted in the lowest figures on record.
Discount grocery store Aldi is moving forward with its
second planned State College-area location following unanimous conditional approval of its final site development plan by College Township Council on Thursday night.
The 19,221-square-foot store will be constructed on the former Krentzman Supply property at the corner of Benner Pike and Shiloh Road, next to the Nittany Mall and across from Sheetz.
Aldi’s first Centre Region store is planned for Patton Township as the
The College Township store will have a right-in/right-out access from Benner Pike as well as a full-movement intersection at the mall access road between the property and the Sears Auto Center that connects to Shiloh Road, civil engineer Tim Scheg, of APD Engineering and Architecture, said.
A $370,000 state grant will assist Abington Equine Hospital in Patton Township with its planned development of the region’s only full-service equine surgical facility.
State Sen. Jake Corman, R-Benner Township, Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Bellefonte, and Rep. Rich Irvin announced the grant from the Keystone Communities Program, at a press conference on Thursday with Abington owner Dr. Catherine Radtke.
Once completed, the overall $2.4 million project will allow Abington Equine Hospital to provide an array of advanced surgical procedures, with five stalls for horses, two surgery rooms, an examination area, consultation room, treatment rooms, offices, laundry and other support spaces.
Plans also include a 12,800-square-foot equine arena for evaluating horses before and after surgery. The arena will not be open to the public, nor will any of the facilities be rented out.
A potential new hotel found a loophole to build a 4th story, and State College residents aren’t happy
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
A potential new hotel has irked residents and caused consternation among some members of the State College planning commission after finding a legal loophole that would allow it to skirt a borough ordinance that limits new buildings in similar zoning districts to three stories.
Design plans for the 122-room hotel, at part of the former Autoport motel and restaurant property ( 1401 S. Atherton St.), show the new building will be four stories, creating concerns for nearby residents about both the aesthetic and the traffic/safety impact. The owner, South Atherton Real Estate I L.P., appears able to build the extra story because of an ambiguous borough ordinance that allows for additional building height for inclusionary housing, or affordable housing designed for low- to moderate-income households.