radioNovo News for State College: July 15, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 07/15/26          DOWNTOWN HIGH-RISE CONSTRUCTION WILL TRIGGER TEMPORARY STREET AND LANE CLOSURES IN EAST STATE COLLEGE STARTING NEXT WEEK. SOWERS STREET WILL CLOSE BETWEEN COLLEGE AVENUE AND CALDER WAY FOR AT LEAST THREE DAYS STARTING MONDAY, JULY 20TH, TO ERECT A TOWER CRANE FOR THE NEW 12-STORY STUDENT APARTMENT BUILDING, THE MARK.           MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO EXPECT DAILY SINGLE-LANE CLOSURES ON EAST COLLEGE AVENUE THROUGH JULY 24TH.          A GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN HAS RAISED OVER HALF ITS NINE THOUSAND DOLLAR GOAL........... TO HELP MEMBERS OF PENN STATE’S ALPHA ZETA FRATERNITY RELOCATE BEFORE THE FALL SEMESTER. A JULY 9TH FIRE TORE THROUGH THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE HISTORIC BURROWES STREET HOUSE, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL FIRE AND WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. THE HOUSE WAS UNOCCUPIED AND UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS WHEN THE BLAZE BROKE OUT, WHICH INVESTIGATORS HAVE SINCE RULED UNINTENTIONAL.  DONATIONS TO THE GO FUND ME ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED.