radioNovo News for State College: September 14, 2026

            A LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP IS RAISING CONCERNS AFTER A DEVELOPER CLEARED OVER 13 ACRES OF TREES ACROSS FERGUSON AND PATTON TOWNSHIPS. THE NITTANY VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION CALLED THE CLEARING A BREACH OF PUBLIC TRUST, WARNING DEVELOPERS ARE ATTEMPTING TO BYPASS TREE PROTECTION RULES. NORTH ATHERTON DEVELOPMENT BOUGHT THE PARCEL FOR $4.4 MILLION IN MARCH, BUT WITHOUT FORMAL BUILDING PLANS FILED, CURRENT LAWS ALLOWED THE LOGGING WITHOUT MUNICIPAL OVERSIGHT.          A 56-YEAR-OLD NEW JERSEY MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A SINGLE-VEHICLE TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH FRIDAY MORNING IN CENTRE COUNTY. CORONER SCOTT SAYERS PRONOUNCED OTIS THOMPSON II DEAD AT THE SCENE ALONG I-80 EASTBOUND NEAR MILE MARKER 168.8 IN MARION TOWNSHIP. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH, AND AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.            PENN STATE’S STUDENT FARM CLUB HOSTS ITS 11TH ANNUAL HARVEST FEST THIS THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, FROM 4:30 TO 7:30 P.M. AT THE DR. KEIKO MIWA ROSS STUDENT FARM. THE FREE EVENT FEATURES FARM TOURS, LIVE MUSIC, AND DETAILS ON A PROPOSED MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY. FREE SHUTTLES WILL RUN CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE BERKEY CREAMERY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.