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State College, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 5 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How will SCASD’s 3.5% tax hike affect your household?
  • See where State College’s new $3.37M bike and walk paths go
  • What sentence did a former Penn State student receive for local assaults?

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Warmer with a shower or two, with a high of 71 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 74, low: 47.
  • Friday: Rather cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 68 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. SCASD approves proposed 2026-27, includes 3.5% tax increase (wjactv.com) — State College residents face a proposed 3.5% property tax increase after the State College Area School District advanced its 2026–27 budget. The plan adds staff at Mount Nittany Elementary and in middle school science, plus new coaching positions, while covering higher maintenance, special education, and inflation-related costs. A public budget hearing is May 18, with a final vote June 1.
   

2. State College Moving Forward With Long-Planned New Shared-Use Paths (statecollege.com) — State College Borough is moving ahead with a $3.37 million project to build 1.6 miles of new shared-use paths along Easterly/Westerly Parkway and Blue Course Drive, starting in late May. Funded largely through PennDOT, the paths will better connect neighborhoods, parks, schools, and workplaces, giving pedestrians and cyclists safer off-road options across town.
   

3. Man gets prison time for sexual assault of 3 women in the State College area (centredaily.com) — A former Penn State student has been sentenced to six to twelve years in state prison for sexually assaulting three women in State College and nearby areas, and will remain a lifetime-registered sex offender. Centre County prosecutors say the case underscores their focus on community safety and support for survivors, after multiple incidents investigated by State College and Ferguson Township police.
   

4. State College Food Bank celebrates two years in new facility, prepares for rising costs (wtaj.com) — State College residents relying on the local food bank should know it’s marking two years in its larger Gerald Street facility while bracing for higher food costs driven by global factors. Serving about 1,500 people monthly and tracking county food deserts, the organization expects more demand and higher expenses as summer approaches.
   

5. Slice of Pennsylvania: A nature walk on Mount Nittany (wpsu.org) — If you’re craving a quick escape from State College, this feature follows a hiker and a Mount Nittany Conservancy worker sharing why the nearby mountain means so much to them. They talk about maintaining the trails, memorable wildlife encounters, and childhood hikes that shaped their love of the outdoors. It’s a reminder of what’s waiting just up the mountain.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • LUNCH AND LEARN ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
    Join Penn State Sustainability and the Borough of State College from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, in the Municipal Building’s… (Nextdoor )
  • many of the volunteers helping Fonda's Foundlings cats are sick, out of town ,or recovering from surgery1 Would anyone be free for about an hour this Tuesday at 10am or at 5pm,or Saturday at 10am?
    If you are free any of these times, please call me at 814-238-4758. Thanks. (Nextdoor Park Forest Village)
  • Lowe's Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Receiver Stocker Days in State College. Apply here.
  • Pennsylvania State University posted a job opening for Graduate Assistant (Administrative) in State College. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near State College here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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