The Arby's on South Atherton and West College that had been in business for at least four decades before its August 2011 closure has been demolished in preparation for the construction of a new multipurpose building.
As the oldest motel in Pennsylvania, the AutoPort on South Atherton has begun to show signs of wear. That's why Anthony Melchiorri and the rest of the Travel Channel's "Hotel Impossible" have started filming at the location to return the AutoPort to its former glory.
This is pretty cool: Patrick Mansell, Penn State's news and relations photographer, took images from Penn State's yesteryear and photoshopped them with today's images to show just how different campus life was back then.
"A Night Celebrating Joe Paterno," a fundraiser in which a piece of artwork honoring the coach will be presented to Sue, Jay and Diana Paterno, is slated for June 18 at the Normandy Farm Hotel in Blue Bell.
The money Penn State would have made from its bowl game after the 2013 season will be distributed evenly among the 12 Big Ten schools for the second straight year so that each can donate to child support in their local communities.
Sad news this morning: Lewis Katz, '66g, died in a private plane crash over a Massachusetts field last night, according to various outlets. The Dickinson Law Graduate, for whom the Law Building here is named after, was the co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com. He was 72. The Gulfstream IV plane crashed at about 9:40 p.m. last night as it was headed to Atlantic City, and all seven passengers died. The plane erupted into a fireball on its way down over Hanscom Field, and the blast shook nearby homes, according to Philly.com.