Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Friday, June 24

State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news — locally, nationally, internationally and in cyberspace. We post the latest sampling of stories of note, with links, from our site and across the Web every weekday in Noon News & Features.

Here is Friday’s offering:

News

• Beaver Ave. Tree Replacement to Cost Thousands (StateCollege.com)

• Susquehanna Acquisition of Graystone to Bring More Services to State College Market (StateCollege.com)

• State College Plans Open House about Fraser Street Project (StateCollege.com)

• Investigation: A Look At Sexual Assaults in State College the Last Year (WTAJ TV)

• New Life Sought for Tainted Site in College Township (Centre Daily Times)

• State College Couple Returns From Year-Long Boating Trip (WTAJ TV)

• Retired Valley: Baby Boomers Seek Vibrant, Stimulating Retirement Communities that College Towns, Like State College, Offer (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

• State College Weekend Plans: Friday, June 24, to Sunday, June 26 (StateCollege.com)

• Summer’s Best Music Fest: Concert Highlights Downtown Offerings (Centre Daily Times)

• Downsizing Is The Word At Penn State (American Agriculturist)

• House Speaker Receives Alumni Association’s Legislative Award (Penn State Live)

• Penn College Board Approves 2011-12 Budget, Tuition Rates (PCToday)

Columns/Opinion

• Russell Frank: On Not Going Gentle into That Good Night (StateCollege.com)

Audio

• Centre County Farmland Preservation Artists (WPSU)

Sports

• NBA Draft: Talor Battle Goes Undrafted (OnwardState)

• Penn State To Earn 13th Top 15 Finish in Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings (StateCollege.com)

• Two Sections in New Student Section to Lose Front Rows (Onward State)

• Women’s Volleyball’s Brown One of Three Finalists for Honda-Broderick Cup (GoPSUsports)

• Mauti and Moye Lead 14 Nittany Lions Named to Phil Steele’s Pre-season All-Big Ten Teams (GoPSUsports)

• Highly Recruited Boyertown Lineman Chooses Rutgers Over Penn State (Reading Eagle)

• Penn State-Pitt: Keystone State Cat Fight (Sports Network via Charlotte Observer)

• Mazzante Brings Championship Mentality to Atlanta Dream (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

• NEPA Miners sign former Penn State RB Austin Scott (Scranton Times-Tribune)

• Penn State Football: A Closer Look at the Past Six Years (Bleacher Report)

• Track and Field: Loxsom, Borchers Advance to 800 Semi-Final at USATF Championships (GoPSUsports)

• Spikes, Jammers Postponed on Thursday (State College Spikes)