Here’s what’s closed in Centre County from the winter storm

The snow hadn’t yet started falling Thursday morning when Centre County schools and Penn State made the decisions to close or dismiss early in preparation for a winter storm.

Penn State is dismissing students at 11 a.m., and faculty and all nonessential staff members at 11:30 a.m., according to a release.

State College Area School District is closed, though offices remain open. All district events and after-school activities are canceled.

Bellefonte Area, Bald Eagle Area, Penns Valley Area, Philipsburg-Osceola Area School Districts, St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy and school-related activities are also closed. Bellefonte also issued a two-hour delay for Friday.

The storm, which is expected to start around 8-10 a.m. Thursday, is expected to bring several inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain to the region.

Several townships, including College and Harris, and the State college borough declared snow emergencies, meaning that on-street parking is not permitted until snowfall ends and all the roads are cleared. Ferguson and Patton townships are also reminding residents that if snow reaches 2 or more inches deep, vehicles are not permitted to be parked on the streets.

Penn State is asking for all vehicles to be removed from faculty and staff surface parking lots by midnight for snow removal.

Other area closures and postponements are as follows:

• All Pro Dad scheduled for Friday at Wingate Elementary has been postponed to another date, yet to be decided
  
  
• Howard Elementary’s Thanksgiving Meal will be held Monday
  
  
• The State College vs. Delaware Valley PIAA Football playoff game has been postponed to Saturday at 2 p.m. due to anticipated weather.
  
  
• All Centre County Library and Historical Museum locations will be closed Thursday, and the bookmobile will be off-road.
• Schlow Centre Region Library is closed.
• Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority canceled its poster contest awards ceremony. All 20 winners will be awarded at their individual schools over the next few weeks.
• All Mount Nittany Physician Group practice locations will close at 1 p.m. on Thursday, due to inclement weather. Lab and imaging locations are also closed. The emergency department and Mount Nittany Medical Center services continue to be open.

• All Penn State Health Medical Group practices in State College will close at 3 p.m. Thursday. Walk-in clinic at Penn State Health Medical Group-Park Avenue is canceled.

• With Penn State’s early dismissal, the Bryce Jordan Center box office will close after 11:30 a.m.
• State College Tree Commission meeting has been canceled.
• The Affordable Art Auction at the Woskob Family set for Thursday evening has been postponed.

This story was originally published November 15, 2018 at 6:46 AM.