Motorcyclist dies in Bellwood

A motorcyclist died after hitting a mailbox and a business sign on East Pleasant Valley Boulevard in Bellwood, state police report.

Benjamin Brower, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 5 p.m. Friday.

Brower was driving a 2007 Honda motorcycle at a high rate of speed heading north when it went off the road over the southbound lane before clipping a mailbox and then striking a business sign, a state police news release said. Brower was wearing a helmet, and the investigation is ongoing.

Middletown

PSU board OKs tuition increase

A real estate company president is the new chairman of Penn State’s board, which also is hitting incoming students with higher tuition rates for the coming school year.

The board of trustees voted 21 to 12 on Friday to elect Mark Dambly as chairman. He’s currently vice chair and has been a trustee since 2010.

The new tuition rates vary, but the average in-state tuition will rise 2.45 percent. In-state students who want to live on campus in State College for their freshman year will see an increase of 2.74 percent.

Dambly is president of Pennrose Properties in Philadelphia.

From Mirror staff,

wire reports