ACCU-WEATHER METEOROLOGIST DEAN DEVORE SAYS WE'LL BE WELL INTO THE 50s BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BUT WILL FALL WELL SHORT OF THOSE DATES' LONG-STANDING ALL-TIME RECORD HIGHS. "BOTH THOSE RECORDS ARE FROM 1932," DEVORE SAYS. SATURDAY'S ALL-TIME HIGH IS 60 AND SUNDAY'S ALL-TIME RECORD IS 67. WHILE WE'RE GETTING A TOUCH OF SPRING THIS WEEKEND, BY THE MIDDLE TO END OF NEXT WEEK, DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID-30s.
DESPITE SANCTIONS THAT WILL KEEP HIS TEAM FROM ANY BOWL GAMES FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, COACH BILL O'BRIEN SAYS HIS TEAM'S 8-AND-4 RECORD LAST YEAR WILL HELP DRAW RECRUITS TO HAPPY VALLEY. "I WOULD SAY THAT AFTER THE YEAR WE HAD, WHICH WAS A DECENT YEAR, A GOOD START TO A NEW ERA OF PENN STATE FOOTBALL, IT SHOWED THESE PLAYERS WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT AS A PROGRAM," O'BRIEN SAYS. THE SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON PENN STATE FOLLOWING THE JERRY SANDSUKY SCANDAL ALSO ALLOWS O'BRIEN'S CURRENT PLAYERS TO TRANSFER WITHOUT PENALTY, MEANING HE MIGHT HAVE TO RE-RECRUIT SOME OF HIS OWN PLAYERS AT THE SAME TIME AS BRINGING IN THE NEXT WAVE OF NITTANY LIONS.
NJ TRANSIT SAYS IT HAS RESTORED RAIL SERVICE INTO NEW YORK CITY TO PRE-SUPERSTORM SANDY LEVELS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAMES WEINSTEIN SAYS FULL RESTORATION MARKS ANOTHER MILESTONE BECAUSE MOST CUSTOMERS COMMUTE TO AND FROM MANHATTAN. SERVICE LEVELS ON THE NORTH JERSEY COAST LINE WILL REACH 96 PERCENT WHEN NINE TRAINS ARE ADDED TO THE LINE STARTING MONDAY. TWO OF THE TRAINS WILL BE ELECTRIC AND OPERATE BETWEEN LONG BRANCH AND NEW YORK'S PENN STATION. THE REMAINING SEVEN TRAINS WILL EITHER ORIGINATE OR TERMINATE IN BAY HEAD. FOUR OF THOSE TRAINS WILL RESUME SERVICE BETWEEN BAY HEAD AND HOBOKEN. NJ TRANSIT SAYS RAIL OPERATIONS SYSTEMWIDE WILL REACH 94 PERCENT OF ITS PRE-SANDY SERVICE LEVEL ON MONDAY, WITH 658 OF THE 700 WEEKDAY TRAINS SCHEDULED PRIOR TO THE STORM OPERATIONAL.









