Evolution services sets open house Evolution Counseling Services LLC and the new Evolution Expressions, located at 1331 12th Ave, Suites 300 and 301, are coming together for a kickoff event Monday. Events will begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. with the Blair County ...

CRESSON Mount Aloysius recognized Mount Aloysius College has again received the annual merit award from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting for achieving a 100 percent pass rate on the Certified Surgical Technologist examination for the latest group of ...

Barbara Moore and Nancy Lach say they are “birds of a feather.” The two businesswomen have become partners and are sharing a location, products and customers. “It is a partnership in the way we work,” Lach said. Moore’s Gilded Roost and Lach’s Embellished Nest opened Sept. 1 ...

EBENSBURG Jewelry store to close Dan and Fran Decker will be retiring and closing their Ebensburg jewelry store, Decker Diamond Jewelers. The store will close after the holidays at a date to be determined. “It’s been a wonderful run, and the community has been great to us. We’ve ...

Five businesses officially joined the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame on Monday night at the Blair County Convention Center. Members of the Class of 2017 include Coldwell Banker Town & Country Real Estate, Jeff S. Long Construction, Keller Engineers and Penn-Mont ...

Bankers discuss Dodd-Frank Altoona First Savings Bank will serve as a tour stop for Pennsylvania’s Association of Community Bankers Rolling for Repeal motorcycle tour at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at its 203 N. Logan Blvd. office. Troy Campbell, executive vice president and chief operating ...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series on businesses that will be inducted into the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame on Monday at the Blair County Convention Center. Altoona Candy and Tobacco was good to the Binus family. “It was a good business to be in. It ...

Company name: Don’s Pizza Address: 30 Country Lane, Duncansville Telephone number: 695-3013 Position: Owner Years with company: 42 Family: Wife, Dena What products or services does your company provide? Square and round pizza pies and stromboli, made fresh daily. Who are your ...

UDNI acquires Flashpoint United Datacom Networks Inc., a national cloud, voice services and managed service provider, has acquired Flashpoint Informatics Inc. of State College, a leader in desktop as a service solutions, managed cloud services, hosted voice solutions, internet service ...

Sheetz donates to relief efforts Sheetz Inc. announced its donation of $150,000 to hurricane disaster relief efforts. Funds donated by Sheetz customers were accompanied by a lump sum donation by Sheetz. A portion of the match donation will be designated for hurricane relief in Puerto ...

Delinquent mortgages decrease during July CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider said in Altoona, 6.1 percent of mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days (including those in foreclosure) in July compared with 6.4 percent in ...

Bath Fitter supports cancer society Bath Fitter is partnering with the American Cancer Society in the fight against breast cancer. ACS will hold its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk Sunday at People’s Natural Gas Field in Altoona with the support and sponsorship of Bath ...

BELLWOOD — Grant money has been made available for the rehabilitation of Antis Township houses, owned by those who make low- to moderate-incomes, after a street improvement project was completed at a cost lower than what was originally estimated. At a recent meeting, township grants ...

Bob Pennington likes the view from the top. “One thing is I am very competitive,” Pennington said. “I’ve always been very aggressive in my marketing, and we’ve always branded the name to represent quality and performance.” Pennington’s business, Coldwell Banker Town & ...

Company name: D’Lites Cafe Address: 338 S. Logan Blvd., Altoona Telephone number: 944-0900 Position: Co-owners Years with company: Seven Family: Jaime: husband Keith, sons Caleb and Ben; Deb: husband John, son John Jr., daughters Megan and Jaime. What products or services does your ...

New hires and promotions Emery Mock, a physician assistant, has joined Western Pennsylvania Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and will now be seeing patients at the office and during rounds at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. In his role with Western Pennsylvania Orthopedic and Sports ...

Blair County Michael Noonan to Brad Stagner, property in Beverly Hills Phase III, Logan Township, $229,900. Unifirst Corp to ORX Railway Corp., property in Antis Township, $500,000. Jeremy and Susan Nagle to Nick Weidlich, 1600 21st Ave., Altoona, $115,000. James Brumbaugh to Douglass ...

The following people have made filings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Pittsburgh. Chapter 7 involves selling assets to pay debts. Chapter 13 is a plan to pay debts using income. Chapter 11 involves reorganization to pay off debt. The information is from the Pittsburgh Legal Journal. Filings by ...

TYRONE Hospital to hold meeting The board of directors of Tyrone Hospital/Tyrone Regional Health Network will hold a community open board meeting at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 17 in the main lobby at 154 Hospital Drive, the Fitness Center building, on the Tyrone Regional Health Network campus in ...

Chamber Safety Committee sets worker’s comp program The Blair County Chamber of Commerce Safety Committee, in partnership with Human Management Resource Association of Blair County, will hold an educational workshop from 7:45 to 10 a.m. Oct. 18 at The Casino at Lakemont Park. Attorney Mike ...