From Mirror staff reports JOHNSTOWN — Southern Airways, which in December began daily service connecting Johnstown to Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., will move its D.C.-area hub from IAD-Washington/Dulles to BWI Baltimore/Washington beginning July 17. The move is aimed to capitalize on ...
Mortgage delinquencies down A report from CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, shows that in Altoona, 5.4 percent of mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days (including those in foreclosure) in March compared with 5.9 percent in ...
YTI to host LAN party Students and staff of the Computer Systems Technician program at YTI Career Institute Altoona will host a LAN party from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday. A LAN party is a gathering of people with computers and game consoles, connected through a local area network, in order ...
YTI to host day for MA’s Prospective students and members of the general public are invited to be a medical assistant student for a day from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at YTI Career Institute in Altoona. Attendees will have a chance to learn about the medical assistant program and participate ...
By Walt Frank wfrank@altoonamirror.com TYRONE — Perhaps Samuel Hayes Jr. put it best. “When Webster was trying to define good citizen, he used Harry Sickler as the model. When something good is going on in the community, you can expect Harry Sickler to be there,” said longtime ...
Young professionals were in the spotlight at the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Club at The Casino at Lakemont Park on Thursday. Young Professionals of Blair County defines a young professional as people 18 to 40 years old. “Young professionals are such a critical part of our ...
Veterans to get free care Nearly 450 Aspen Dental practices will open their doors June 24 to provide free dental care for thousands of veterans across the nation. The June 24 Day of Service will be Aspen Dental’s fourth annual, and is the largest single-day oral health initiative ...
New Pig Energy recognized TIPTON -- New Pig Energy, which provides containment products and services for drilling and hydraulic fracking companies, was named a winner in Environmental Protection’s annual New Product of the Year contest. The company’s latest innovation, the Drive-Over ...
The Altoona Mirror staff has earned recognition in several state and national awards competitions. Individual first-place recipients at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Press Association included Michael Boytim, Cory Giger, Cherie Hicks and Russell O’Reilly. Boytim, a member of the sports ...
New hires and promotions Nicole M. Hemminger of Hollidaysburg has been named the assistant county administrator/assistant chief clerk of Blair County. Hemminger, who has a Bachelor of Science in business with a marketing and management focus from Penn State, comes to the county with a ...
Loretto SFU gets top ranking College Choice ranks Saint Francis University one of 2017’s best schools in Pennsylvania, touting the more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs offered. Degrees can be obtained in a variety of ways to best accommodate each student, such as ...
Johnstown JARI sets Lunch n Learn JARI will hold a Lunch n Learn program from noon to 1:15 p.m. June 8 at JARI Center, 160 Jari Drive. Jonna Contacos-Sawyer, president of HR Consultants Inc., will define succession planning, discuss the need for the program and discuss how it links to ...
STATE COLLEGE AccuWeather recognized AccuWeather has been honored with the 2017 APPY Award in Mobile Weather Apps for the AccuWeather Android app. The AccuWeather Android app provides weather forecasts and warnings personalized to each Android user worldwide, according to a company ...
TYRONE — Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday gave a positive review to an expansion project for Dixon Tool & Die Inc. The company plans to construct an 11,537-square-foot building expansion to its existing building on Adams Avenue for the purpose of relocating portions of ...
NORTHUMBERLAND North Shore Railroad honored at Convention The North Shore Railroad was recognized at the Norfolk Southern Short Line Convention in Norfolk, Va., as “Short Line of the Year.” This award was accompanied by two NS 2502 Business Initiative Awards for NSHR’s Lycoming Valley ...
A local businessman will be honored as the 2017 Person of the Year by the Blair Bedford Central Labor Council. Shawn P. McCarl, president and CEO of S.P. McCarl and Co. Inc., will be honored Sept. 14 at the 37th Annual Person of the Year Awards Dinner at the Bavarian Hall in Altoona. McCarl ...
Paul Berendt remembers a night several years ago when he came home from a high school football game at Ellwood City High school, where he was the band director. “My wife had gone to bed. I was scanning around the TV in bed, it was 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning, then the Food Network came ...
pittsburgh F.N.B. Corp. announces quarterly cash dividend The board of directors of F.N.B. Corp. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents per share on F.N.B. Corp.’s common stock. The dividend is payable on June 15 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June ...
Riddlesburg - State police have charged two Bedford County women with operating a methamphetamine lab in Broad Top Township, according to a news release issued Thursday. State police at Bedford said they charged Starla R. Knechtel, 31, and Lisa M. Pounds, 35, both of Riddlesburg, with a series ...
Railroad recognized The North Shore Railroad Co. has been named Railway Age 2017 Short Line Railroad of the Year and was selected to receive a 2017 American Short Line and Regional Railroad Marketing Award. The railroad will be honored June 2 at a ceremony in Northumberland. North Shore ...