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Social media dangers discussed at AASD Town Hall

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Just as Ian Malcolm warned in the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park” that “life finds a way,” Shape the Sky founder Ryan Klingensmith told concerned parents their children will find a way to encounter dangers on the internet, no matter what protections are put into place. Klingensmith was the ...

Parking Authority to sort through management offers

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The chairwoman of the Altoona Parking Authority is planning to dissect recent downtown parking management proposals from three national companies, so board members can make apples-to-apples comparisons before voting to hire one of the firms. The proposals from Platinum Parking of Dallas in ...

Student entrepreneurs pitch startups ‘Shark Tank’-style

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Sixteen students representing 14 different startup businesses pitched their ideas to a panel of Blair County business leaders during the annual Young Entrepreneur Academy event Tuesday night. The event, held at the Devorris Downtown Center, was the culmination of 25 weeks of work by the ...

Parents get probation

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — Two Claysburg parents were sentenced Wednesday to five years’ probation after rendering no contest pleas to endangering the welfare of a child. Blair County Judge Jackie Bernard handed down the sentences to Seth Allen Dicken, 24, and Jamie Lynn Ellis, 23, to address a case ...

Superior Court upholds more jail time for drug dealer

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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld additional jail time for a Philadelphia man who was arrested in Huntingdon County 11 years ago as a drug dealer. Jamar M. Cook, now 42, was arrested for drug sales in 2012 and 2013 and eventually entered no-contest pleas to four separate counts of ...