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Maddox Plummer, 4, participates in pregame warm-ups running alongside E.J. Ulery before Imler’s Poultry’s All-American Amateur Baseball Association National Tournament game against Zanesville at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point on Monday morning in Johnstown. Imler’s,…

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Altoona’s Tanner Stroup leads Mainline Pharmacy in AAABA tournament

JOHNSTOWN — Altoona Area High School product Tanner Stroup enjoyed a monster game in helping Johnstown AAABA League champ Mainline Pharmacy dominate New York, 13-3, in seven innings in the national tournament at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point on Monday night. Stroup went 3-for-4 with two triples and five RBIs for Mainline, while Xander…

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Go for launch

Rich Bushore of East Freedom launches his boat at Canoe Creek State Park on…

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Low Danube levels push countries to energy brink

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Numerous governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity and avert an energy crisis as record low water levels on the Danube River have forced power plants to the brink of shutting down. Persistent drought and successive extreme heat waves have deprived one of Europe’s largest rivers…

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Human verification essential

Municipalities in this part of Pennsylvania generally feel insulated from the problems affecting big cities. For the most part that is true, especially regarding crime and the challenges — financial and otherwise — associated with providing needed municipal services. Even the issues of cities such as Altoona and Johnstown are of minor scope compared…

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Divorces

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Blair County WANSLEY — Katherine M.; Adonis B., both of Hollidaysburg. Married May 3, 2010. FITZGERALD — William B., Duncansville; Jennifer, Hollidaysburg. Married June 30, 2007. GRASSER — Abbygale, no address available; Colin, Altoona. Married Oct. 14, 2023. BENNETT…

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