Central Blair Recreation Douglass Johnson loads up a tree branch during tree trimming around Fairview Park in Altoona on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Roaring Spring resident hosts meeting to air data center concerns
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Bedford County commissioners discuss preliminary budget
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State must step up toll collections
When the “new” version of the Pennsylvania General Assembly gets up and running, based on the results of the Nov. 3 general election, among its top priorities should be to end Pennsylvania’s reputation as a laughingstock over failure to impose what should be the toughest-in-the-nation stand against turnpike scofflaws. Yes, this state has implemented…
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Public Records
Marriage licenses
Editor’s note: the following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Blair County Hunter L. Romano and Kianna N. Freet, both of Duncansville. Nathaniel T. Rome and Leslie I. Stuller, both of Sproul. Brandon N. Ross and Sarah E. Demkovitch, both of Altoona. Aaron T. Rutherford and Melissa A. McCahan,…
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Obituaries
Judith A. Aiken
Judith A. Aiken, 87, of Altoona, passed away Monday. Friends will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at Sorge Funeral Home & Crematory Inc., Hollidaysburg, where a funeral service will immediately follow at 1 p.m.