Firm to integrate 911 maps for Mass. school district

July 10, 2025

STATE COLLEGE Firm to integrate 911 maps for Mass. school district ELS911 of State College has been selected to map and integrate the Fairhaven School District in Massachusetts’ school floor plans with county 911. The school was recently named The Most Beautiful High School in America and is on the National Register of Historic Places. With more states requiring K-12 public schools meet uniform school mapping rules that allow a school’s layout to be shared with first responder agencies, ELS911’s services are constantly being refined to ensure all K-12 schools meet these ...

Mid Penn Bank recognized for community service

July 9, 2025

Mid Penn Bank took top honors for its financial literacy community service project during the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers INSPIRE Awards ceremony. This ceremony honors community bankers who are inspired to make exceptional, positive contributions to the people they serve, honoring the rich history and tradition of community banking and contributing to its ongoing success. For the second straight year, Mid Penn Bank took the top honor in winning the Tom Bailey Community Support and Engagement Award — an award renamed in honor of Brentwood Bank’s former CEO Tom ...

Military Families Ministry donation drive under way

July 8, 2025

BELLWOOD Military Families Ministry donation drive under way Military Families Ministry USA Inc. has launched its fifth annual summer donation drive that runs the month of July and supports local homeless veterans and deployed troops. MFM is partnering with the VA Hospital/Homeless Veteran program this year and will provide backpacks for distribution to homeless veterans in their program and will ship care packages with snacks and personal care items to deployed troops. Donations can be dropped at the following locations: in Bellwood at the Bellwood-Antis Public Library, Mayhue’s ...

Family institution: Altoona staple Mama Randazzo’s marks a quarter century in business

July 5, 2025

Altoona Mayor Matt Pacifico says Mama Randazzo’s Restaurant is an example of a success story. “The business that Paul and his family have built is a true success story. Starting small, and growing to the point that they needed to build a separate commercial kitchen to keep up with the ...

Workplace

July 5, 2025

New hires and promotions John “Rob” Butler has joined Keller Engineers Inc. as a construction inspector in transportation. Butler has more than 18 years of experience working in the construction industry. Most recently, he performed inspection work for the Maryland Department of Transportation, providing client-focused civil and structural engineering and surveying services. Marc Kifer has joined Keller Engineers Inc. as a field surveyor. Kifer has more than 30 years of surveying experience and is skilled in calculating land boundaries, setting controls and monuments, ...

Mirror staff recognized in state awards

July 5, 2025

From Mirror staff reports The Mirror’s 150th Anniversary edition won first place in the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s Keystone Awards announced in mid-June. In addition, Mirror Sports Editor Buck Frank received a first place award in the sports page design category with his entry: “With open arms; Lady Lions, Lady Tigers repeat; On top of the world; All-around effort; Back to Reality; Pribula? No problema.” The sports team of Michael Boytim, Scott Franco, Dan Isenberg and Andy Stine won second place in the Sports Video category for their high school football preview ...