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Veterans appreciation breakfasts set

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State Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr., R-Cambria, Centre and Clearfield, invites area veterans to register for his annual Veterans Appreciation Breakfasts, being held in October and November this year. Veterans in Clearfield and Centre counties are invited to register for the breakfast being held at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at VFW Post 1785, 1145 Industrial Park Road, Clearfield. Doors open at 8 a.m. Interested veterans are asked to register by Oct. 14. Veterans in Cambria County are invited to register for the breakfast being held on at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Young Peoples ...

Slogans that fit to a T(shirt)

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The two most popular forms of public, personal, written communications are bumper stickers and T-shirt slogans. Everyone has seen a child wearing a T-shirt that proclaims, “My Parents (or Grandparents) Visited (pick a place — the Grand Canyon, Atlantic City, wherever) and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt.” Cute, eh? Can a T-shirt slogan undermine democracy? The Urban Outfitters Company produced a youth-oriented, silk-screened T-shirt that boasted “Voting is for OLD PEOPLE.” The media and pundit class jumped all over the company for discouraging voting by 18-29 year olds. ...

Crowd objects to proposed Taylor Township data center

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About 200 people filled the Friendship Volunteer Fire Company hall in Roaring Spring Thursday for a required public hearing concerning a potential data center. Taylor Township supervisors discussed proposed amendments to the township’s subdivision and land development ordinance (SALDO) ...

Courthouse roof part of Blair County budget session

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County public works manager requested about $1.5 million for phase four of the courthouse roof project during Thursday afternoon’s budget session presentations. “This is the final phase of the roof for the courthouse,” Manager Nick Burket told the county commissioners. “This would be the rest of the mansard for the new side, and it would cover all of the towers for the new side.” Burket said the high cost was partly due to the phase needing a lot of “scaffold work” and weight restrictions in the courtyard. Because of those restrictions, if the ...

Shapiro, Garrity face off in gubernatorial debate

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Gov. Josh Shapiro and State Treasurer Stacy Garrity faced off in the lone gubernatorial debate on Wednesday evening. The two candidates covered a wide range of topics, often finding themselves at odds, during the nearly hourlong event hosted by Nexstar Media Inc. and moderated by ABC27’s Dennis Owens and WPXI’s Lisa Sylvester. Shapiro, who was elected to the office in 2022, touted a variety of investments his administration has made in the past few years and painted the picture of progress in Pennsylvania. “I’m the only governor in the country over the last four years with ...