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Rigby to host House committee hearings

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HARRISBURG — A pair of state House committees will be calling Cambria County home this month during events hosted by state Rep. Jim Rigby, R-Camrbia/Somerset. Both hearings are open to the public. On Friday, Oct. 9, the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee will hold an informational hearing beginning at 10 a.m. in Patton at the Cambria County Fire School, 292 Ott Road. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss funding and access to firefighter training, recruitment and retention efforts across the state. “As a former volunteer fireman, I can definitely ...

Area projects receive grants

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Logan Township will receive a $600,000 Community Conservation Partnership Program grant for further development of Strawberry Hills Park in Logan Township, according to a list of grant recipients released Wednesday. The Logan Township funds are earmarked for construction of a concession stand and pedestrian walkways, ADA access, landscaping, project sign and other related improvements at the park that is currently under construction on the 100-acre Strawberry Hills tract west of Juniata. In addition to the Strawberry Hills grant, a second Blair County project will receive funding ...

Indivisible Blair County, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Blair County to hold rally encouraging voting

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Indivisible Blair County and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Blair County will hold a rally 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, in Heritage Plaza to encourage people to vote in the upcoming midterms. The event will be part of the national Indivisible No Kings IV, but the national organization has designated a different date, according to local Indivisible President Carol Taylor. The local event will be on Sunday because there was another event scheduled for the plaza on the date designated by the national organization, and more importantly, because holding the local event Sunday will ...

State College Regional Airport launches new nonstop service

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The State College Air Service Alliance on Monday celebrated the launch of American Airlines’ new nonstop service between State College Regional Airport and Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Community leaders, Fly State College Fund contributors and American Airlines representatives ...

Altoona native pens new CBS sitcom 'Eternally Yours'

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A longtime partnership can feel like forever, which partly inspired a city native and his writing partner to create a new CBS sitcom, “Eternally Yours.” Coming off the success of television series “Ghosts,” writers Joe Wiseman and Joe Port, who hails from Altoona, are set to watch the ...