My twin boys just recently celebrated their 16th birthdays, and though they will get presents and a party soon, the best gift I can bestow on them is this: I wish them luck when it comes to the dating scene and having girlfriends in the next few years. I hope they have a better time than I ...
FISHERTOWN — The Chestnut Ridge softball team is used to success from its days in the Sideling Hill League and District 5. Now, playing in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference and District 6, there have been new adventures in 2019. Let’s just say that after Thursday’s 7-1 win over ...
The 2019 version of the Altoona Mirror Bowler of the Year Tournament was a little bit of the old and a little bit of the new at Holiday Bowl Thursday night. And both winners were just happy to be a part of it. For the first time ever, Justin Horton won a men’s title by finishing with a ...
Because it is my nature to worry — my mother taught me well — about everything and anything, I recently realized, with my 54th birthday approaching in a few weeks, that there was something amiss in my life. I need to find someone for my wife, Ann Marie, should I leave this planet before ...
For a little over 10 years, I have been commenting on my wife, Ann Marie Franco, and our four children — as well as my mom, dad and siblings — in the pages of your Altoona Mirror. It seems they did a lot of goofy things that compelled me to reiterate to you and how it drove me crazy. But ...
By Scott Franco sfranco@altoonamirror.com Shane Thomas has wanted to be a high school head football coach since his scholastic days ended at Southern Huntingdon in the fall of 2006. After Monday night’s schoolboard meeting at Huntingdon Area High School, he can now cross it off his ...