This is a guarantee that the column you are about to read will be the only one this year that includes a blind dog, John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice And Men” and a woman who wanted a chainsaw for a Christmas present. And it all has to do with my family. The story starts with our family dog, ...
It’s amazing when you realize the power you have over your children sometimes, and that it comes in the strangest of ways. For instance, let me introduce you to my flip phone. That’s right, folks: It is less than two months to 2018, and yet yours truly still owns — and uses quite ...
WILLIAMSBURG — Both Williamsburg and Moshannon Valley, with no playoffs on the horizon, were hoping to end the 2017 season Friday night with a bang, more importantly, a win into the offseason. The Blue Pirates did just that as both teams finished at 2-8, thanks to a 34-22 victory for ...
By Scott Franco sfranco@altoonamirror.com BELLWOOD — The Marvel Comics movie “Thor: Ragnarok” hits movie theaters on Nov. 2. Bellwood-Antis running back Thor Schmittle did it a lot earlier than that, as he hit the ground running Friday night while never looking back. The senior ...
ROARING SPRING — What if you were told that the Chestnut Ridge football team had negative 14 yards of offense in the first quarter of Friday night’s showdown at Central ... would you believe it? And then there were the 12 penalties for nearly 100 yards on the Central side of the ball in ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg football team used a tenacious defense in the first quarter coupled with poor special teams play by its opponent, Brashear, out of the Pittsburgh City League, en route to a 49-26 victory Friday night at Tiger Stadium. Both teams came in at 2-2 with the ...