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Area Life

Making tracks

An ice fisherman walks to join a friend on the lake at Canoe Creek State Park on Wednesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Cleanup prep

One of many “no parking” signs warns drivers of Wednesday’s cleanup of 11th Avenue in Altoona on Tuesday morning. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Log rolling

An equipment operator from D & D Wood Sales, Nicktown, cleans up logs dumped in the yard at 1100 Fourth Ave. in Patton at about 8:30 a.m. Friday morning. A log truck from LZ Morrison Logistics, Johnstown, rolled over rounding the curve at Fourth Avenue and Railroad Avenue (Route 36), ...

‘Pokemon Go’ content feels subpar

After hearing YouTuber Poke Daxi talk about how he’s burnt out from playing Pokemon Go, I wanted to address why I haven’t written a column in months. I stepped away from writing about Pokemon Go after feeling a similar burnout to what Poke Daxi and other content creators are ...

Student of the month: Brock Miko

Age: 17 Town: Portage School/grade: Portage Area Jr.-Sr. High School — Grade 12 Family: Son of John and Christa Miko, sibling of Lucas, Mitchell, Andrew and Calla Chosen for: Brock was chosen as Student of the Month because he exemplifies outstanding leadership as the senior class ...