Chances are you’ve heard of the Appalachian Trail, the hiking path that runs 2,179 miles from Georgia to Maine. You may also be familiar with the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile-route from California to Canada. But unless you live in Wisconsin, you may not know about the 1,100-mile Ice ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Dozens of beached sailboats that spent two years on the shore of Utah’s drought-stricken Great Salt Lake were hoisted on cranes back into the briny waters Thursday after winter storms raised lake levels. “Mother Nature has been very kind to us,” said Janet Robins, the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — MTV has scrapped gender specific categories for its upcoming Movie & TV Awards. In place of the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, this year’s awards will honor a non-gendered Best Actor in a Movie and Best Actor in a Show. The move follows the Grammy Awards’ ...
Riding my bike along the Little Juniata River on a beautiful spring evening earlier this week, I was grateful to have the time to be out and about. Though the bleak, leafless trees of early spring were not nearly as beautiful as their green foliage of summer, I was enjoying the scenery along ...
Let’s talk endurance, shall we? According to my online dictionary, endurance the noun is defined as, “the fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.” Endurance the adjective is “denoting or relating to a race or other sporting event ...
The following churches have announced Easter egg hunts for children: Fairview United Methodist Church will host an Easter egg hunt at noon Saturday. The event is open to children ages 12 and younger. The egg hunt will be held at the 25th Avenue, Third Street ballfield. St. John’s Reformed ...
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 519 58th St., has announced these services in observance of Holy Week — 7 p.m. Bridegroom Matins on Monday and Tuesday. A service of Holy Unction will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. St. John the Evangelist Church will host the prayerful observance ...
The following churches have announced Masses and worship services for Palm Sunday on April 9. Some services and vigils will be held Saturday and are noted in the list. Palm Sunday is the day of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, One Cathedral Square ...
The following churches will observe Maundy or Holy Thursday, the night known as the Last Supper, on April 13: Logan’s Valley Baptist Church, 335 Main St. Bellwood — 7 p.m. with Pastor Funteller H. Jackson. Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, One Cathedral Square — 7:30 p.m. (Adoration ...
The following churches will observe Good Friday/Holy Friday in remembrance of the day Jesus Christ was crucified on April 14: The Faith Baptist Church of Altoona, 315 40th St. — noon to 3 p.m. with the theme “Glory in the Cross” based on Galatians 6:14. The topics and preachers are: ...
Classical ballet and modern dance, as well as visual arts, are all a part of the Jessica Lang Dance production coming to the Eisenhower Auditorium stage at Penn State University on Wednesday. “We try to bring something fresh and new to the campus and the community each season, and Jessica ...
Music lovers are in for treat Saturday when the Altoona Symphony Orchestra not only performs a major piece for the first time but uses rare instruments most people have probably never heard before. The Altoona Symphony will perform Anton Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 7 in E Major.” Maestro ...
NEW YORK — Most Americans would hate living in a world untouched by Hugh Hefner. That’s a message from “American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story,” which premieres Friday on Amazon Prime. It will come as no surprise that this docuseries treats its subject, the founder of the ...
STATE COLLEGE — The American Ale House & Grill has been tucked in the wooded Toftrees neighborhood for 25 years. But if you haven’t been lately, it’s time to check out the recently renovated restaurant that continues to focus on freshness and attention to detail. “A lot of detail, ...
Editor’s note: This is the 17th installment in a regular series on travel. In this installment, we visit Somerset County. SOMERSET — Somerset County is Pennsylvania’s seventh largest in size with 1,075 acres, much of it in beautiful, rolling hills of farmland and forests and the ...
NEW YORK — Some international travelers are citing politics as a factor in whether to visit the U.S. this year, according to survey research by the tourism marketing agency Brand USA. The findings add to existing concerns about the tourism industry. Other new data shows that a slowdown ...
NEW YORK — A little bit of Maine has come to a Manhattan museum with the opening of “Marsden Hartley’s Maine.” And for travelers who want to see the places depicted in the paintings, there’s a companion itinerary for visiting Maine. The exhibition at The Met Breuer museum includes ...
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Mountaineering expedition organizers in Nepal are sending huge trash bags with climbers on Mount Everest during the spring climbing season to collect trash that then can be winched by helicopters back to the base camp. Dambar Parajuli of the Expedition Operators ...
South Carolina Wooden Swamp Fox roller coaster now a landmark MYRTLE BEACH — It’s been a wild ride for the Swamp Fox, a 51-year-old wooden roller coaster in Myrtle Beach that has been given a historic designation. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported the ceremonial proclamation was ...
A night for women to laugh, relax, have fun together and appreciate their worth is all part of UPMC Altoona Healthy Living Club’s upcoming “Women’s Night Out.” The annual event for women of all ages will be held at The Casino at Lakemont Park on April 27. Nancy Witter, a Certified ...