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Area Life

Publisher’s Weekly US Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction 1. “The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans (Crown) 2. “Dire Bound” by Sable Sorensen (Requited) 3. “Felicia’s Favorites” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 4. “My Husband’s Wife” by Alice Feeney (Pine & Cedar) 5. “Between Two Fires” by ...

Altoona woman releases second historical novel

Under the pen name of Milico Mathers, Nancy E. Head, of Altoona, has released her second middle-grade historical novel. Set in Ireland during World War II, 12-year-old Brian McGrath and his older brother Patrick are celebrating with their family, despite wartime shortages, when Irish police ...

This weekend’s puzzles: March 14-15, 2026

Click the corresponding link below to see and print your favorite puzzles Andrews McMeel Crossword https://www.altoonamirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SAT-McMeel-XWord-1-scaled.png Find the ...

Flashlight Egg Hunt to benefit Healing Patch

Event to aid Home Nursing Children’s Grief Program The Home Nursing Agency Foundation is hosting the fourth annual Flashlight Egg Hunt on Friday, March 27, to benefit the Healing Patch Children’s Grief Program. Hosted at the Altoona Curve stadium, the Flashlight Egg Hunt welcomes ...

Yesteryear feature — March 14-15, 2026

The Frohsinn Society, Ninth Avenue and 12th Street, Altoona, hosted a baby contest Aug. 22, 1953. The babies are (from left) Queen Deborah Reighard, Princess Regina Kohler and Grand Dutchess Star Filer. Regina won a gold cup. The photo was submitted by Regina “Jeannie” (Kohler) Boyles of ...

Switching it up

A crew manually switches Norfolk Southern locomotives off of the Hollidaysburg Branch near the Eighth Street Bridge in Altoona on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski