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Nearly 50 sixth grade students from Portage Area Elementary School rode an Amtrak train from Johnstown to Altoona as part of a Portage Area Historical Society local history unit on Thursday morning. The history lesson informed about the five railroads Portage has had over the years. ...

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Calvary Cemetery maintenance worker Eli Rodgers trims grass around markers at the Pleasant Valley Boulevard cemetery in Altoona on Wednesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski