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Fun week with ‘Pokemon Go’ sees luck change

What a difference a couple months can make. In January, Pokemon Go’s content was dull to say the least. However, beginning with the Road to Kalos event, which led to the global Kalos Tour event Feb. 28 and March 1, my luck with this game has been over the top in more ways than one. It started Thursday, Feb. 26 with the Sinnoh raid hour, featuring origin forme Dialga and Palkia. The objective was to get a shiny Dialga or Palkia with a special background and its adventure effect move, which wasn’t guaranteed and made it difficult to find one that checked off all three ...

Bedford novelist tells local tales about Underground Railroad

The historical fiction “Summer of Meteors” by Bedford novelist Kris Schaale is set at the Bedford Springs Hotel and also journeys through Altoona and Hollidaysburg. It is a tale of the Underground Railroad, featuring President James Buchanan and his niece, Harriet Lane, set in 1859. ...

Student of the month: Landon Semelsberger

Age: 18 Town: Loretto School/grade: Penn Cambria High School, grade 12 Family: Parents, EJ and Susie Semelsberger; siblings, Easton and Channing Chosen for: Landon was nominated by his teachers and school counselor. His genuine kind heart and work ethic is top notch. He is an excellent ...

Applications open for Arts Festival

The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Artsis accepting applications for the 2026 Children & Youth Sidewalk Sale and the Banner Exhibition and Competition. Sidewalk sale The Children & Youth Day Sidewalk Sale is sponsored by AAUW State College, and the event is a fun way for boys and girls to develop both their artistic and entrepreneurial potential. Artists aged 8 through 18 who live in, or have relatives in the following counties –– Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin and Union –– are eligible to participate. Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale rules ...

East Broad Top to host Descendants Reunion

Event set for June 13-14 ROCKHILL FURNACE –– The East Broad Top Railroad will host a special Descendants Reunion Weekend on June 13 and 14, inviting the families of former railroad workers, coal company employees and others connected to the historic railroad to return and celebrate their shared heritage. The gathering will take place in Rockhill Furnace and Robertsdale, communities deeply connected to the history of the East Broad Top Railroad and the coal industry that once fueled it. The weekend will provide descendants with the opportunity to reconnect with family history, ...

Girls Night Out donates to breast cancer programs

Nonprofit surpasses $2 million raised since 2008 founding Girls Night Out Altoona Inc., a volunteer-driven nonprofit dedicated to breast cancer awareness, early detection, and patient support, distributed $235,000 in donations on March 11 at Marzoni’s Greenwood in Altoona to organizations ...