Finishing touch
Alan Koch of Warrior Ridge Contracting, Warriors Mark, cleans the frame of a newly installed window along West 14th Street in Tyrone on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Today’s puzzles: March 2, 2026
Click the links below to see and print your favorite puzzles. Andrews McMeel Crossword https://www.altoonamirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/nealmon.png Find the words https://www.altoonamirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/iwfmonp-scaled.jpg Celebrity ...
Mardi Gras event
Keith and Renee Parowski were voted Mardi Gras king and queen during the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art’s 50th anniversary celebration Cash Bash, a Mardi Gras-themed fundraising event on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Bavarian Hall in Altoona. It featured Bourbon Street-style jazz by the ...
AAJHS Drama Club to present ‘Beetlejuice, Jr.’
The Altoona Area Junior High School Drama Club will present “Beetlejuice, Jr.” with nearly 90 students participating. Public performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, and Friday, March 6, with a matinee show at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7. A Senior Citizen Preview will take ...
Horoscope — Sunday, March 1
Fantastic gifts come by way of a blind box, random surprise or stroke of dumb luck. Aries (March 21-April 19): No path is inherently better or worse, only different. You needn’t agonize over finding the absolute best route, nor should you feel pressured to make a good choice. You’re the one who makes the choice good. Taurus (April 20-May 20): They want you to buy what you don’t need, and some of it is downright bad for you. Consumerism pulls your focus into systems optimized for someone else’s goals. Power flows toward whoever sets the frame –– let that be you. Gemini ...
Try this fiery warmup for a cold day
Mapo tofu is one of Sichuan cuisine’s most iconic dishes. It consists of silky tofu bathed in a fiery, aromatic sauce that balances heat, numbing spice and rich umami flavor. Mapo tofu roughly translates to “pockmarked grandma’s tofu,” which is named for the elderly Chengdu woman who ...