Safety first
Dave Leberfinger hoses water on a huge icicle on the corner of his Maple Avenue home in Altoona as a safety measure for pedestrians on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Helping paw
Seven-year-old Golden Retriever Captain watches his owner Ken Smithmyer tidy up the sidewalk around their 20th Avenue home in Altoona on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Piling on
A PennDOT equipment operator piles up a wall of snow at the stockpile off of the Route 22 Altoona/Hollidaysburg exit in Allegheny Township on Wednesday. The snow is from the Hollidaysburg District 9-2 Maintenance District on North Juniata Street. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Dr. Oz issues measles vaccine appeal
WASHINGTON — A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. “Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers ...
Snow Banksy
An anonymous artist left their mark on a snow wall created by a PennDOT snowblower at the top of St. Lawrence Hill outside of Patton. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Practiced Dedication: City native has show at NYC art gallery
City native and artist Corliss Cavalieri didn’t have a bedroom door growing up, so his mother hung up a glass-blown bead curtain in his entryway that magically caught the sunlight. “I remember sitting often, amazed by the beauty of them (the beads) and the colors,” he said. Years ...