In recognition of May Is Mental Health Month, Mount North Counseling & Consultation, in partnership with Bishop McCort Catholic High School, will host a student art show and open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at Mount North, 1105 Scalp Ave., Johnstown. This showcase of ...

Leonard Alwine of Altoona submitted this photo of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. office along Wehnwood Road with its 1941 GMC truck loaded with Pepsi in the truck body built by Brumbaugh Body Co., Altoona. Readers are encouraged to send or deliver old local photographs of general interest for use ...

May 17, 1950 Congressman James E. VanZandt won the Republican nomination to run for a sixth term in the U.S. House. He had served in Congress since 1939 except for the three years he spent in the Navy during World War II. He held the rank of Rear Admiral in the Naval Reserve and had been ...

The Women’s Club of Altoona is hosting their annual fundraiser on Friday, June 6, at Father Kelly Hall, 2412 Fifth St., Altoona. The event will include dinner, basket raffles, games of chance and horse race betting. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6:15 p.m., then it’s ...

Courtesy photo The Patton Garden Club went to the Cambria Heights Middle School in April, where they attended a presentation on Hydroponics by Jen Terza, Cambria Heights Middle School teacher, with assistance from James Blake, also a teacher at the middle school. Hydroponics is a method to ...

Courtesy photos The Hakuna Matatas handicapable square dancers are celebrating their 20th anniversary in June at The Arc of Blair County, and it is also a tribute to one of their late, great callers, Tom Miller, who passed away in late March. Here are photos from their May 4 Star Wars theme ...