Courtesy photo The Curve Gospel Riders, Altoona Chapter 1019 of the Christian Motorcyclists Association, elected officers for 2026-27. Shown are (from left): front row — Karen Ervine, secretary; and Jackie Hardy, treasurer; back row — JD Blair, road captain; David Ervine, chaplain; Bill ...
Members of the Cambria Heights High School Class of 1962 gathered for lunch and socialization at the Carrolltown Legion Park on Saturday, Aug. 22, to commemorate the 64th year since graduation. Attending were Bernie (Lieb) Dillon, Pat Dillon, Fred Berish, Bob Nagle, Etta (Lampenfeld) ...
Local history 50 years ago Sept. 4, 1976 Antoinette Thompson, 12, Altoona, a school safety patrol member, received a Gold Lifesaving Medal from U.S. Secretary of Transportation William T. Coleman Jr. and the AAA for saving the life of a fellow student. The ceremony was held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. 25 years ago Sept. 4, 2001 The Hollidaysburg YMCA (1866) and Tyrone YMCA (1870) were celebrating the 150th anniversary of the parent Young Men’s Christian Association, founded in London in 1844 and moved to New York in 1851. 10 years ago Sept. 4, 2016 The ...
On Saturday, Aug. 29, more than 65 Mount Aloysius College students, faculty, staff and alumni came together for the inaugrual “Patricia M. Gildea Day of Service,” a day of service to the local community in memory of Pat Gildea, a 1947 Mount Aloysius alumnae and local community service ...
The Railroaders Memorial Museum will host its seventh guest speaker of the “Along the Broadway: Historical Lecture Series” on Friday, Sept. 4. Matt Hankinson, founder and director of the Armstrong Civil War Round Table and a member of the 62nd Pennsylvania Living History Group, will present “The Panic of ’63 and the Rise of the Chicken Raiders.” Hankinson’s presentation will examine Altoona in 1863, when Confederate forces under Gen. Robert E. Lee were campaigning through Pennsylvania. The lecture will explore the impact of the Civil War on the region and the fears that ...
