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Cub Scouts plan Fun Night Aug. 31

Cub Scout Pack 3331 will hold Fun Night on Aug. 31 at St. Mary Social Hall, 312 Clark St., Hollidaysburg. Are you looking for a program that will help your son learn to be a good citizen, have good character and to be a healthy, self confident young adult? Come meet the Pack, learn some Scout skills and join the Cub Scout adventure. Cub Scouts has been a positive influence on boys for more than a century. Cub Scout Pack 3331 is open to boys in kindergarten through fifth grade. Pack leaders and parents keep Scouts on a path of citizen training, character development and personal ...

Bishop Guilfoyle student chosen for summer enrichment academy

Ty Halerz of Altoona was one of 42 high school students selected to attend the Appalachian STEM Academy from July 11-24 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The two-week residential program was designed to provide hands-on experience in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). ...

Pets of the Week Aug. 29-30, 2026

In the news on this date: August 28

Local history 50 years ago: Aug. 28, 1976 The FBI Uniform Crime Report said that Altoona went from fourth lowest to ninth lowest in crime in the country due to a 20% increase. Murder, rape, robbery, burglary, assault, larceny and auto theft were factors used in the statistics. 25 years ago: Aug. 28, 2001 The Ebensburg Borough Council voted to close the Ebensburg Regional Airport effective Jan. 1, 2002 because it was no longer “cost effective.” The facility lost $114, 247 over the past three years and the borough contributed about $20,000 per year. 10 years ago: Aug. 28, ...

In the news on this date: Aug. 24

Local history 50 years ago: Explorer Scouts Sue Stiffler and Traci Gibbony of Post 123, sponsored by Altoona Hospital, took part in a High Adventure Ecology Workshop at Camp Bucuco near Butler. Twenty-three Scouts from nine states took part. Instructors were professors from Slippery Rock State College. 25 years ago: Norfolk Southern Railroad, which planned to close the Hollidaysburg Car Shops in October, gave transfer assignments to the supervisors and managers there, spokesman Rudy Husband announced. 10 years ago: The Blair County Commissioners agreed to raise the ...

Across the area

Blair Garden Club to visit Underhill Farm Blair Garden Club will meet Monday, Aug. 24, for a trip to Underhill Farm in Hollidaysburg. Members should be at the American Legion parking lot at 4:30 p.m. to carpool to the farm. Owners Will Churchill and Fred Stowell will provide a tour of their extensive gardens. Attendees will also get to see the rare Leicester Longwool sheep they raise on the farm. The fleece they produce is processed into lustrous yarn that is then hand-dyed at the farm. Smoking cessation classes start Sept. 1 Freedom from Smoking classes will be held from ...