Tickets available for wine dinner A select number of tickets remain for the “Grapes for Good” benefit fundraiser on Saturday, May 17, at The Blairmont Club. Tickets cost $200 per person and features dinner and a sampling of fine wine. Proceeds benefit the Rotary Club of Altoona and ...

Military Food Share set for May 12 The monthly Military Food Share distribution at the Duncansville VFW Auxiliary 8724 will be held Monday, May 12, beginning at 11 a.m. This is for all active military, veterans and widows or widowers of veterans living in Blair County. We are currently ...

Disney’s “Frozen, Jr. will be presented by the Juniata Elementary School Drama Club at 7 p.m. on May 13, 15, 16 at Juniata Elementary School. Frozen, Jr. tells the story of sister princesses Anna and Elsa and their journey of love and acceptance in the magical land of Arendelle. The ...

Courtesy photos Sarah Burnett (left) from the M&T Bank Charitable Foundation presented a check to Maria Brandt, executive director at The Arc of Blair County. The Arc of Blair County advocates for the advancement and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities through teaching ...

A total of 380 parents and children attended the Week of the Young Child Celebration which was held at the Logan Valley Mall on Saturday, April 5. This event was coordinated by the Week of the Young Child Committee and the United Way of the Southern Alleghenies’ Family Resource Center. ...

May 10, 1950 A strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineman over a third man on the crews had stopped all main traffic, closed the Altoona Works and was spreading to other railroads. Altoona PRR Superintendent Park M. Roeper said that “all ...