Courtesy photo At the Oct. 28 meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women, Scott Pressler, founder of Early Vote Action, spoke to more than 200 attendees in the Altoona Grand Hotel ballroom. Shown are members of the Pressler planning committee. They are (from left): Sonya ...
Courtesy photo Fit N Fun House, 3000 Seventh Ave., second floor, rear, Altoona, will hold its annual “Shake Our CanZ & GoodZ for Canned GoodZ #14” charity event from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14. Asking minimum donations of $10 canned goods/nonperishable items or $10 cash. If unable to ...
Local history 50 years ago: The Altoona Area Public Library theater was showing three movies that Saturday: “Dracula,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.” 25 years ago: Crystal Marie, 14, a student at Keith Junior High School, was to sing at the Pennsylvania Farm Show for the third year in a row. She had already been singing professionally for half her life. 10 years ago: Sunoco Logistics, building a 300-mile liquid natural gas pipeline across Pennsylvania called the Mariner East 2 Pipeline, was to hold a public meeting at the ...
Back in the days of 1955, driver education instructor Archie Umstead teaches students how to install tire chains on a car so they could travel on the snow-covered roads. The photo was submitted by Leonard Alwine of Altoona from his collection of vintage photos. Readers are encouraged to send ...
Small games of chance topic of discussion The Blair County Drug and Alcohol program will present “Understanding Small Games of Chance” at 6 p.m. Jan. 27 at 3001 Fairway Drive. The event will offer free training for small games of chance licensees and build your organization’s understanding of Pennsylvania’s Gambling and Small Games of Chance Laws and how to operate games and permitted games. The event will also include a question and answer session with trainer Jamie Jones, retired Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. Register by Jan. 22 by ...
Local history 50 years ago: Street director Ernest Dejaiff told City Council that OSHA said he had 30 days to correct violations at the city’s sewage treatment plants, like providing self-contained breathing apparatus and hearing protection from loud pump noise for workers. 25 years ago: Gov. Tom Ridge was to set the time frame for an election to fill the seat of retiring Congressman Bud Shuster within 10 days of his resignation (Jan. 31). 10 years ago: Blair County President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva swore in Blair County Commissioners Terry E. Tomassetti, Bruce R. Erb and Ted A. ...
