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In the news on this date: August 14

Local history 50 years ago: Aug. 14, 1976 The Blair County Voter Registration program, Andrew Purcell director, said the mail in program was a great success with over 300 registrations received but that many of them were not properly filled out and the voters would have to be called. 25 years ago: Aug. 14, 2001 The Altoona Curve baseball team was giving Adam Hyzdu bobble head dolls to the first 2,000 fans tonight and had held bobble head doll nights for its mascot Steamer and manager Dale Sweum. The bobble head dolls had become a nationwide craze, according to a Mirror story by ...

A reel expert

Harley Sims of Altoona baits a worm on a hook while fishing Spring Run along Park Boulevard in Juniata on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Celebrating freedom

Norfolk Southern locomotive 250 is decked out in a commemorative “America250” scheme as it leads a westbound freight along 10th Avenue on Monday afternoon. The locomotive is known as “The Freedom” unit and is one of six specially painted engines done by Norfolk Southern to celebrate ...