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Long way around

A crew from Kukurin Contracting, Export, works on the replacement of the Ridge Avenue bridge over Chest Creek in Patton on Monday morning. The $1.28 million PennDOT project features superstructure replacement and road improvements, with a 7.5-mile detour in place. The detour is anticipated to ...

After the storm

A storm that hit the region Saturday left downed tree limbs and other damage in its path, including a fallen tree that landed on two cars in Tyrone. Rich Riggle, a bucket truck operator for Reader Timber Services, works on downing a tree on Monday damaged by the storm Saturday in ...

Hard at work

Jim Sheehan watches his great-great-nephew, Finley Matthew, 5, attach a chain to his Tonka dump truck in the driveway of his sister-in-law’s home, Finley’s great-grandmother, in Patton recently. Finley was emulating the nearby demolition of a bridge on Ridge Avenue. Mirror photo by ...

On campus

SFU graduates aviation techs LORETTO –– Saint Francis University celebrated a major milestone this year as the university graduated the first class from its Aviation Maintenance Technician Certificate Program. Five graduates successfully completed the program and earned their General, Airframe and Powerplant certificates from the university, qualifying them to take their final Federal Aviation Administration examinations. Members of the inaugural graduating class include Michael Folton of Jerome, Hayden Sutton of Ebensburg, Joshua Mathis of Johnstown, Liam Kerlin of Ligonier ...