COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s iconic Noma restaurant is set to reopen on Aug. 5 with neither its founder and celebrity chef Rene Redzepi at the helm nor its three stars in the Michelin Guide. Redzepi announced he would “step away” from leading the Copenhagen institution in March ...
It was bad timing when I realized that I was still afraid of heights while standing on an exposed cliff. After about 10 minutes of panicking, however, I realized that I didn’t have much of a choice but to face my fears and finish the Beehive Trail at Acadia National Park, revealing a ...
KUMAGAYA, Japan — The humble blackboard is serving as the canvas, and colorful chalk the paint, for young Japanese artists. “Kokuban Art Koshien “ is an annual national chalk art championship for high school students. Combining the word for “blackboard” (“kokuban”) and the ...
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Local history 50 years ago: July 31, 1976 Merisela H. Escobar, 19, a Rotary exchange student from Mexico, was finishing her senior year at Altoona Area High School and staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Carn. 25 years ago: July 31, 2001 The Tour de ‘Toona bicycle races began in Altoona and race director Kirk Leidy said that 1,500 volunteers were needed, with the race still short of several hundred. 10 years ago: July 31, 2016 The Altoona Water Authority, Mike Bianconi crewman, repaired a water break in an 80-year-old pipe that flooded Logan Blvd., causing Sheetz ...
Eloise Nycum, 2, walks off a ride with her aunt, Candice Smith of Loretto. A woman tries her hand at the Skee-Ball machines Wednesday night at the Cresson Carnival. The carnival will end at 10 p.m. Saturday. Mirror photos by Colette Costlow
