Garrett Baumgartner of the Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center won the gold medal in the carpentry competition at the national SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference. Baumgartner was one of four GACTC students to participate in the national conference, which was held June ...
Saint Francis University names orientation directors LORETTO –– Saint Francis University has announced the eight students selected to serve as 2023 orientation directors. These students will lead a team of 40 student volunteer orientation counselors to provide a first-class onboarding experience when the Class of 2027 joins the Flash Fam in August. At no compensation, these volunteers sacrifice the final weeks of summer to ensure that first-year students have an exceptional transition into University life. The 2023 orientation directors include: Senior director: Madison ...
Alumni of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School are invited to a reunion from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Buccinese Club, 612 Eighth Ave., Altoona. Tickets are $10 and are on sale at the club. For more information, visit Mt. Carmel School Reunion 2023 on Facebook or email mt.carmelschool@aol.com. Information about class, business and family reunions can be emailed to community@altoonamirror.com. For more information, contact Brenda Carberry, community news coordinator, at 814-946-7459.
NEWRY -- St. Patrick’s Annual Festival in the Shade will be held Aug. 11-13. This year’s theme is St. Patrick’s Festival in the Shade – Rooted in Community & Education. The festival, a fundraising event for St. Patrick’s School, is held in and around the school on Patrick Lane, ...
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SPRING DEAN’S LIST Blair County Altoona — Dylan M. Auker, Connor Ann Bradley, Nicholas Taylor Caffrey, Kelly Campbell, Kalie R. Conley, Malia Danish, Marcus Xavier Day, Liam Ray DeAngelis, Lydia Eamigh, Gabriella Finn, Emily-Grace Garwood, Abby Lynn Gondek, Jaiden Elizabeth Gottshall, Jacob Scott Greene, Cooper Todd Guyer, Ashtyn Kaye Hileman, Iris J. Kauffman, Katelyn Elizabeth Krish, Aaliyah McCullough, Rachel Marie Meintel, Michaela Elizabeth Miller, Darien Nagle, Stacey Ann Oppel, Michael William Raus, Peyton J. Sanders, Kasey Lynn ...
On the first weekend in June, the last ninth-grade class from Logan Junior High School was reunited after 42 years. “Logan was a smaller school than Keith or Roosevelt thus we as a class felt a very strong friendship bond that lasted that many years,” said Tom Marasco, one the the ...
