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Reeling in the years: HomeWaters celebrates 25 years

SPRUCE CREEK — HomeWaters Club has a storied past. The 127-acre tract of land that it calls home was part of the land grant given to William Penn in the late 1600s by the King of England in order to settle a debt. In more recent times this farm served as a Boy Scout Camp in the 1930s and ...

Canada set to bolster defense industry

TORONTO — As Canada moves to reduce its dependence on American military suppliers, the push is on display inside a Toronto garment factory. Hunched over sewing machines, two workers rapidly stitch together pieces of camouflage-patterned fabric and Velcro strips. In the next room, workers ...

Workplace — Aug. 29-30

New hires and promotions Cierra Horton has joined Keller Engineers Inc.’s Transportation Construction Inspection team. Horton has nearly five years of experience in the transportation construction inspection industry. Most recently, she worked on a variety of Highway Occupancy Permit projects, managing inspection activities and documentation in accordance with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation requirements. She also contributed to the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s cashless tolling initiative, overseeing the inspection of directional boring and trench/backfill of electrical ...

Food inspections — Bedford County

Name Location Number of violations Date of inspection Shree Ganesh 101 LLC 121 N. Breezewood Road, Breezewood 0 Aug. 21 The Provender 10 E. Main St., Everett 1 Aug. 21 Y and M Quick Stop 16490 Lincoln Highway, Breezewood 8 Aug. 19 Olde Bedford Grille 4292 Bus Rte 220, Bedford 0 Aug. 18 Mile Level Country Market 9571 Lincoln Highway, Bedford 0 Aug. 14 Ridgetop Orchards LLC 2953 Valley Road, Fishertown 0 Aug. 14 White Sulfur Springs 4500 Milligans Cove Road, Manns Choice 5 Aug. 14 White Sulfur Springs (Harrison House) 4499 Milligans Cove Road, Manns Choice 2 Aug. ...

CD rates — Aug. 29-30

Time Int. Yield Altoona First 3M 0.15 0.15 6M 0.10 0.10 7M 3.38 3.40 12M 0.15 0.15 13M 3.55 3.55 18M 0.20 0.20 24M 0.40 0.40 25M 3.70 3.70 30M 0.40 0.40 33M 2.50 2.50 36M 0.45 0.45 48M 0.45 0.45 60M 2.75 2.75 814-943-5411 Hometown Bank 6M 3.72 3.75 9M 0.25 0.25 13M 3.93 4.00 24M 0.35 0.35 25M 3.11 3.15 36M 3.00 3.04 48M 0.50 0.50 60M 0.60 0.60 61M 1.80 1.81 814-623-6093 Investment Savings ...

Bonds prepare for rate hike while US stocks drift lower

NEW YORK — The bond market swung Friday as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, dipped but not by much after economists said a speech by Chairman Kevin Warsh helped strengthen faith that the Fed will do what’s needed to bring inflation down, even if it causes pain for the economy in the short term. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% after flipping between modest gains and losses through the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 9 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq ...