BOSTON — Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Chief Public Defender has filed paperwork challenging the legality of a 71-year-old city man’s July detention that left him bruised and bloody, allegedly at the hands of the arresting officer. James Paul Kuhn was taken into custody by Altoona police on ...
Blair County has recently posted weight restrictions for the middle bridge of the three successive county-owned bridges on North Eighth Street between North Fourth Avenue in Juniata and Old Sixth Avenue Road in Logan Township. Following the latest annual inspection, the 20-ton limit — 25 ...
The Mirror is seeking nominations for its 2026 Season of Sharing recipient. Launched in 2005, Season of Sharing uses the reach of the local newspaper and altoonamirror.com, the expertise of the Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation and residents’ generosity to benefit area ...
The Altoona-Blair County Development Corp. is working to facilitate an effort to form a local investor group with the goal of purchasing the Logan Valley Mall from Namdar Realty Group, according to Steve McKnight, the corporation’s president/CEO. In August, McKnight told the Logan Township ...
As part of an ongoing PennDOT drainage improvement project along Route 36 in Blair County, the contractor will be removing existing trees in the median area of Route 36 (South Logan Boulevard) between Altoona and Hollidaysburg beginning Monday. This removal is a response to underground disturbance from the drainage improvement project, site distance concerns and the unknown effect this may have on the aging, deteriorated trees within the median. This work is part of a coordinated tree removal and replanting effort between Frankstown, Allegheny and Logan townships, the City of Altoona and ...
