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Albright College warned over financial instability

READING — Albright College has been warned that continued poor budgeting and financial instability could risk the eventual loss of its accreditation. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education issued notices last month to over a dozen schools, including the private Berks County liberal arts college, for issues such as budgeting, educational effectiveness, and ensuring adequate physical and technical infrastructure. Albright received a noncompliance warning, which is the least serious type of noncompliance notice the commission offers. Three other Pennsylvania institutions ...

Inaugural parade spreads patriotism

EBENSBURG — American flags, scooters and horses packed the streets for Ebensburg’s first Independence Day parade as the community celebrated the nation’s 250th anniversary Saturday morning. Although the borough has hosted Christmas and Memorial Day parades in the past, Saturday was ...

Courthouse clocktower tolls after restoration

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The bell within the Blair County Courthouse’s clocktower tolled the hour for the first time in nearly 50 years to celebrate its restoration and the nation’s 250th anniversary. “Today, we celebrate the return of the courthouse clocktower in working order,” said ...

DC author draws on Bedford roots in writing novels

Washington, D.C., resident Ellen Prentiss Campbell was only a teenager when her parents purchased a perfect weekend getaway home in 1968, located in Manns Choice. The rural home eventually grew on Campbell when she inherited it after her parents passed away, becoming her personal writer’s ...

Annual Main Line Mania brings fun, food for Fourth

At the Main Line Mania festival at the Railroaders Memorial Museum Friday, Lois Stoltz of Cresson spoke of having come because her friend Lisa Briscoe of Tyrone was also coming, because Josh Gallagher of her home town was singing and because there would be good food. “Food, fellowship and ...