HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County President Judge Wade Kagarise was a few minutes late for Wednesday’s salary board meeting where he wanted to weigh in and vote on two matters. So as the salary board was on the brink of adjourning, Kagarise stood and asked for the matters to be ...
The alleged head of a large-scale cocaine-trafficking ring at Penn State University saw his bail lowered to $250,000 during a hearing Wednesday in Centre County court. Agostino Abbatiello, 24, had been denied bail during his arraignment Aug. 18. Earlier this week, his attorneys filed an ...
To educate young riders, city Mayor Matt Pacifico is hosting a free e-bike safety class on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jaffa Shrine parking lot. Taught by two League Cycling Instructors from BikePGH, 20 participants aged 12 to 17 will learn basic and advanced cycling skills as well as solo and group riding practices. “The goal is to educate kids about the safety of e-bikes and how to properly ride them so we can prevent serious injuries or accidents from happening here,” Pacifico said. According to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a 2025 study of more ...
When Simon’s wife of 43 years passed away, it felt a bit like he’d died too. In his overwhelming grief, Simon sought companionship online, like so many other lonely widows and widowers. Almost immediately he met Emily. But over the next few months, Emily, who Simon realized too late was ...
The Blair County Mosquito-borne Disease Control Program will conduct a truck-mounted, ultra-low-volume mosquito control operation Thursday, Sept. 3, in parts of Antis Township, Blair Township and Hollidaysburg Borough. The operation is intended to reduce populations of nuisance mosquitoes and ...
When a helping hand is needed, service organizations are there — to provide food to those who are hungry, to offer shelter to those in need, to offer a shoulder to lean on or to simply listen. These groups make Blair County special — and make us proud. The Mirror is seeking help to highlight the good works these organizations provide in its annual Blair County Proud edition coming Sept. 29. To help collect information on these helping hands, a series of web forms have been created on the Mirror’s website, using general categories such as nonprofit, social and fundraising ...
