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 ...
EBENSBURG — The Central Cambria School Board will hold a public hearing at the end of October to hear the district’s rationale for closing Jackson Elementary School to K-2 student attendance and solicit public comment for the board’s consideration. The Section 780 public hearing will ...
It looks like a good year for area pumpkin growers. “For the most part, it seems like the individuals I spoke with are expecting to have a great year as far as pumpkin production and they expect that prices could be low due to an abundance of pumpkins they expect to be available this ...
The Nehemiah Project is planning for the construction of eight single-family, market-rate homes on 11th Street between Howard Avenue and the organization’s Hope Community Church. Acting on behalf of Nehemiah, Jeff Long Construction obtained critical variances recently from the city Zoning ...
