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Service remembers patriot, Loysburg founder

An America250 Remembrance service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, at the grave site of Martin Loy Sr., who is the founder of Loysburg and is considered to be a patriot of the revolutionary era. The cemetery where he is buried is owned and operated by the Loysburg Cemetery Association, which is sponsoring the event. The Fort Bedford Honor Guard and the Bedford Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are expected to participate. A history of Martin Loy Sr. will be delivered by local resident, David Snyder. The location of the cemetery is a very short distance ...

Hail to Trails celebrates outdoor recreation

Hail to Trails, a free public event celebrating the region’s growing outdoor recreation opportunities and the 50th anniversary of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at Peoples Natural Gas Park, 90 Johns St., downtown Johnstown. The event will showcase the area’s extensive trail network, outdoor recreation resources and organizations that help make Cambria County and the surrounding region a destination for outdoor adventure. There will be free guided beginner and intermediate bicycle rides on the Jim Mayer Trail and the Honan ...

Palmer Museum of Art exhibit marks 250th

UNIVERSITY PARK — What does it mean to be American? The Palmer Museum of Art is examining that question in the special exhibition Dreaming American Futures: Invitational 250, on view now through Nov. 29. The major juried exhibition is mounted in response to the celebration of the 250th ...

Pups in the park

Kelli Houser of Beaver Falls watches the Altoona Curve game against the Reading Fightin Phils at PNG Field with Boo, her 6-year-old jackawawa on Tuesday evening. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Claysburg-Kimmel School Board raises taxes to index

CLAYSBURG — Members of the Claysburg-Kimmel School Board voted 5-4 Tuesday in favor of raising taxes to offset the district’s $744,000 deficit for the 2026-27 school year. Board President Jeremy Knott, along with Mandi Daugherty, Roger Knisely, Joseph Musselman and Tony Soler voted in ...

Altoona Parking Authority hires new manager

The Altoona Parking Authority has a new day-to-day boss. He is local native David Curtis, who has worked in parking operations for the city of Wilmington, Del., and in financial management for the city of Beverly Hills, Calif., and who takes over local parking operations in the downtown as a ...