The Blair County Historical Society is starting to fulfill a multi-year $2 million-plus plan for restoration and preservation of its Baker Mansion with a $200,000 project comprising repairs on the columns — front and back — and the second floor porch in back. The Pittsburgh ...
The Altoona Redevelopment Authority on Friday tabled action on the potential sale of the former Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Chestnut Avenue near Juniata Gap Road so the purchase opportunity can be advertised more widely. The authority had advertised a request for proposals ...
To develop and thrive on the long and challenging path to adulthood, children need a solid foundation and a stable home base. Carl Fochler and Dr. Zane Gates — two graduates of Bishop Guilfoyle High School (now Bishop Guilfoyle Academy) — both benefited from those steady, nurturing and ...
Karen Ferguson of Altoona dances to the band 8-1-FUNK during Blair County’s Juneteenth Jubilee Block Party and Cook-Out at Prospect Park on Friday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
TYRONE — Retired State Police trooper and Army veteran Tim Strohmeyer is “the boy who wasn’t expected to do great things,” a title given to him in an email exchange with Rose Black, the Tyrone Area Chamber of Commerce’s executive director. While speaking at the chamber’s breakfast ...
The company that developed the anaerobic digester project at the Altoona Water Authority’s Westerly Sewer Treatment Plant several years ago recently paid the authority $551,000 to make up for a shortfall in operational income from the digester for 2025 — a shortfall that reflects the firm’s difficulties in obtaining sufficient high-strength waste from customers for the digester to process. Energy Systems Group took on the project as part of a state energy conservation initiative, with a guarantee that for 20 years, participants like the authority would at least break even on ...
