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Burns set to host senior fair

State Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, will host a senior fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Young Peoples Community Center, 300 Prave St., Ebensburg. “This is a free event for local seniors,” Burns said. “I hold this event twice a year to make sure our seniors can get important information on services and programs, and I always enjoy connecting with everyone. We’ll also make the event fun with games, prizes and vendors.” The event will provide attendees with information on state services such as the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program and the PACE/PACENET ...

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Steve Brumbaugh paints above the garage on his daughter's home on Lyndale Road in Altoona on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Voter roll upkeep draws attention

Doing upkeep on Pennsylvania’s voter rolls is usually a low-key job attracting little public attention. But the Department of State is raising the profile on the ongoing effort to have accurate rolls in advance of the mid-term election in November. “Maintaining accurate voter registration lists is essential to ensuring free, fair, safe and secure elections,” said Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt. “Pennsylvania’s county election officials follow carefully prescribed legal procedures to keep voter rolls current while protecting eligible voters from being improperly ...

Hollidaysburg teacher Carol Scarbro shares love of learning with students

The path to becoming a teacher was never clear for Hollidaysburg resident Carol Scarbro. Until she was required to student teach for a college elective, using the elementary teacher’s angles lesson, she crafted aerodynamic paper planes with two disinterested students. She was then ...

Regional identities shape Pennsylvanians

Ask Pennsylvanians to name where in the state they hail from, and you’ll get a range of responses. Linda McKee, a DuBois resident who grew up in Titusville, divides the commonwealth into six neat regions: northwest, north-central, northeast, southeast, south-central and southwest. So for ...

Court refuses to hear Four Quarters case

In an unusual move, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has refused to hear a Bedford County case because only part of a lawsuit brought against the Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas has been resolved. An opinion issued Thursday by the Pennsylvania Superior Court indicated that ...