Miracle League of Blair County’s upcoming fundraiser will make attendees say “Holy cow.” Cow Patty Bingo will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, at Lakemont Park, where supporters can listen to live music, grab a bite to eat and win $2,000 if a cow poops on their pre-purchased ...
Morrisons Cove Memorial Park maintenance director Lee Rightenour (right) pulls an umbrella canvas taut as staff members Mark Witmer and Barb Conrad and volunteers Cassie Miller and Brook Hollabaugh attach the ribs to the canopy at Hershberger Memorial Pool in Martinsburg on Thursday. The pool ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners took another step Thursday toward acquiring land targeted for a new county prison near Duncansville. Commissioners, during their weekly meeting, voted in favor of consulting with a real estate broker and county solicitor on preparing a formal offer ...
The Logan Township supervisors Thursday appointed longtime township Planning Commission member Wesley Barnhart to the seat on the Board of Supervisors left vacant by the May 4 death of Supervisor Joe Metzgar. One of nine applicants, Barnhart was chosen unanimously by the four remaining ...
A local council of governments whose mission is the renewable use of materials is entertaining proposals from a pair of energy firms for leasing land it owns for a solar project and for potentially strip mining coal. The Intermunicipal Relations Committee, which operates recycling programs for Altoona, Logan Township and Hollidaysburg, and which has a compost facility with lots of extra, unused ground near the Buckhorn, has been working for the past year and a half with a firm that is hoping to install a solar array; the committee also this week agreed to allow a coal mining company to ...
