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Pa. Supreme Court justice defends independence

HARRISBURG — In early May, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice made an unexpected announcement: He was leaving the Democratic Party. In a statement sent by a member of his staff from an official court email, David Wecht said he had changed his party registration to unaffiliated due to some elected officials’ “acquiescence to Jew-hatred.” Wecht’s departure from the party will have little effect on his electoral future, even though the state picks judges in partisan contests. He won another 10-year term last year in a retention election and will be near mandatory retirement ...

Time waits for no man even at the tax office

Age is really funny when you take a little time to think about it. From the first moment we are born, we are aging and heading towards our final demise. But during this process, we see the process itself quite differently. When you are a child, you want to grow up. People even encourage you to grow up by saying things like, “What a big boy you are,” when you have grown a few inches or “What a beautiful young lady,” when you are all dressed for church. I realize people are just trying to be nice and that is OK. We don’t really have a choice, we are growing up regardless. You ...

New Duncansville creamery a sweet success

DUNCANSVILLE — A new partnership between the Hollidaysburg Area School District and Coffee on 3rd is a sweet victory for students in need of work and the community at large, said Linda Stotler, the Blair County Chamber of Commerce’s marketing and communications manager. Out of the ...

On the right path

Hollidaysburg Area High School graduates head towards the Tiger Paw Path to Tiger Stadium for graduation ceremonies on Friday evening. Hollidaysburg Area High School graduate Kaitlyn Barfield and paraprofessional Robin Bice look through the program in the school auditorium prior to ...

Big Boy viewing in Altoona area to require major prep

Of the three locations where there will be free public viewing of the Union Pacific’s Big Boy steam locomotive in the Altoona area between July 8 and 11 while the machine is parked, one spot — where the viewing opportunity is by far the most extensive — will require significant infrastructure preparation. The world’s largest operating steam locomotive will be on display late in the afternoon of July 8 outside the Railroaders Memorial Museum between the 12th Street and 13th Street pedestrian crossovers, but only for half an hour, and it will be on display at Railroad Park in ...

Blown away

Paul Farabaugh of the Penn State Altoona maintenance department blows leaves and debris in Rossman Park, adjacent to Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, along 11th Avenue in Altoona on Wednesday morning. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski