JOHNSTOWN — The John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport is nationally recognized as a center of excellence for drone training and aviation, and the Aerium Innovation Summit is evidence of that, according to Cambria County Commissioner Tom Chernisky. The summit, which kicked off ...
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
The Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee will comply with a demand by leaders of the Hollidaysburg American Legion for a permanent fence along a stretch of the Beaverdam Branch of the Juniata River that was recently widened and made accessible in a flood plain restoration behind the Legion’s Dell Delight Park. The goal for the fence is to prevent young children who come to the park with their families for baseball games from drowning in the river. Parents of those children are usually intent on watching the games, and often pay less attention to the young ones, who now have easy ...
Mirror photos by Patrick Waksmunski
The streets of downtown Altoona were packed Monday morning with children waving small American flags and adults wearing red, white and blue to recognize Memorial Day with a parade. Yet some attendees walked away with a sense of remembrance, especially city resident Sue Franco, who accepted ...
EBENSBURG — Central Cambria Middle School was designated one of the 2025-26 Don Eichhorn Schools: Schools to Watch for the first time this year, an honor students and staff celebrated during an assembly Friday. The Schools to Watch program recognizes outstanding middle schools throughout ...
