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Blair County planners review Nehemiah Project townhome proposal

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Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday gave a favorable review to lot consolidation plans which are needed for the construction of a townhome project in Altoona. The Nehemiah Project Inc. proposes the redevelopment of 15 lots for the purpose of creating eight two-bedroom homes, each with a garage at 11th Street and Howard Avenue. The lots will be consolidated into two tracts bisected by Howard Alley. The townhomes north of the alley will have garage access on the ground floor via driveway off the alley, while townhomes south of the alley will utilize angled parking stalls ...

FFA spotlight: Cassidy Fleck

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Age and school: 16, Tyrone Area High School Family: Parents, Jim Fleck and Jennifer Fleck, sibling, Maverick Fleck FFA Chapter: Tyrone Area FFA Years involved with FFA: 3 years Amount of time spent on FFA: Over my time in this organization, I have spent 264 hours working on my Supervised ...

Agriculture briefs: Fellowship to expand international learning

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UNIVERSITY PARK A new fellowship program in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will support undergraduate students seeking applied global learning experiences to deepen their understanding of food and agricultural systems worldwide, thanks to a $250,000 commitment from donor Pamela Arbuckle. The new Arbuckle-Reese Fellows Program for the International Agriculture Minor will provide scholarships and program support for students participating in semester-long international experiences that align with the college’s international agriculture minor, known as INTAG. Selected ...

Bishop McCort seeks to amend LHAC complaint

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Bishop McCort Catholic Academy of Johnstown has asked permission of a federal judge to file an amended complaint in its ongoing religious discrimination lawsuit against the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, several school districts within the LHAC and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic ...

Blair Township residents express concerns about proposed egg farm

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Several area residents Monday expressed concerns at a meeting of the Blair Township Planning Commission that an egg farm with 25,000 chickens proposed for wooded ground near the top of the Route 36 hill south of Hollidaysburg — above Penn Farms and Holliday Hills — could cause problems ...