HOLLIDAYSBURG — Family, friends and coworkers gathered at the Blair County Courthouse Wednesday for the portrait unveiling of the late Judge Fred B. Miller, remembered by many for his lasting impact on the community. “He would have loved this,” Miller’s wife Tracy said. Miller, ...
The public is invited to join the Central PA Council of Republican Women at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Altoona Grand Hotel Ballroom, to hear the warnings of hospital closures from the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of PA (HAP). Attendees will learn about the state’s healthcare access with the new policy changes and how to protect local care. Questions will be encouraged. For more information about the Central PA Council of Republican Women, visit https://www.cpcrwweb.org.
Wastewater management systems in Cambria and Clearfield counties will receive $6.3 million in funding through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, according to state Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr., R-Cambria/Clearfield. West Branch Sewer Authority in Cambria County will receive a combined $4.5 million in state grant and loan funding to install observation ports and replace infrastructure to address excessive flows in the wastewater system. Without this investment, user fees were expected to have increased by an additional 19%. The project includes the installation of ...
Many employees in Allegheny County will soon be eligible to receive up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave after council this evening passed the first policy of its kind in the country. The policy will go into effect one year after County Executive Sara Innamorato signs the bill. The bill advanced Tuesday follows six months of disagreement largely between business groups on one side and healthcare workers and parents on the other. The vast majority of the dozens of additional speakers who showed up Tuesday to comment spoke in favor of the measure, oftentimes describing the challenges of ...
WILLIAMSBURG — To address dead trees surrounding the elementary school playground, members of the Williamsburg Community School Board agreed to immediately remove about five dead trees. The equipment area in the elementary playground has been closed for safety reasons, past Mirror reports state, as some of those dead trees fell into the playground over the summer. According to Superintendent Lisa Murgas, Lumber Jax Tree Service in North Huntingdon submitted a bid to remove the dead trees surrounding the elementary school playground for $1,000, which will be taken out of the ...
A Hollidaysburg man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, according to U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti. Olubayo Mudada Mensah Ranger, 45, pleaded guilty to eight counts before U.S. District Judge Stephanie L. Haines. Ranger was arrested in ...
