HOLLIDAYSBURG — The bell within the Blair County Courthouse’s clocktower tolled the hour for the first time in nearly 50 years to celebrate its restoration and the nation’s 250th anniversary. “Today, we celebrate the return of the courthouse clocktower in working order,” said ...
Washington, D.C., resident Ellen Prentiss Campbell was only a teenager when her parents purchased a perfect weekend getaway home in 1968, located in Manns Choice. The rural home eventually grew on Campbell when she inherited it after her parents passed away, becoming her personal writer’s ...
At the Main Line Mania festival at the Railroaders Memorial Museum Friday, Lois Stoltz of Cresson spoke of having come because her friend Lisa Briscoe of Tyrone was also coming, because Josh Gallagher of her home town was singing and because there would be good food. “Food, fellowship and ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals on Saturday as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment he declared “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.” Speaking in Washington after storms ...
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday over a tiny U.S. territorial island in the western Pacific near Guam, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands. The eye of the storm passed over the island of Rota Monday morning local time, bringing winds of more than 150 mph, according to the National Weather Service. It was traveling at about 9 mph west toward the Philippines, the weather service said. “Hang tight,” National Weather Service meteorologist Brandon Aydlett said. “We’re coming just out of the peak of conditions. It’s going to be a ...
Several days of scorching temperatures are suspected to have caused at least 19 deaths in New Jersey as a heat dome that had settled above parts of the central and eastern United States gives way to severe storms that have knocked out power to close to 1 million homes and businesses. New Jersey officials said Saturday that they began seeing what they believe are heat-related deaths as early as Thursday with most occurring in the central and northern parts of the state. “Unfortunately, many of these individuals were found in homes without air conditioning,” state Health ...
