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Altoona’s new main street manager Jamie Foust begins job

Local News

The city has a new main street manager. Jamie Baser Foust was Hollidaysburg’s main street manager for several years, prior to a 10-year stint with UPMC Altoona’s marketing department. Foust was introduced Friday at a city Redevelopment Authority event that honored the five local ...

UPMC Altoona, Drexel Medical School to partner

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UPMC Altoona and Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia have established a partnership under which a contingent of Drexel students in each class will spend their third and fourth years in school doing their clinical rotations in Altoona. The arrangement will make UPMC a regional ...

Ground control

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Joe Bettwy digs up dandelions to the roots in the yard of his Cedar Boulevard home in Hollidaysburg on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Wall Street sets another mark after stocks tick higher

Local Business

NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market ticked to another record high Thursday as Wall Street waits for more clues about what will happen in the Iran war before making its next big move. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, a day after topping its prior all-time high set in January, for its 11th gain in 12 ...