UNIVERSITY PARK — What does it mean to be American? The Palmer Museum of Art is examining that question in the special exhibition Dreaming American Futures: Invitational 250, on view now through Nov. 29. The major juried exhibition is mounted in response to the celebration of the 250th ...
Hail to Trails, a free public event celebrating the region’s growing outdoor recreation opportunities and the 50th anniversary of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at Peoples Natural Gas Park, 90 Johns St., downtown Johnstown. The event will showcase the area’s extensive trail network, outdoor recreation resources and organizations that help make Cambria County and the surrounding region a destination for outdoor adventure. There will be free guided beginner and intermediate bicycle rides on the Jim Mayer Trail and the Honan ...
An America250 Remembrance service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, at the grave site of Martin Loy Sr., who is the founder of Loysburg and is considered to be a patriot of the revolutionary era. The cemetery where he is buried is owned and operated by the Loysburg Cemetery Association, which is sponsoring the event. The Fort Bedford Honor Guard and the Bedford Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are expected to participate. A history of Martin Loy Sr. will be delivered by local resident, David Snyder. The location of the cemetery is a very short distance ...
The Bellwood-Antis Community Trust will host “Small Town, Big Freedom,” a three-day community celebration honoring the spirit of freedom, patriotism and small-town pride from July 10-12. Residents and visitors are invited to come together for a weekend filled with family-friendly activities, entertainment, community fellowship and celebration. The festivities begin on Friday, July 10, with opening ceremonies at Memorial Field at Bellwood-Antis High School. Community members will gather to celebrate what freedom means to them and recognize the values that make Bellwood such a ...
A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won broad bipartisan approval from Congress this week, but it’s hit a major roadblock in becoming law. Although the White House supported the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, President Donald Trump canceled the housing bill signing ceremony on Wednesday. He says he won’t sign the measure until Congress passes separate election reform legislation. The delay could impact aspiring homeowners and renters at a time when many Americans are burdened by the cost of housing. Tech ...
All 32 of the nation’s biggest banks passed the Federal Reserve’s annual “stress test” of the financial system, the central bank said Wednesday, a sign that the banking system would remain healthy even if a major economic contraction occurred. The annual stress test measures whether a bank’s capital, a financial cushion it uses to absorb losses, would remain at healthy levels even after hundreds of billions of dollars in projected losses. The tests are required under the Dodd-Frank Act, the law passed after the 2008 financial crisis that nearly brought down the global ...
