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Peoples reminds customers to prep for winter

As Pennsylvania welcomes a new season, Peoples Natural Gas urges its customers and neighbors to prepare their homes for fall and winter. Tasks ranging from scheduling heating appliance inspections to testing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors can make a major difference in the safety of your home. Changing furnace filters, caulking cracks around doors and windows, and strategically opening and closing curtains throughout the day can make a larger difference in energy usage than many people realize. Before fall fades into a chilly winter, take the time to prepare your living space for ...

Nehemiah Project plans to build series of single-family homes

The Nehemiah Project is planning for the construction of eight single-family, market-rate homes on 11th Street between Howard Avenue and the organization’s Hope Community Church. Acting on behalf of Nehemiah, Jeff Long Construction obtained critical variances recently from the city Zoning ...

Local pumpkin growers expecting great year

It looks like a good year for area pumpkin growers. “For the most part, it seems like the individuals I spoke with are expecting to have a great year as far as pumpkin production and they expect that prices could be low due to an abundance of pumpkins they expect to be available this ...

Median tree removals to begin along South Logan Boulevard

As part of an ongoing PennDOT drainage improvement project along Route 36 in Blair County, the contractor will be removing existing trees in the median area of Route 36 (South Logan Boulevard) between Altoona and Hollidaysburg beginning Monday. This removal is a response to underground disturbance from the drainage improvement project, site distance concerns and the unknown effect this may have on the aging, deteriorated trees within the median. This work is part of a coordinated tree removal and replanting effort between Frankstown, Allegheny and Logan townships, the City of Altoona and ...