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Marty Marasco waters the flowers in front of his Monroe Avenue home in Altoona on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Lakemont Partnership disputes breach of lease
Recent court filings by the organization that operates Lakemont Park claim the group has not prevented Blair County from inspecting its premises and financial records and that the county never provided information on how the organization supposedly breached its lease. The filing, submitted by Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl on behalf of the Lakemont Partnership and named defendants Andrea Cohen and Philip Devorris, states they gave the county a “detailed spreadsheet demonstrating the county’s miscalculations” and that the partnership had actually overpaid its percentage rent. This ...
Drug sweep nets 60 suspects in Blair, Cambria counties
JOHNSTOWN — Over the past week and a half, more than 60 alleged drug traffickers have been charged in Blair and Cambria counties as a result of Operation Summer Street Sweeper, according to state Attorney General Dave Sunday Jr. A total of 21 people were charged in Cambria County and ...
Altoona woman gets 10 years’ probation in stabbing
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The city woman charged in 2021 with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing a 70-year-old woman in the neck was sentenced Friday morning to 10 years’ probation after pleading no contest to a count of felony aggravated assault. Shannon B. Erb, 49, appeared in Blair County ...
Blair Regional YMCA hosts groundbreaking
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Supporters of the Blair Regional YMCA broke ground outside their main campus Friday morning in anticipation of the new Early Learning Center. Having acquired more than $10 million in grants and donations over time, the organization is pursuing the expansion as part of ...
Chernisky Classic event raises $11K for Cambria County Regional Firefighters Association
EBENSBURG — More than $11,000 was donated to the Cambria County Regional Firefighters Association thanks to the 12th annual Chernisky Classic, which took place a few weeks ago on the Ghost Town Trail. Cambria County Commissioner Tom Chernisky presented the check for $11,248 to fire school leaders during the association’s annual convention, which was held Friday at the Adams Township Volunteer Company in Saint Michael. The event’s proceeds help keep the association’s fire school training site in East Carroll Township up to the best standard every year, association President ...