The contractor for PennDOT’s High-Speed Interchange project between interstates 80 and 99 will resume hauling fill material from a quarry located along Route 1005 (Forest Avenue) from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly starting Wednesday, March 18. This work is part of a project to enhance traffic ...

Five trainers from the New York Fire Department will be coming to AMED twice within the next couple weeks to instruct all the organization’s full-time employees on how to deal with “man vs. machine” accidents. Such accidents include entrapment in vehicle crashes, hands caught in ...

A city woman is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday after police found she allegedly used narcotics in front of her juvenile children and stole Social Security disability benefits from her adult child. Lisa Ann Cross, 39, was arraigned March 7 by Magisterial District Judge Andrew L. ...

Operation Our Town Thursday presented its top award — the Community Partnership Award — to former Blair County Commissioner Donna D. Gority. The Community Partnership Award is presented annually to a community partner who supports and furthers the mission of Operation Our Town through ...

City Council has approved a contract for replacement of sidewalks on Eighth Street between Sixth and Crawford avenues, on a stretch where Bradford pear trees planted by the city in the 1980s began breaking up the concrete years ago, leading to frequent complaints. Big Rock Paving of Mount ...

With 20th-century songs by Barry Manilow, Bobby Vinton and James Taylor in his back pocket, local entertainer Ricky Howsare has been making a positive impact on area nursing home residents by singing their favorite songs. About 20 residents of Garvey Manor adored his February performance. ...