Area railfans won’t have to travel far this summer to see the world’s largest operating steam locomotive as Union Pacific’s famed Big Boy No. 4014 will be steaming into Altoona on July 8 for a nearly four-day engagement as part of the America250 celebrations. While the engine’s East ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The bell inside the Blair County Courthouse clocktower is slated to ring again this year when the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding. The Fort Fetter American Legion Post has collected more than $60,000 toward a fundraising goal of $75,000 to pay for the ...
Raincoats and umbrellas didn’t crush students’ excitement Thursday morning at Peoples Natural Gas Field as they ditched the classroom for an education day with the Altoona Curve. One of those students was fourth grader Kinslee Swope of Mount Union Elementary School, who could be found ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — About a dozen Boy Scouts and their troop leaders gathered in front of the Blair County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon for a flag raising in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. The event was a part of Flags Across the Commonwealth, an ongoing celebration that began in ...
PennDOT representatives held an informational presentation Tuesday for municipal officials and residents on its plans to rehabilitate four small bridges next year — two in the city, one in Sinking Valley and one in Greenfield Township. A handful of municipal officials came, as did a pair of ...
A group of local veteran advocates is planning to create a museum of modern American military history in Allegheny Township. The Central Pennsylvania American History Museum will be located in a recently acquired building on the 6000 block of Sixth Avenue that previously housed the Milanak ...
