In the aftermath of the weekend attack at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia, and in the broader context of the Israeli-Hamas war, there is much darkness and angst in the Jewish community locally and worldwide. It's the sort of metaphorical darkness that the feast of Hanukkah ...
SPROUL - Work is well underway to preserve an important part of Claysburg area history. Sheetz is in the process of renovating the historic buildings on the Sarah Furnace property at the intersection of Dunnings Highway and Quarry Road in Sproul. Many of the buildings, which were originally ...
A central Pennsylvania WWll veteran has joined the ranks of such notables as Gen. George Patton, President Dwight Eisenhower, chemist Louis Pasteur, aviator Charles Lindbergh and more recently, chef Julia Child and filmmaker Steven Spielberg as a recipient of France’s highest honor. John F. ...
Blair Alliance President/CEO Steve McKnight said he wanted the incoming director of Discover Blair County to have "standout communications skills, experience in destination marketing and an understanding of the existing assets in Blair County," and has found those qualities in Morgan Koziar, a ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG - In 2008, Underhill Farm purchased a small flock of Leicester Longwool sheep from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia. In October, the farm returned the favor by sending Oz, a 3-year-old ram, back to Colonial Williamsburg's breeding program. The transfer is ...
A fire early Saturday destroyed a duplex on the 1000 block of Second Avenue, sending four people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and rendering nine people homeless, according to city Fire Chief Adam Free. The fire also damaged a duplex on the north side next door and ...
