WILLIAMSBURG - Since 1967, the Williamsburg Community Farm Show has constantly evolved and grown, sprouting from the small, vegetable-focused event in its beginnings to the large Blair County staple featuring rides, tasty food and animal shows. The fair runs until Aug. 23 and will welcome ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Bishop Guilfoyle Academy football coach Justin Wheeler described 2023 graduate Karson Kiesewetter as someone who could take over a game in a moment’s notice in his time with the Marauders. “He made plays not many kids can make,” Wheeler said. “Sometimes you got ...
CRESSON - The large railroad locomotive sounds its horn as it moves along the Norfolk Southern tracks. A railfan replies with a horn blast from the front covered porch at The Station Inn Bed & Breakfast - a mere 145 feet away, separated only by a gravel parking lot and Front Street. From July ...
Since its official inception with the start of games back in 2007, the Miracle League of Blair County — which offers baseball opportunities for children and adults of all ages with disabilities — has truly been a community event. Hundreds of volunteers have helped at the games, area ...
Two years ago, Andrea Marshall was living in North Philadelphia, where she feared to let her three children play outside because of shootings and robberies in her neighborhood. On Thursday, Marshall was at a picnic table under a big tent in the yard of the Altoona Housing Authority's Fairview ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG - After 16 years as mayor of Hollidaysburg, Joe Dodson officially tendered his resignation from the position during Thursday night's Borough Council meeting. Chad Repko, who currently serves on the borough Planning, Shade Tree Commission and Blight Committee, was unanimously ...
