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The Northern Bedford County Music Department will present a winter concert to the public at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Northern Bedford High School auditorium, Loysburg. The Middle School Chorus and the Senior High Concert Band will be the featured groups. The Middle School Chorus will perform a variety of selections including “Joy in My Heart” by Rollo A. Dilworth, “Tongo” arranged by Grep Gilpin and “Down By the Riverside” arranged by Rollo A. Dilworth. The Senior High Band will perform “Yorkshire Ballad” by James Barnes, “Semira...
The Altoona Area Lyme Disease Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, at the St. Rose of Lima social hall, 5519 Sixth Ave., Altoona. Permethrin treated socks, which have tick repellent protection lasting up to 70 washings, tick removers and cedar oil repellant spray will be available. The group meets on the second Thursday of each month. All are welcome. The support group is the Altoona Region of the PA Lyme Resource Network, www.palyme.org. For more information about the meeting or the support group, contact Amber Altiero,...
For Pennsylvania lawmakers who see the state’s rising property taxes as an intolerable burden on the state’s fixed-income residents, Feb. 3 was a day to try to rally support for repealing the taxes. It was also a day to lament the previous efforts that have failed to bear fruit. A number of state senators and representatives took part in a rally Monday on the Capitol rotunda steps calling on their colleagues to pass legislation that would do away with property taxes in the state and find alternate sources to fund education. Several methods hav...
The Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School has scheduled kindergarten registration for Thursday and Friday, April 2-3. To be eligible for the 2020-21 kindergarten class, a child must be 5 years old before July 1, 2020. If you have a child who is eligible for registration and do not receive the school’s registration information by Friday, March 20, call the school at 239-5144....
Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center (GACTC) students recently competed and earned a total of 27 medals in the District 7 SkillsUSA competition held at the Jaffa Shrine Center of Altoona on Jan. 21. SkillsUSA is a career and technical student organization serving more than 395,000 members every year enrolled in trade, technical, and skilled service training programs across the country. District 7 is one of 11 districts in the state of Pennsylvania. GACTC competitors were selected by their instructors based on experience, or in some...
After two years, and I can honestly say they have been the best two years of my professional life, it is time for me to say goodbye to the Herald. I freely admit that before I started working here, I didn’t know much about the Herald. I knew it was a weekly paper covering the Cove, and I knew it had been around for over a century. That was the extent of my knowledge. To help me prepare, I gathered up as many issues of the Herald I could find and read them cover to cover. I wanted to get a sense of the paper’s identity and figure out how I cou...
A man collecting garbage along Ski Gap Road in Greenfield Township was struck by a car at around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29. According to Greenfield Township Police Chief Ron Sharkey, 43-year-old Roger Musselman, of Duncansville, was collecting garbage along Ski Gap Road when he was struck by a car driven by 69-year-old Jerry Clapper of Claysburg. Musselman was thrown approximately 96 feet. Sharkey said Musselman sustained severe injuries with multiple broken bones. He was taken to UPMC Altoona Trauma Center and admitted to the intensive...
Remember it – the Williamsburg barber shop, circa 1958 – what do you see? Take a look around – the small sink, the two barber shop chairs and the bar with mirrors. If you step into Charlie's Barber Shop today, you're going to see those same things that made the place so memorable all those years ago. Williamsburg resident Harry Mullins said, "I just want people to feel at home, but also have that sense of nostalgia when they walk in." Over the past two years – since he has bought the barber...
Borough resident Paula Hamilton was voted onto the Williamsburg Borough Council during the regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 3. Hamilton was chosen by a council vote of 3-2. The other applicant was borough resident Lugene Shelly. Hamilton and Shelly applied to fill the borough council position left vacant by Dr. Matthew Sabol. Councilmember Hamilton began her duties immediately following her swearing in by Mayor Ted Hyle. Councilmember Ed Patterson said he "was very pleased with both of the...
