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The Mines and Royer United Methodist Churches will host the “Spring Awakening – The Trinity” on May 20 through May 22. The services will be held at 7 p.m. each day at Springfield Estates, located at 3733 Piney Creek Road, Williamsburg. On May 20, the speaker will be Pastor Brian McCall from Martinsburg Grace Brethren Church. His message will be “God – the Father.” Pastor Carl Miner from the Lake Union Evangelical Methodist Church in South Fork will speak on May 21. His message will be “Christ – the Son.” On May 22, the speaker will be P...
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center in Roaring Spring celebrated "Donate Life Month" by having speakers and a flag-raising ceremony on Tuesday, April 23. The ceremony took place next to the hospital's flag pole on the front lawn. The Blair County Honor Guard attended the event to help with the flag raising. Attendees were Commander Ray Glass from Hollidaysburg and Chaplain Clair Harr from East Freedom. Barbara Ritchey, nursing administrative assistant in the Nursing Department at Nason, is the...
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center celebrated National Volunteer Week (April 7-13) with a celebratory luncheon in the Nason Boardroom on April 11. All volunteers were thanked and honored with small gifts and pins acknowledging their service hours. Linda Steele (left) was honored as the 2019 Volunteer of the Year. She is pictured with Heidi Kreider, Nason volunteer coordinator. Steele has 17 years of service volunteering in the Nason Gift Shop and is a member of the Conemaugh Nason Patient Family...
Courtney Bowser of Roaring Spring, a dental hygiene student and Northern Bedford County High School (Loysburg) graduate, received a Dental Hygiene Merit-Based Scholarship during the spring 2019 semester at Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland....
Residents from Homewood at Spring House Estates in Everett took first place in the Water Volleyball tournament at Homewood at Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday, March 26. There were six players per team and each campus registered two teams. After the intense competition, the final rounds were played between Spring Sharks and Frederick Silver Spikers. The Sharks battled hard and took the victory of first place. Pictured are members of both Spring House Estates teams (from left): Front row:...
Saint Patrick Catholic School, Newry, held its variety show on Wednesday evening, May 1, in the school auditorium. The night included all grade levels performing song-and-dance routines capped off by the graduating class's tribute to their teacher, Mr. Steve Wilson. Here, second graders Aubrey McLucas, Leah Musselman, Lydia Krug and Elena Baughman dance to Katy Perry's "Roar."...
Lydia Jones-Price (left) of Somerset and Joyce Wilt from Homewood Cottages in Martinsburg enjoy a new-found friendship at the swiss steak dinner on Saturday, May 4, at the Woodcock Valley Lions Building....
Hundreds of 4-H youth from across the country will have the opportunity to participate in valuable hands-on learning experiences as a result of Tractor Supply Company’s Paper Clover spring fundraiser. Tractor Supply customers and team members raised $917,954 in 12 days during the Paper Clover campaign by making donations in-store and online across the country. A biannual program, Paper Clover is in partnership with the National 4-H Council. From March 27 to April 7, Tractor Supply customers and team members purchased paper clovers – the emblem...
The Blair Garden Club has invited the public to its 6:30 p.m. meeting on Monday, May 20, at the American Legion Memorial Park in Hollidaysburg. B.J. Small, Media and Communications coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Pennsylvania, will talk about the Commonwealth’s efforts to reduce polluted runoff, stormwater challenges, hellbenders, an effort to plant 10 million trees and PA’s Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan. The U.S. Environmental Protection mandates nitrogen and phosphorus reductions by 2025 to improve local water qua...
The Blair County Genealogical Society, Hollidaysburg, will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 16. The guest speaker will be Dr Robin Cadwallader. She will discuss Mary Rankin’s “The Daughter of Affliction.” “The Daughter of Affliction” is a religious memoir first published in 1858 by a rural, west-central Pennsylvania woman. The text was expanded and reprinted in 1871 and 1887. In her memoir, Mary Rankin reflects on her “protracted sufferings and religious experience.” She also makes reference to many religious, social, and p...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) provided an update on May 1 on the status of its photo licensing services. While all photo licensing services are once again available statewide, in some cases customers processed on May 1 may have received a driver’s license or identification card displaying the word “interim.” The interim product is valid for 15 days and can be used like all other driver’s license or identification card products within the valid period. To protect against identity theft, PennDOT uses the 15-day period...
The Williamsburg Municipal Authority has been awarded a $4.3 million loan to be used for upgrades to the borough's aging water system. The low-interest loan through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (Pennvest) was obtained with the aid of state Sen. Judy Ward and state Rep. Jim Gregory. "We are so pleased that Williamsburg was able to get these dollars," Ward said. "This kind of funding means a lot to this community." Williamsburg Borough Manager Joseph Lansberry said the funds will be used to replace some of the water lines...
Jeremy Shaw of East Freedom was selected to receive four tickets through the Herald's ticket giveaway to see the Altoona Curve battle the Erie SeaWolves at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 10, at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona. Lanita Walters was selected to receive four tickets to Saturday's (May 11) game against Erie at PNG Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m....
