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Voters who went to the polls last Tuesday to cast their votes for their favorite candidates were met with a new, simplified way to vote. Adhering to the state mandate that all votes have a paper trail, Blair County’s new paper ballot system made its debut. Last April, the county elections board voted to purchase the new voting system from Elections Systems and Software of Omaha, Neb., at a cost of $894,307. The new system replaced the e-slate machines which required voters to navigate the ballot on a screen using a dial to move to each c...
An East Freedom man is behind bars after being arraigned on multiple charges for the sexual assault of two underage girls in two separate incidents in 2018. According to charges filed by the Hollidaysburg State Police, Brandon S. Holsinger, 18, sexually assaulted the two girls, a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old, within two days of each other in December 2018. The investigation began when police were called to Conemaugh Nason Medical Center in Roaring Spring on the evening of Dec. 18 for a report...
The human heart can be a big place, with plenty of room for the many things a person holds dear to them to reside. For Pennsylvania State Sen. Judy Ward, veterans of all branches of the United State's armed forces occupy a place in her heart that swells with pride whenever she talks about her love and respect for those she not only considers heroes, but also family. On Thursday evening, Nov. 7, Ward, for the fifth year in a row, hosted a dessert social for veterans at the American Legion Post...
Williamsburg is boasting a new Eagle Scout – the first one in more than 10 years and the first one since the restart of Williamsburg Troop 53. Zachariah Richardson, the son of Lucinda and Troy Richardson of Williamsburg, recently completed the process of becoming an Eagle Scout. The process took a little over a year to complete and started with an idea. A service project is something for which the Scout is passionate about and the idea needs to be approved by the beneficiary, which in this c...
Dave McFarland of the Blair County Planning Commission was present during last Monday’s Williamsburg Borough Council meeting to explain the details of a grant received by borough and other surrounding participating municipalities that pays for most, if not all,of the new comprehensive plan for the Williamsburg area. The current comprehensive plan was written in the 1970s. McFarland suggested to borough council months ago that the plan needed to be updated. McFarland presented to council a budget for the grant offered by the WalkWorks program an...
The Woodbury Township supervisors approved advertising the 2020 budget with no tax increase. The proposed budget will be advertised in the Herald and is available for public view at the township office The supervisors also approved a donation of $100 to Contact Altoona, a telephone helpline which responds to phone calls of residents in need. Solicitor Dave Pertile said that a letter was sent to Gwin Dobson Foreman, engineers, about the Williamsburg CMA Church’s final plans, which have yet to be received by township. Pertile in the letter r...
Stiffler McGraw engineer John Clabaugh discussed with Williamsburg Municipal Authority, during their last Tuesday evening meeting the requirements for application for a small water/sewer grant application. The Authority, Clabaugh explained needed a certification of ownership for the meters they wish to replace, a resolution to apply for the PA Water/Sewer Grant and a 15% commitment funding of the project, slated to cost $97,487.50. Daryl Cole made the motion to proceed with the project with Stan Grove seconding, motion passed. Clabaugh said...
By MICHAEL SELL Correspondent The Greenfield Township Board of Supervisors moved to accept right-of-way ownership of a stormwater management system near a Blair County-owned bridge along the township’s Evergreen Road at their regular meeting Nov. 5. The structurally deficient bridge, which spans South Poplar Run, is scheduled for replacement next summer and will include a new stormwater management system. The location of the proposed system is currently on private property. The county plans to turn over ownership and maintenance of the s...
