Local history 50 years ago: 1974 Altoona Area School officials defended the book “Catcher in the Rye,” which was used in a class, from some Altoona residents who wanted it banned as being pornographic. Assistant Superintendent Ardell Feeley answered “he did and enjoyed it” when asked if he would want his son to read it. […]
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City Council members this week reassured a Fairview resident about their recent intentions for facilitating housing development at Keith athletic field even as they informed her that those intentions are moot, because the city failed in an attempt to buy the tract from the Altoona Area School District. Discussions about the potential for housing […]
Unexpected bus driver illnesses resulted in delays in student transportation Monday in the Altoona Area School District. It’s a situation that might last thro