Lakemont Park maintenance workers Arik Shildt (left) and Patrick Crane watch as Dan Cross of Ralph J. Albarano & Sons strings lights for Lakemont Park’s Holiday Lights on the Lake on Monday afternoon. Lights on the Lake opens for the season Friday and runs nightly from 6 to 10 p.m. through Jan. 7. Mirror photo […]
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A Johnstown company has purchased the Gables office building in downtown Altoona from the two-family company that has owned it for more than 30 years.
Skinner Hill LLC bought the 155,000-square-foot office/rental property that occupies three-quarters of a square block between 11th and 12th avenues from Gable’s Limited Partnership, which represents the interests of the Devorris and Lawruk families, for a price that remains undisclosed, according to the principal of the LLC and emailed statements from Andrea (Devorris) Cohen, president of Blair Companies Real Estate, and Steve Gardner, vice president for leasing and development at Lawruk Land Development.
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Minions adorn a manger scene by the Bedford CTC FFA club at the second annual Holiday Nights of Lights, a grassroots, community-based drive-thru light display at the Bedford County Fairgrounds. Businesses, schools, churches and families have created displays as part of the socially distant celebration of the season. Mirror photo by Holly Claycomb
Whether it’s a walk through the neighborhood or a drive through one of the region’s sponsored holiday light displays, viewing outdoor lighting displays is a holiday tradition undeterred by COVID-19.
Displays in Bedford and Altoona are reporting increased business, most likely because the coronavirus is preventing people from doing so many other activities.