FREEDOM TWP A community of more than 40 families has voiced concern over the possibility that the bridge that spans the Juniata River connecting them to Everett Road and Dunnings Highway will be removed, leaving them with only one “unsafe road” as their way out. The 70-year-old, one-lane steel-construction Jugtown Bridge is […]
Geraldine Bagley passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Cumberland Times News on 2024-01-12.
In the coming months, the Blair County Hazardous Mitigation Committee will be surveying county residents in hopes of identifying problems that ought to be solved to make the community safer. The survey is part of an update of the county’s hazard mitigation plan, required every five years, committee Chairman and Blair Planning Director Dave McFarland […]
The Roaring Spring community is mourning the loss of one of its oldest members. Ethel White, 106, of Roaring Spring, died Dec. 29 at the Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg with family by her side. White worked for People’s Natural Gas of Altoona before she was hired as a clerk/aide at Roaring Spring Elementary in 1969. […]
Ray William Beach, 90, a resident of the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, formerly of Roaring Spring and Martinsburg, passed away Wednesday evening at the home. He was born in Martinsburg, son of the late Howard J. and Edna G. (Hinish) Beach. On Oct. 31, 1953, he married Rhoda A. Wanca at Clappertown Christian & Missionary Church. […]