Courtesy photo During October, residents of Presbyterian Senior Living, Hollidaysburg, collected food and other items for the American Rescue Workers, Hollidaysburg. Shown are (from left): Victor Ballash, ARW board member; Lloyd Forshey, PSL event planner; and Deborah and Victor LaValla, co-directors of ARW. Both Ballash and Forshey are PSL residents. A special luncheon was also […]
BEDFORD George Radeschi’s award-winning segmented wood turnings are an intricate ode to trees the majority grown on his 45-acre Bedford Township property artfully mixed with carefully selected exotic woods from faraway. Radeschi combines his love of trees, his understanding of how they grow and how they can be cut down with his […]
Courtesy photo The Portage Station Museum, 400 Lee St., Portage, is having its annual fundraiser book sale. All genres of used books are priced to sell. CD, DVD and VHS tapes are also on sale. The sale will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday until the end of December. All proceeds […]
Local history 50 years ago: 1973 The Horseshoe Curve Festival Committee, Nevin Nederlander promoter, announced that the festival would return the next year for the 4th time. The Altoona Recreation Commission, Alto Cadets Marching Band, Downtown Merchants and Blair County Tourism Bureau were sponsors. 25 years ago: 1998 After a 10-year legal battle with the […]