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Retired Hollidaysburg
barber Dave Musselman pulls his clippers out at his home. Despite retiring as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Musselman said he still cuts relativesâ hair on
occasion. Mirror photo by Ike Fredregill
Hollidaysburg barber Dave Musselman rebuilt his business from the ashes of the 2014 Allegheny Street fire, but in the wake of the pandemic, he decided it was time to retire.
Fifty years ago, Musselman opened a “one-chair” barber shop on the 100 block of Allegheny Street, where he cut, trimmed and shaved Hollidaysburg residents’ hair for 43 years until it burned down in the multiple structure fire of 2014. Despite having reached retirement age, Musselman wasn’t ready to quit after the blaze.
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After 44 years in law enforcement, Altoona’s first female police chief, Janice Freehling, is retiring Monday, leaving a legacy of cultivating leaders and building community relationships.
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While her father, Calvin Johnston, wanted her to pursue a career in teaching like her sisters, Freehling said her mother, Margery, proudly stood behind her daughter’s decision to enter law enforcement in 1977.
“I get all my determination from my mother,” Freehling said, explaining she admired her mother’s late-in-life decision to transition from homemaker to health care professional.
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