A decade ago, Earth Matters featured its inaugural environmental prognostications and we all enjoyed a few chuckles over the humorous speculations. I thought it would be fun to see, 10 years later, how they worked out. Perhaps we’ll even learn a few lessons in the process. The 2014 prediction: After an acre of Brush Mountain […]
The Altoona Redevelopment Authority/Land Bank plans to develop a strategy to deal with obtaining tax exemptions for the properties it owns. It’s an issue because Blair County doesn’t automatically grant property owners tax exemptions without those owners going through the county’s formal tax appeal process including government agencies despite those being generally entitled […]
City Council Monday adopted a budget for next year that calls for a half-mill tax hike, increasing the bill for a property assessed at $100,000 by $50 for a total of $563 in city real estate tax. City Manager Omar Strohm initially proposed a budget calling for no tax hike, but it covered a […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County judge is allowing a 4-3 vote by Altoona City Council not to rezone land to stand. President Judge Elizabeth Doyle concluded that there were no flaws in the procedures leading up to the decision in May 2022. Doyle evaluated the process at the request of Juniata businessman Edward Kreuz Jr., […]
About 150 worshippers filled the pews of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church for the 92nd annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service eager to hear messages of peace, healing and unity ahead of the holiday season. Following the processional hymn and call to worship, Sacred Heart’s the Rev. Lubomir “Lubo” Strecok said that when they gather on Thanksgiving […]