Rocky DePiro knew it was time. DePiro, 68, longtime owner of Pal-Mino’s Italian Village, closed the business doors Saturday and headed into retirement. “This is Pal-Mino’s 65th year and my 45th year. It is time to retire,” DePiro said. He recently sold the business to 33 on MAC, which plans to open there sometime in […]
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 […]
City Council members this week reassured a Fairview resident about their recent intentions for facilitating housing development at Keith athletic field even as they informed her that those intentions are moot, because the city failed in an attempt to buy the tract from the Altoona Area School District. Discussions about the potential for housing […]
“We want to pray for peace, not only in Israel and the Palestine territories, but also Ukraine and everywhere else in the world,” said Father Lubomir “Lubo” Strecok, one of the organizers of Thursday’s 92nd annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. The theme Peace and Healing was agreed upon without any hesitation, said the pastor […]
Despite a proposed 2024 budget last month calling for no property tax increase, City Council Monday approved a tentative budget that includes a half-mill hike. If council adopts the budget next month, the tentative increase will mean that the owner of a property assessed at $100,000 will pay $50 more next year, for a total […]