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Shoe Sensation to donate Mayor’s Day sales to endowment fund

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Shoppers in Ebensburg will have an opportunity to support a local community fund while making purchases this weekend. As part of Mayor’s Day on Nov. 14, Shoe Sensation will donate 5% of all sales made that day to the Ebensburg Endowment Fund, the charity selected by Mayor Randy Datsko. The […]

Ebensburg, PA · 16h

WTAJ

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Altoona receives federal designations aimed at promoting private investment

BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The City of Altoona has received two federal Qualified Opportunity Zone (QZC) designations, which are expected to boost private investment and economic growth. According to Mayor Matt Pacifico, the program is intended to create jobs and opportunities for new businesses, redevelopment and job creation. The zones are part of the […]

Altoona, PA · 2d

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Controversy returns as Centre County renews $5 vehicle access fee for rural road work

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Last month, we reported that the Centre County commissioners were planning to renew a special fee for most vehicles in the county, but the decision is again raising controversy over the fairness of the fee. It’s termed a local access fee --- five dollars...

Centre County, PA · 1d
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Clearfield County Commissioners vote to end salary freeze

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A salary freeze spanning several years is coming to an end for elected officials and row officers in Clearfield County. A 2 to 1 vote solidified the upcoming end of a salary freeze. County commissioners passed the motion for a pay increase for elected officials and row officers during their […]

Clearfield County, PA · 22h

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'...saying thank you:' Annual Windber Veterans Day Parade honors local service members

WINDBER, Pa (WJAC) — In Somerset County, a Veteran's Day parade was held Wednesday morning in Windber. The parade route started near the Moose Lodge on Jackson Avenue to Park Plaza, continuing down Graham Avenue to Veteran's Park. Major Eric Bowser, who's an engineer officer in the United States...

Windber, PA · 1d

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County leaders, local students honor Cambria area veterans with various gatherings

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Cambria County honored local veterans on Tuesday while also celebrating the 251st birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The county's veterans services office hosted a special ceremony at the Cambria County courthouse rotunda in Ebensburg. The event, now in its second year, also...

Cambria County, PA · 2d

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Huntingdon County farmer, Marine vet named first recipient of Pa's veteran Ag award

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A special honor has been presented to one Huntingdon County farmer for his decades of military experience, as well as a family farming operation that has drawn national recognition. They wear a uniform to protect the land and then come home to work the...

Huntingdon County, PA · 2d

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More than $500K awarded to nonprofits in counties across Central Pennsylvania

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (CFA) has awarded more than $500,000 to nonprofits in Bedford, Cambria, Somerset and Indiana counties. At the CFA’s annual Fall Grant Announcement on Tuesday, Nov. 10, the foundation managed to fund at least a portion of 104 grant requests from the 157 received during […]

Bedford County, PA · 22h

WTAJ

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Roof Works USA honors local veteran with new roof

PORTAGE, Pa. (WTAJ) — A local veteran in Portage is getting a new roof this Veterans Day thanks to a partnership between Roof Works USA and Purple Hearts Homes. David Parkin, also known as “Spark”, is a veteran who was stationed in Korea during the Vietnam Conflict. His home was selected for the project on […]

Portage, PA · 1d

Centre Daily Times

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Quilts of Valor ceremony honors Juniper Village residents on Veterans Day

As many as 70 residents and employees of Juniper Village at Brookline settled into its dining room at 2 p.m. on Veterans Day, facing a long table stacked with neatly folded quilts and a row of nine veterans waiting for the fabric to adorn their shoulders. Juniper Village, located in College Township, is an assisted living community that provides residents with memory care and other skilled nursing. Happy Valley Quilts of Valor , founded in 2015 and a chapter in the national organization, presented handmade quilts to the community’s veteran residents to recognize their service. Quilts of Valor volunteer Sabrina Glasgow, of State College, read out the names of those being honored one by one. As each name was called, other volunteers held their quilt up against the sunlight filtering in through the nearby window, then wrapped them around the veterans. A few veterans thumbed the seams, pinching their quilts at chest level to pull it tighter around themselves. Col. David Allen, who served in the U.S. Air Force from 1962 to 1987, was among the nine veterans honored. His daughter, Maura Allen, of State College, was there to commemorate him, and she said the event meant the world to

State College, PA · 1d

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Union Cemetery honors 893 interred veterans

BELLEFONTE — For the third year in a row, the Union Cemetery in Bellefonte hosted a ceremony to celebrate Veterans Day early, honoring the nearly 900 veterans buried there. The ceremony was held on Sunday, Nov. 8 near the once-defunct McCoy Fountain, which lights up green at night in honor of Veterans Day, and is located beside former Pennsylvania Governor James Addams Beaver’s grave site.

Bellefonte, PA · 1d

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American Legion Post 779 joins community Trunk or Treat event

CENTRE HALL — All four organizations affiliated with the Centre Hall American Legion Post 779 — the post, Sons of the American Legion, Legion Auxiliary, and Legion Riders — participated in the annual Trunk or Treat event hosted by The Meadows Psychiatric Center on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in Centre Hall.

Centre Hall, PA · 1d

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Veterans groups, Fire Department and students march in Johnstown Veterans Day parade

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Veterans Day was marked in Johnstown with an annual parade that brought community groups and veterans organizations together on Main Street. Parade participants marched down Main Street Wednesday evening as communities across the nation and the commonwealth honored those who served. The parade featured the...

Johnstown, PA · 17h

Onward State

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Penn State Board Of Trustees To Approve $16.6 Million Thompson Hall Renovation

The renovations will come after improvements made to the hall within the last two years.

State College, PA · 17h

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The Funky Little Pennsylvania Town That Feels Like Stepping Into A Vintage Movie Set

Somewhere in the Pocono Mountains, tucked between two green ridgelines like a secret someone forgot to keep, sits Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, a town so impossibly charming it almost doesn’t seem real. If you’ve never been, you’re missing out on one of the most visually stunning, historically rich, and genuinely...

Jim Thorpe, PA · 3d

YourErie

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PA coalition seeks to end inflated rent prices in mobile home communities

Pennsylvania · 2d

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Pennsylvania braces for its first snow as a storm intensifies

Pennsylvania is headed for its first taste of winter this week. A strengthening coastal storm will spread rain across the state from Wednesday night into today, before colder air changes rain to snow in parts of the state tonight. Forecasters say it does not look like a blockbuster snowstorm for most of the state.

Pennsylvania · 20h

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Pa. expands veterans' benefits in largest update in 35 years

Pennsylvania · 1d

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The Pennsylvania Antique Thrift Store You Should Visit Before The First Snow Falls

A 1918 Montgomery Ward department store now holds more than 100 vendors across four floors. Yes, the same company that once sold America everything by catalog. The building got a second life, and it’s packed with treasures. The ground floor ceilings rise 18 feet high. Restored maple floors run...

Carlisle, PA · 3d

WTAJ

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Daily News Wrap: PA veterans may be owed money

Pennsylvania · 9h