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Altoona students, teachers clean up communities before summer vacation
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ)– Altoona Area High School students and their teachers are working to keep the city clean before summer vacation. Students and 31 teachers took to the streets for the 10th annual “Toona Tune-Up.” The work included painting, pulling weeds and picking up trash at 14 different locations across the city. “It feels good […]
Memorial Day parades and ceremonies held in Blair County
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Hundreds of people in Blair County lined the streets for Memorial Day Parades on Monday. Altoona’s parade formed at 8th Avenue and 17th Street at 10:00 a.m. and began shortly after at 10:30 a.m. This year’s parade included the Jaffa Shrine Band, Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, the United States Armed Forces […]
Alto Reste Park honors fallen heroes for Memorial Day
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — On Sunday, Alto Reste Park held a special Memorial Day Service to commemorate and celebrate the lives of the country’s fallen heroes. “This is the most important weekend. You look across this place, you know, the sea of flags, you know, tells us why this day matters; why this weekend matters,” said […]
Centre County Students Honored for Musical Theater Excellence at Isaac Awards
Student musical theater performers and crew members from four Centre County high schools were honored during the 19th annual Isaac Awards on Saturday and Sunday at Mishler Theatre in Altoona. Productions by Bellefonte Area, Bald Eagle Area, Philipsburg-Osceola Area and State College Area high schools garnered more than two dozen nominations and took home six awards. Organized by Altoona Community Theatre, the Isaac Awards encourage and support excellence in high school musical theater with an annual ceremony recognizing student achievement. The 2024 Isaacs included 20 schools from a six-county area (Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield and Huntingdon). Judges attend each participating school's performances...
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