Stories for May 2008
Stories for Wednesday, May 28
Smart Car Arrives In Cambria County
The Smart Car for Two is just over 8 feet long. It is 5 feet wide and 5 feet tall. Two cars can park in the average parking space. More importantly, the Smart Car runs on 8 gallons of gas and you can drive well over 320 miles on just ...
Airport Officials Meet To Bring More Customers In
On Wednesday afternoon officials at the Johnstown/Cambria County Airport held a public meeting to discuss how they are going to drive more customer traffic into the airport.The new airport manager said the Airport Authority had to review Colgan Air's flights that currently go to Dulles in Washington, D.C.Officials said a ...
Police Investigate Scrap Metal Theft
Jackson Township, Cambria County police are investigating a case of stolen scrap metal that happened last Wednesday night.Police said someone hot-wired a high-lift and loaded 23 stainless steel pipes from a metal fabricating company. Police did not release the name of the company. The pipes measured from 8 to 20 ...
135 New Jobs Coming To Cambria County
Lockheed Martin, the nation's largest defense contractor, announced the development of a new Global Supply Chain Services business in the city of Johnstown.The new business will create 135 new jobs over the next three years with the average annual wage of $60,000.
Stories for Tuesday, May 27
Success By 6: Scholarship Competition Tests Students' Physics Know-How
When it comes to winning scholarships for college, most competitions involve writing an essay or take into account a student's SAT scores or community service hours. That is not necessarily the case at Altoona Area High School, where a unique physics challenge rewards students who can actually apply what they ...
Tyrone Aims To Boost Business
A Blair County community is working on some new initiatives to boost local business and in turn, attract some shoppers.Officials at the Tyrone Area Chamber of Commerce said a lot of local business owners have recently retired and shopping centers in Altoona have driven other people away. But now, they're ...
Old Medical Records Are Compromised In Former Clinic Break-In
Valuable personal information could be in the hands of thieves after a former Cambria County Clinic is broken into.The old Colver Clinic used to thrive, but now it's abandoned and a home for vandals. Once inside some of these vandals are getting into old medical records. One neighbor says a ...
Somerset County Leaders Prepared For High Gas Prices
Commissioners in Somerset County said they have been making changes to deal with high fuel costs, and it's paying off.They said the county's case managers have been asked to car-pool and they are buying more fuel-efficient vehicles for county use.Commissioner Pamela Tokar-Ickes said they are always keeping an eye on ...
Amish School Owners Face Tuesday Deadline
Tuesday is the deadline for the owners of an Amish school in Cambria County to either pay $500 in fines or appeal their case.A district justice gave Andy Schwartzentruber and school elder Sam Yoder until May 27 to pay their fine or comply with a court order to tear down ...
Police, Scrap Yards Work Together To Catch Thieves
Thieves have been taking brass and copper medallions from area cemeteries and copper wire from electric poles in recent weeks. Police now have started working closely with scrap yards in an effort to find the thieves.Rollock Inc. said it gets about a call a week from police telling the company ...
Police Investigate Burglaries In Blair County
Police in Blair County are trying to find out who broke into six vehicles and two homes over the holiday weekend.Tyrone's police chief believed at least some of the break-ins are related.Police said the first incident happened early Saturday morning. A witness confronted a man who was looking into a ...
Two Men Charged With Internet Sex Crimes
Two men from the Allegheny region were arrested after an investigation by the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit.Investigators who were posing as 13-year-old girls said they received numerous sexual messages, as well as nude photographs and videos from the two local men.Peter Abromovich, 44, from Cherry Tree, Indiana County was ...
Stories for Monday, May 26
Pedometers Tested
What if you could burn off pounds or maintain a healthy weight just by using a small, relatively inexpensive device?"Pedometers are nifty little gadgets that count steps according to your body movement. Just clipping one on seems to make people want to walk more, and that can have a number ...
Fingerprint-Reading Locks Tested
It may sound like something out of a James Bond movie, but fingerprint-reading door locks are coming to the home. The Good Housekeeping Institute just tested a few to see if they’re worth the money."Fingerprint scanning technology is showing up in a lot of consumer products nowadays," said Stacy Genovese, ...
Supervisors Sort Out Water Problems
Some residents who live along 8th Street in Lakemont have been spending thousands of dollars a year on bottled water, for the last 30 years, because their water is contaminated. But the Logan Township supervisors said their problems are no longer falling on deaf ears.The Lakemont residents thought the problem ...
Residents Worried About Fire Proposal
A local township is planning to make some changes to their fire emergency plan, but some residents say the changes could put their safety in jeopardy.The Duncansville Fire Department has been Blair Township's primary fire service since 2006. When a resident reports a fire to 911, they're the first crew ...
Cambria County Residents Honor Veterans
The Memorial Day service at the Grandview Cemetery in Westmont focused on honoring those who served and lost their lives in the past, as well as those who are currently serving overseas.The morning started with a parade through Westmont -- where local veterans led the way and the young ones ...
Stories for Sunday, May 25
Richland Township Statue Unveiled
Over a year after vandals destroyed the head of a war memorial, the statue has been repaired.Monday the East Hills Kiwanis Club held the unveiling of the repaired statue.Because of recent rainy weather, volunteers only had this weekend to get things to place.Jack Turner said, "For volunteers to come up ...
Vandals Hit Two Cemeteries Across The Alleghenies
A pair of cemetaries across the Alleghenies were hit by vandals Saturday night.Tombstones and grave markers at the Mangus Cemetery in Cairnbrook, Somerset County were toppled and damaged with grave markers stolen.A dozen headstones at Saint Agnes Church Cemetery in Clearfield were also damaged or stolen.Police in both communities are ...
Stories for Saturday, May 24
Fire Destroys Somerset County Home
A family escaped from their burning home after fire broke out on the second floor.Late Saturday evening, the family living in the home on the 100 block of Nemeth Lane near Hooversville heard something on the second floor of their home. When they went to investigate, they discovered fire had ...
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