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altoonamirror.com > life > area-life > 2026 > 09 > pooling-resources

Pooling resources -

12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (35+ words) Altoona Mirror Workers from Main Line Commercial Pools work on installation of a concrete tank placed with a 20-ton crane at Prospect Pool in Altoona during its renovation and expansion on Thursday afternoon....

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altoonamirror.com > news > local-news > 2026 > 09 > shirleys-cookies-ceo-honored-for-business-excellence-patty-shaw

Shirley’s Cookies CEO honored for business excellence

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1296+ words) CLAYSBURG -- Patty Shaw had a simple goal in life. "I was going to be a secretary," Shaw said. "I married Bryan Shaw, my goal in life was to be a secretary, (and) that's what I was going to do." Shaw…...

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altoonamirror.com > news > local-news > 2026 > 09 > business-owners-civic-groups-discuss-skill-games-deadline

Business owners, civic groups discuss skill games deadline -

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1077+ words) BEDFORD -- With less than 30 days remaining for state legislators to come up with a plan to regulate "skill game" devices, small business owners and civic organization officials are worried. During an informational session Thursday evening at the Moose Lodge in…...

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altoonamirror.com > news > local-news > 2026 > 09 > under-construction-6

Under construction -

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (21+ words) altoonamirror.com Rob Simington works on the front of Simington Plaza IV along Broadway in Juniata on a recent afternoon....

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altoonamirror.com > znewsletter-sunday > 2026 > 09 > antis-township-aims-to-retain-pinecroft-volunteer-fire-company-assets

Antis Township aims to retain Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company assets

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (482+ words) Antis Township supervisors voted Thursday to file a petition to retain control of the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company’s assets. During their meeting, supervisors authorized solicitor Patrick Fanelli to file an appropriate petition in Blair County court that would keep the…...

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altoonamirror.com > news > local-business > 2026 > 09 > bruised-pride-deal-in-place-to-give-us-one-fifth-of-venezuelas-oil-reserves

Bruised Pride: Deal in place to give US one-fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1011+ words) CARACAS, Venezuela -- Nothing has shaped what it means to be Venezuelan today more than oil. For more than 100 years, in good times and bad, Venezuelans' identity has been built around the belief that their country's bountiful oil resources belong to…...

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altoonamirror.com > news > local-news > 2026 > 09 > logan-township-planners-approve-proposal-for-updated-long-john-silvers-restaurant

Logan Township planners approve proposal for updated Long John Silver’s restaurant

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) Logan Township Planning Commission members unanimously approved the Long John Silver's land development plan Tuesday that will replace the existing restaurant on West Plank Road. According to Karpinski Engineering project engineer Fritz Alderman, the restaurant will decrease from about 3,000 square…...

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altoonamirror.com > news > local-news > 2026 > 09 > switching-gears-curryville-farms-joins-growing-number-of-farmers-adding-poultry-to-ag-practices

Switching gears: Curryville Farms joins growing number of farmers adding poultry to ag practices

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1002+ words) CURRYVILLE -- A North Woodbury Township family has joined the growing number of farmers adding poultry to their mix of sustainable agricultural practices. Curryview Farms received 82,000 pullets -- young female chickens -- on Monday, during the first of what is expected to be…...

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altoonamirror.com > news > local-news > 2026 > 08 > pinecroft-newburg-firedept-merger-clarified

Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company, Newburg Volunteer Fire Department merger clarified

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (334+ words) Pinecroft and Newburg agreed to merge following Pinecroft's decertification by the Antis Township supervisors several months ago, which had resulted from Pinecroft being unwilling to be absorbed by Excelsior Fire Department No. 1 of Bellwood. The Pinecroft station won't be used…...

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altoonamirror.com > news > local-news > 2026 > 08 > hollidaysburg-student-proves-age-doesnt-define-success

Hollidaysburg student proves age doesn’t define success

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (1252+ words) Hollidaysburg Area senior Addison Smith first got a taste for business while running a hot chocolate stand beside her family's annual spring yard sale. To simulate a real business scenario, her father, Mike, helped his two children form a business…...