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The Martinsburg Volunteer Fire Co. will hold its largest fundraiser of the year – the annual Ox Roast Festival – Friday, July 19, and Saturday, July 20, starting at 11 a.m. each day at the Alley Kitchen at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park. Food...

A Roaring Spring man who pled guilty in federal court to stealing government funds was sentenced last week to 180 days of home detention, three years of probation and ordered to make restitution. Glenn P. Rhykerd, 69, pled guilty in February of...

The Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center has announced the results of its student competitors at the national SkillsUSA Competition in June. The SkillsUSA Championships are a variety of competitive events showcasing the top career and...

Martinsburg Borough Council is accepting letters of interest for a vacancy that has occurred due to an immediate resignation. The council on July 8 accepted the resignation of Douglas D. Smith, who was the council’s pro-tem. To fill the pro-tem...

Newry borough has had trouble filling all five seats on its council, making it difficult to conduct borough business. With just three sitting council members and nobody seeking a seat in last May’s primary election, the borough has come to the...

The Taylor Township Supervisors’ July 8 meeting opened to a packed house of concerned citizens. A couple residing on Cemetery Avenue in Roaring Spring attended to ask who owns the road. The residents said upgrades and repairs to the road are not...

The Blair County Tea Party will host Robert Shannon, an Altoona native who has been at the leading edge of the Tea Party movement in central Virginia since 2009, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, at the Bavarian Hall in Altoona (112 S. 13th St.). Shannon...

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners is scheduled to meet Monday, July 22, and Tuesday, July 23, at the agency’s Harrisburg headquarters. Both meetings begin at 8:30 a.m., with doors opening at 7:45 a.m. Individuals interested in offering...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission see today’s introduction of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act in the U.S. House of Representatives as landmark legislation that could provide more care for...

In last week’s Herald, I wrote an article about the incident in Claysburg where a pit bull attacked a family of three. In that article I pointed out that this was the second serious pit bull attack in our area in the last 14 months as a...

When people ask me what I do for a living and I respond with “I work at the Roaring Spring Community Library,” I almost always get the same reaction. If I had a dollar for every time someone hinted that my job and the place where I work are no...

Braden Ebersole, of New Enterprise, recently received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Frostburg (Maryland) State University during its 154th commencement ceremonies. FSU President Dr. Ronald Nowaczyk conferred nearly 700...

The 95th annual Samuel Allison clan reunion will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, July 21, at the Williamsburg Riverside Park Pavilion. Relatives are asked to gather at 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and bring a picnic hot and cold dish to share at 1:30 p.m....

Donna June Sliker, 66, of Roaring Spring, died peacefully Thursday evening, July 11, 2019, at home. Friends and family will be received from 5 until the 7:30 memorial service Friday, July 26, at the Todd T. Thompson Funeral Home Inc.,...

James W. Hamm, 77, of Roaring Spring, died Sunday morning, July 14, 2019, at home, following a battle with cancer. A funeral was held Wednesday, July 17, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Roaring Spring. The Rev. Kevin Locker officiated....

EDWARDS (DECARLO), Winifred F., 87, Williamsburg HAMM, James W., 77, Roaring Spring SLIKER, Donna June, 66, Roaring Spring SMITH, Charles E., 70,...