Potter Named to C-K School Board Following Resignation

Claysburg-Kimmel School District voters went to the polls on Nov. 7 to elect a school board and a day later that same board appointed a member to fill the unexpired spot of a member who resigned the previous night. Board members Roger Knisley,...

Claysburg Police Officer Given Top Gun Award At Blair Drug and Alcohol Recognition Dinner

The Drug and Alcohol Partnership held its annual Recognition Awards Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 16, at The U.S. Hotel in Hollidaysburg. The awards dinner celebrates the work of community partners in...

DUI Task Force Planning to be Out Thanksgiving Week

The D.U.I. Task Force will be conducting one or more events this week. Sobriety checkpoints are well lit and manned by uniformed officers. Roving patrols utilize uniformed officers in marked police vehicles. Motorists are reminded to always be...

SCSB Reorganization Coming Up Next Month

The November regular meeting of the Spring Cove School District Board of Directors served as the last scheduled meeting for four of the sitting board members: President Brian Gahagan, Floyd Detterline, Kelly Marks and Samantha Snowberger. The new...

Library Hosting Annual Fund Drive

Sidney Sheldon once said, "Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of...

'Workable' Budget Advertised For Catharine Twp.

Vice Chairman Ken Brenneman called the 2024 budget, “workable” before making the motion to advertise the budget during last Thursday’s Catharine Township meeting. The budget ,which was approved for advertisement, includes a millage increase...

Fall Country Store Tour Shows Off Cove Businesses

The Cove Country Store Tour was held Nov. 3, 4, 10 and 11. For those who wanted to get started on their Christmas shopping or just wanted a day to get out of the house and explore this is for you. This correspondent started the tour on Friday, Nov....

Adam Holliday Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Meet

The Adam Holliday Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met Nov. 18, 2023, in the Community Room of the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library. Hollidaysburg Events Coordinator Melanie Ramsey read the following annual...

HopeWell Homestead Organizes Christmas Show in Loysburg

On Saturday, Nov. 18, HopeWell Homestead and Friends held a Christmas Show for the first time in the Lions building in Loysburg. Lorie LaSala lives in Hopewell on her family farm called HopeWell...

Mellotts Make Wreaths, Swags for Southern Cove EMS Fundraiser

On Saturday, Nov. 18, Deb Mellott, Jeff Mellott and Beverly Ritchey were busy making Christmas wreaths of various sizes and swags. These items are made from Frazier Fir and Douglas Fir with a little...

NB's Perfect Season Ends in Hard-Fought Heartbreaker

Northern Bedford Football went up against Steelton-Highspire last week and fell 21-7, despite a 0-0 score at halftime. In the photo above, coaches and seniors hug after the game ends. The Panthers...

'Greatest Game' Joy Short-Lived

The irony of having just won the greatest game he ever played and his teammates have ever experienced is that Hunter Smith isn't getting to really savor it like a slice of turkey with gravy and...

Claysburg Native Inducted Into Semi-Pro Baseball Hall of Fame

Claysburg native Dick Lingenfelter, along with 42 other Blair County natives who played semi-pro baseball were inducted into the National Semi-Pro Baseball Hall of Fame earlier this month at the...

Are You Going?

A couple days ago, my neighbor, Dr. Archie O. Logist, professor of Phenomenology at the Ganister Technical Institute, posed a question to me that I had posed to some of my friends this fall. “Are you going to hunt deer this season?” he...

Defense the Unsung Heroes of NB

NB Panther Football's Facebook page had the following message after last week's game: "I couldn't be prouder of our kids. We were phenomenal on defense. Our kids gave everything they had and left it...

Dragons Advance after Nail-Biting Victory

In the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs, the Central Scarlet Dragon football team faced an opponent from earlier in their season, the Clearfield Bison. Earlier in the season, the Dragons...

Thanks for the Forests

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on and promote what we value most. Forestland produces a bounty that can be enjoyed by all. Let’s explore in varying measures, including dollars, why...

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Death is a hard topic for many, but for Clover it’s just a regular part of life. She’s seen so many people take their last breath, it’s second nature. Though she hadn’t intended to keep track, she’s almost at one hundred. As a death doula...

Thanksgiving Comes In Many Versions, All Good

We usually think of Thanksgiving as a big family time with grandparents, kids, cousins, uncles, aunts and all the assorted relatives. While that may be true when you are young, life constantly changes traditions. Most of us know the first...

Shirley Ann Frederick

Shirley Ann Frederick, 83, a resident at Midtown Oaks Health & Rehab Center, formerly of Claysburg, passed away Nov. 18, 2023, after an extended illness. She was born Aug. 10, 1940, in Roaring...

McKee Playground To Hold Community Tree Lighting Event

With the holiday season here, tree lighting events and Christmas parties will be held throughout the Cove region. On Friday, Nov. 4, the McKee Playground will be hosting a community tree lighting ceremony at the McKee Community Center at 6:30 p.m....

First Official Lighting Held for Over's Woodbury Christmas Tree

A community's annual tree lighting was made even bigger thanks to the ambition of one woman. Woodbury residents were welcomed to bring in the holidays with a night of fun held at the Woodbury Area...

Decked Out in Dragon Garb

Kris Walters cheers on the Dragons during Friday's game with Clearfield in Dubois. Her daughter plays in the...

Solar Eclipse Expected To Wow in April

It’s the time of year when fruit markets and drug stores force one to think about the upcoming year, now just weeks away. The 2024 calendars — be they national park themed, ones with pictures of cute animals or with a religious slant ...

Martinsburg Celebrates Metzler's 50th Birthday

A surprise 50th birthday party was held for Shane Metzler at the Martinsburg Firehall on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Shane is well-known as an outstanding citizen of the community. For many years, Shane has been the manager for the baseball and football...

From 'the Burg to Your Kitchen

As I get ready to start making the family’s ham, deviled eggs and dessert for our Thanksgiving dinner and thinking about next month’s recipes of cookies – I wanted to include one last Thanksgiving recipe that is near and dear to my heart,...

Ask the Williamsburgers

Happy Thanksgiving! When we look around to see all the blessings we have in life, there is always a reason to be thankful. I wanted to see what some residents are thankful for this year. Here is what...

Mayflower Model Made At Martinsburg Library

Martinsburg Community Library's monthly STEM night was held last week. On the theme of Thanksgiving, participants built a representation of the Mayflower out of Brackitz. STEM night is held every...

10 Years Ago

Herald of Nov. 27, 2013 The Central Scarlet Dragons defeated previously undefeated Richland to win the District 6 Class AA title at Mansion Park in Altoona. The Dragons travel to DuBois on Saturday Nov 30 to compete against District 10 champion,...

75 Years Ago

Herald of Dec. 2, 1948 J. Leonard Replogle, a native of New Enterprise who became a leading steel executive, died at the age of 72 at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel on Thanksgiving night. At 13 years old he survived the Johnstown Flood, and later went to...

Thought for the Week

We are preparing to celebrate “Thanksgiving Day.” For us in this country it is a federal holiday. Opportunity is given to most of us to enjoy it as a holiday with family and or friends. We spend...

Lord of the Wind and Storm

Matthew 14: 22-33 As I look at the stories in the gospels, so very much happens in Jesus life and his ministry. He continues to preach and to teach using his parables. He had returned to Nazareth where he had been rejected by people who knew him as...

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