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About 200 people attended a post-election rally in Hollidaysburg on Sunday, Nov. 8, offering continued support for President Donald J. Trump and rejecting the apparent election of former Vice President Joe Biden to the presidency. Speakers at the event included state Rep. Jim Gregory (R-80th) who was unopposed in the Nov. 3 election. Speakers and the crowd expressed skepticism of the validity of voting by mail and Rep. Gregory told the crowd that he would be introducing legislation to end...
President Donald J. Trump spoke for a little over an hour at the Altoona-Blair County Airport on Monday, Oct. 26, just hours before the United States Senate confirmed the president's third nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, about a week before Election Day and 30 days after she was nominated by President Trump to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. President Trump's visit to Martinsburg...
President Donald J. Trump spoke for a little over an hour at the Altoona-Blair County Airport on Monday, Oct. 26, just hours before the United States Senate confirmed the president's third nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, about a week before Election Day and 30 days after she was nominated by President Trump to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. President Trump's visit to Martinsburg...
Appvion has responded to a charge from the Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) that its Spring Mill plant killed fish in the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River with a release of a chemical on Aug. 20 and 21, 2020. In a letter dated Sept. 17, 2020, the DEP stated, “On August 27, 2020 the [DEP] responded to a report of a fish kill in the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River. During an investigation of the incident, dead fish were observed over a 4.5 mile stretch of the river that extended upstream to an area approximately 500 feet b...
Roaring Spring borough council at its regular meeting on Oct. 12 approved spending $21,417 over five years on two dashboard cameras and three body cameras for the police department. Cpl. Lance Morris of the Roaring Spring Police Department presented a recommendation to council based on the results of his research on camera systems. å Cpl. Morris’s recommendation was for the purchase of a system from Digital Ally of Lenexa, Kan.. Cpl. Morris told council members of several advantages of the system, including the lack of an annual maintenance fe...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has told Appvion that it failed to report a chemical spill and is asking the company to investigate, explain and plan to prevent future similar releases. In a letter dated Sept. 17, 2020, the DEP stated, "On August 27, 2020 the [DEP} responded to a report of a fish kill in the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River. During an investigation of the incident, dead fish were observed over a 4.5 mile stretch of the river that extended...
Roaring Spring borough council voted Monday night to end its recreation contract with the Garver Memorial YMCA. The contract was worth about $18,000 and would have auto-renewed in January. The matter was raised by President Rodney Green at the regular meeting Oct. 12. Green repeatedly stressed that the decision indicated that council wants to review its options for funding recreation, and was not to be taken as a criticism of the YMCA or its programs. “The message is important that we are not being critical,” Green said. “But it is time for a...
Just a reminder that the Herald’s Opinion Page is where members of the Cove community are invited to speak up about issues of concern to them and the community at large. Shorter opinions are published as Letters to the Editor. Longer opinions are published as Guest Commentaries or Other Voices. To get your voice heard, send your typed opinion to the Herald at 113 N. Market St., Martinsburg, Pa. 16662 or to news@mcheraldonline.com. Thank you!...
A story on Page A-6 of the July 23, 2020, edition of the Herald, may have been misleading regarding the Spring Cove School District’s plans for this fall. According to Superintendent Dr. Betsy Baker, a letter was sent to all parents/guardians/staff regarding the district’s plan. The district’s plan under both the state’s “Green” and “Yellow” pandemic phases is to fully reopen on a normal Monday through Friday schedule. The exception will be the option of SCSD Cyber for any students/families who opt for distance learning due to safety or healt...
The Blair County Commissioners were told on Tuesday, July 21, that COVID-19 trends in the country are "positive" but said complacency among the public remains a danger and that the disease is not defeated. Mark Taylor, Blair County public safety director, made his report at the commissioners' work session, which was held via teleconference. The county invited news media organizations to dial in to listen to Taylor's report. Taylor said that it is "helpful for the public to get an update" on the...
Roaring Spring borough has re-opened the section of Main Street from State Route 36 past the Appvion paper mill to two-way traffic. Borough officials said at the regular council meeting on Monday, July 13, that the road is striped for two-way traffic and opened to traffic July 1. The borough will continue monitoring the walls in the area to avoid future problems. The Main Street travel lanes were shifted and no pedestrian traffic will be permitted. The wall on the east side of the road became structurally unsound, leading the borough to...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are in the Green Phase as of Friday, June 5. Note: There might be some inconsistencies in statistics from week to week as counties and states occasionally adjust numbers as new information is received. AS OF NOON TUESDAY, JULY 21 Blair County • 138 cases confirmed, up from 96 cases...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are in the Green Phase as of Friday, June 5. Note: There might be some inconsistencies in statistics provided as the states occasionally adjust numbers as new information is received. AS OF NOON TUESDAY, JULY 14 Blair County • 96 cases confirmed, up from 78 cases confirmed; 7,397...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week's edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are in the Green Phase as of Friday, June 5. Note: There might be some minor inconsistencies in statistics provided as the states occasionally adjust numbers as new information is received. AS OF NOON TUESDAY, JULY 7 Blair County...
There are a couple of little birds in the Herald community who occasionally chirp to me about things people are saying about the Herald which those people are, for some reason, afraid to actually say to me, the Herald’s publisher. Since I have no way to directly respond to the people saying these things, I have to resort to these occasional general responses. (I would like to state that I do appreciate the “chirps” from the “little birds” and my use of these diminutive terms should in no way indicate that the little birds are small or incons...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are in the Green Phase as of Friday, June 5. Note that numbers provided come from official sources and are sometimes revised. Therefore, numbers reported from the past week might vary. AS OF NOON TUESDAY, JUNE 30 Blair County • 65 cases confirmed, up from 61 cases confirmed; 5,552...
By ALLAN J. BASSLER Publisher The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are in the Green Phase as of Friday, June 5. AS OF 2 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 23 Blair County • 61 cases confirmed, up from 55 cases confirmed, 4,921 negatives,1 death, 0.8 death rate per 100,000 residents Bedford County • 69 cases confirmed, up from 52 cases,...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are in the Green Phase as of Friday, June 5. AS OF 11 A.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 16 Blair County • 55 cases confirmed, up from 53 cases confirmed, 4,268 negatives,1 death, 0.8 death rate per 100,000 residents Bedford County • 52 cases confirmed, up from 45 cases, 1,059 negatives, 2 deaths, 4...
El Morrisons Cove Herald está publicando actualizaciones y noticias sobre el coronavirus de nuevo. La información abajo es lo más reciente que se pudo incluir en la edición de esta semana. La información viene de las fuentes que están enumerados al final del artículo. Los condados Blair y Bedford se movieron al Fase Verde de reabrir el estado a partir del viernes, 5 de junio. HASTA 11:00 A.M., MARTES, 16 DE JUNIO Condado Blair (Blair County): 55 casos confirmados (el total la semana anterior fue 53, así que hay 2 casos nuevos); 1 muerte; 4,268...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are in the Green Phase as of Friday, June 5. AS OF 3:00 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 9 Blair County • 53 cases confirmed, up from 51 cases confirmed, 3,469 negatives,1 death, 0.8 death rate per 100,000 residents Bedford County • 45 cases confirmed, up from 40 cases, 950 negatives, 2 deaths, 4...
In some ways, Spring Cove's 2020 graduation ceremony on June 3 was normal. It was held outside. The weather cooperated beautifully. There were smiles and cheers and tearful parents. There were exuberant students and teachers struggling to keep their expressions on the "smile side" of happy. But in other ways, the graduation was like no other the district has ever seen. In order to conform to Pennsylvania's coronavirus-related gathering and social distancing restrictions, and maintain a safe...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties will move to the Green Phase at 12:01 a.m. Friday, June 5. AS OF 3 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 2 Blair County • 51 cases confirmed, up from 48 cases confirmed, 1 death Bedford County • 40 cases confirmed, up from 37 cases, 2 deaths Nearby counties Cambria: 59 cases, up from 57 – 2 deaths Some...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are in the state’s Yellow Phase. AS OF 8:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 Blair County • 48 cases confirmed, up from 38 cases confirmed, 1 death Bedford County • 37 cases confirmed, up from 32 cases, 2 deaths Nearby counties Cambria: 57 cases, up from 54 – 2 deaths Somerset: 37 cases, up fro...
El Morrisons Cove Herald está publicando actualizaciones y noticias sobre el coronavirus de nuevo. La información abajo es lo más reciente que se pudo incluir en la edición de esta semana. La información viene de las fuentes que están enumerados al fin del artículo. Los condados Blair y Bedford ya están en la Fase Amarillo de reabrir el estado. Hasta 8:30 a.m., miércoles, 27 de mayo Condado Blair (Blair County): 48 casos confirmados (el total fue 38 la semana anterior, así que hay 10 casos nuevos); 1 muerte Condado Bedford: 37 casos confirmad...
By ALLAN J. BASSLER Publisher The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are now in the state’s Yellow Phase. AS OF 8:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Blair County • 38 cases confirmed, up from 30 cases confirmed, 1 death Bedford County • 32 cases confirmed, up from 29 cases, 2 deaths Nearby counties Cambria: 54 cases, up from 44 – 2...
By ALLAN J. BASSLER Publisher I had two calls last week that got me thinking. One person was upset that the Herald is publishing articles in Spanish. She didn’t accept my explanation that the Herald is publishing information about the coronavirus to help the Cove community stay safe. She couldn’t provide a coherent reason why publishing articles in Spanish is a bad thing, only saying that “This is the Cove.” While that’s indisputable, the caller didn’t seem to understand that providing information to people in the language they understand best...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus.* The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. This information is taken from the sources listed at the end of the article. Blair and Bedford counties are being moved from the state’s Red Phase to its Yellow Phase on May 15. AS OF 8:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 Blair County • 30 cases confirmed, up from 25 cases confirmed, 0 deaths * Bedford County • 29 cases confirmed, up from 26 cases, 1 death * Nearby counties Cambria: 44 cases, up...
The Martinsburg and Roaring Spring volunteer fire departments responded to a fire in a shed at Bob & RJ Sottile's Hobby Car Corvettes, Inc., at 3936 Cove Mountain Road, around 5:39 p.m. Tuesday, May 11. Firefighters cut holes in the sides of a shed between the two larger buildings. They also removed tires and wheels from the shed. Martinsburg, Station 80, was dispatched first. The Station 80 officer in charge, then requested a water tender (tanker) from Station 60, the Friendship Fire Co. No. 1...
Editor’s Note: Thank you to the reader who pointed out an error in the May 7 edition regarding the “up from” numbers in Blair and Bedford counties. We have revised our method of presenting this information to minimize errors. There was an error in this week’s tabulation. The correct information for the week of 5-7-2020 is presented below. Note that the number of confirmed cases was correct. The incorrect information was the number of cases from the previous week. – CORRECTED – AS OF 8:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 Blair County • 25 cases confirmed,...
About a month ago, the Herald started publishing two articles per week in Spanish. We’ve gotten several calls and notes about the articles. Most of them, about 90 percent, have been congratulatory and supportive. A few have not. So I’m taking time today to explain why the Herald is publishing some stories in Spanish. First, let me address a bigger issue. A community bird sent me an email a few days ago asking if there had been a political change at the Herald. The bird said that it had heard in the community that the Herald had “slid to the l...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. AS OF 8:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 Blair County • 21 cases confirmed, up from 14 cases confirmed, 0 deaths Bedford County • 22 cases confirmed, up from 16 cases, 1 death Nearby counties Cambria: 22 cases, up from 20; 2 deaths Somerset: 26 cases, up from 19 cases; 0 deaths Huntingdon: 26 cases, up from 13; 0 deaths Fulton: 3 cases, up from 2 last week; 0 deaths Centre: 93 cases, up...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus. The information below is the latest that could be included in this week’s edition. AS OF 8:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 Blair County • 14 cases confirmed, up from 11 cases confirmed, 0 deaths Bedford County • 16 cases confirmed, up from 5 cases, 1 death Nearby counties Cambria: 20 cases, up from 14; 2 deaths Somerset: 19 cases, up from 13 cases; 0 deaths Huntingdon: 13 cases, up from 11; 0 deaths Fulton: 2 cases, same as last week; 0 deaths Centre: 77 cases, up from 7...
The Morrisons Cove Herald again is providing articles about the coronavirus in Spanish. This is being done to provide important information about the coronavirus to the members of the Cove community who are more familiar with Spanish than English. For the Herald’s English-speaking readers, don’t worry. Nothing is missing from the Herald. We simply had two articles with important information translated into Spanish. We would like to know what you think of our effort. Please send your comments to news@mcheraldonline.com or 113 N. Market St., Mar...
Here’s what I understand so far about the coronavirus and COVID-19: COVID-19 lasts longer than seasonal flu If you are affected by the virus and acquire COVID-19, the duration of your illness is generally longer than that of the seasonal flu. My understanding is that it lasts about two weeks, compared to three to five days for the normal flu. Note that the virus that we are all concerned about right now is called novel coronavirus, with “Novel” meaning “new.” The disease that the coronavirus causes is called COVID-19, which is an abbreviatio...
First of all, thank you very much to all of you who have purchased subscriptions to the Herald recently. Several subscribers have added to their Herald subscriptions, helping us keep the newspaper going in these tough times. As I explained last week, the Herald survives on subscriptions and advertisements purchased by local businesses. Since many local business are closed, they’ve stopped advertising. That means that the Herald’s primary revenue source has dried up. If we’re going to produce the Herald each week, we still have to pay our staff...
This week marks a first for the Morrisons Cove Herald. For the first time (to my knowledge), the Herald is providing two articles in Spanish. This is being done to provide important information about the coronavirus to the members of the Cove community who are more familiar with Spanish than English. We hope that this is helpful. If you are reading this in Spanish and would like to help the Herald with accurate translations, please contact Allan at (814) 793-2144 to discuss providing this service, with compensation. (Note that Allan only...
Por ALLAN J. BASSLER Editor Esta semana marca la primera vez (por lo que yo sé) que el Morrisons Cove Herald publica dos artículos en español. Hacemos esto para difundir información importante sobre el coronavirus a los miembros de la comunidad del Cove que manejan español mejor que ingles. Esperamos que sea útil. Si usted está leyendo esto en español y quisiera ayudar al Herald con traducciones acertadas, favor de contactar a Allan a (814) 793-2144 para hablar sobre proveer este servicio, con remuneración. (Nótese que Allan solo habla ing... Full story
I was smart enough to get out of graduate school alive, but I've never been one with a quick wit. So it often takes me a while to puzzle through things. With the flood of information coming out about the coronavirus and the various reactions, I often hear and listen but don't comprehend. Then, hours or days later, I have an "aha!" moment and everything falls into place and makes sense. When things do fall into place, suddenly certain things become clear and they make sense. Being a journalist,...
For an industry that is based on telling people what’s going on right now, the news media is sometimes not very good at looking ahead. We here at the Herald are trying to look ahead, but it’s hard to bring things into focus. One thing is clear – the restrictions on activities because of the coronavirus spread are hitting home. The Herald depends upon local advertising to pay its bills. What we charge for a year’s subscription to the Herald ($40 locally) doesn’t come close to paying the full cost of getting a Herald to your doorstep. Our best... Full story
– GLOSSARIES – Very good basic guides https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/us/coronavirus-terms-glossary.html More complete guides https://www.dictionary.com/e/coronavirus-words/ https://www.kff.org/glossary/covid-19-outbreak-glossary/ https://time.com/5798684/coronavirus-glossary-definitions/ – INFORMATION – Conemaugh Nason Go to www.conemaugh.org and click on the “Coronavirus (COVID19) Preparedness Information” banner at the very top of the website. UPMC Altoona Go to www.upmc.com and click on the “COVID-19 Update” banner. Commonwealth of... Full story
If you're a Cove-area small business applying for a help grant or loan, the Herald can help. We can't write your whole application for you, but we can help with the parts that require descriptions, narratives or explanations. Words are our thing and we're happy to help fellow businesses. There are no strings and no fees or charges. This is a free service. If you're interested, please call or fax the Herald office and request help from Allan. Our phone number is 793-2144 and our fax is 793-4882. If you'd prefer to use email, send it to... Full story
As Williamsburg, the Cove and community journalism changes, the Herald must change with them. One of the changes that we are making is to wrap the Williamsburg calendar into the Cove Calendar. We’re trying to simplify and clarify the Herald’s journalism offerings both in print and online. This is necessary for several reasons. One is that local advertisers are becoming hard to find. This isn’t just a result of the coronavirus. This is a much different issue and has been going on for a longer time. The real problem The problem is that some...
I was smart enough to get out of graduate school alive, but I've never been one with a quick wit. So it often takes me a while to puzzle through things. With the flood of information coming out about the coronavirus and the various reactions, I often hear and listen but don't comprehend. Then, hours or days later, I have an "aha!"moment and everything falls into place and makes sense. When things do fall into place, suddenly certain things become clear and they make sense. Being a journalist, wh... Full story
For an industry that is based on telling people what’s going on right now, the news media is sometimes not very good at looking ahead. We here at the Herald are trying to look ahead, but it’s hard to bring things into focus. One thing is clear – the restrictions on activities because of the coronavirus spread are hitting home. The Herald depends upon local advertising to pay its bills. What we charge for a year’s subscription to the Herald ($40 locally) doesn’t come close to paying the full cost of getting a Herald to your doorstep. Our best... Full story
By ALLAN J. BASSLER Publisher Can we please stop panic buying? My daughter Helena and I were making the rounds last week, just as the first “quit going anywhere” order came down. We were looking for some basics for the weekend ahead: Milk, bread, eggs, frozen pizzas. We thought we’d dash into a local grocery store, pick up what we needed and be on our way in minutes. I see now that we were fools. Instead of the usual rows of shelves stocked in the good old American way with a tremendous variety of colorful products, we found row after row o...
It's impossible to get away from news about the Coronavirus and Covid-19 these days. But strangely enough as we are immersed in information, reliable information is still hard to find. For example, some information is circulating on social media stating that the virus lives in the throat of an infected human before it moves to the lungs and can therefore be killed by gargling with salt water. I have encountered no medical experts who agree with this and have read several who have stated flatly that the information about salt water is not true....
The Herald is publishing as much local information as it can about the reaction to the coronavirus and COVID-19. The Herald’s niche is providing news about Morrisons Cove, so that’s what we are doing. However, we cannot capture all the news about this event on our website. And, of course, none of us are experts on public health or diseases. So in the interest of providing as much information as we can, the Herald has gathered several resources which are presenting reliable, responsible information about the virus, its spread and related fac... Full story
The Herald is publishing as much local information as it can about the reaction to the coronavirus and COVID-19. The Herald’s niche is providing news about Morrisons Cove, so that’s what we are doing. However, we cannot squeeze everything into these pages, nor can we capture all the news about this event on our website. And, of course, none of us are experts on public health or diseases. So in the interest of providing as much information as we can, the Herald has gathered several resources which are presenting reliable, responsible inf... Full story
It's impossible to get away from news about the Coronavirus and Covid-19 these days. But strangely enough as we are immersed in information, reliable information is still hard to find. For example, some information is circulating on social media stating that the virus lives in the throat of an infected human before it moves to the lungs and can therefore be killed by gargling with salt water. I have encountered no medical experts who agree with this and have read several who have stated flatly that the information about salt water is not true.... Full story
Roaring Spring Borough Council at its regular meeting Monday, March 9, gave conditional approval to plans for a brew pub downtown. Council also ordered police Chief Greg Wyandt to research the costs of police body and cruiser cameras and report to council. Council approved on a 4-1 vote the conditional use proposal for a brew pub at 269 Main Street. Councilmember Sue Ann Feather voted against the proposal as presented. Councilmember Dane E. Noel abstained from the vote. Councilmember Kayla Noel was not present at the meeting. Councilmember...
