Local history 50 years ago: Jan. 18, 1974 The Altoona YMCA held a 102nd anniversary celebration dinner at the Jaffa Mosque with Congressman Wilmer Mizell of North Carolina the main speaker. The Congressman was known as “Vinegar Bend” when he played professional baseball and was with the Pittsburgh Pirates when they won the 1960 World […]
EBENSBURG From its humble beginnings as a glorified farmers market to its present-day carnival, livestock and entertainment venue, the American Legion Cou
EBENSBURG From its humble beginnings as a glorified farmers market to its present-day carnival, livestock and entertainment venue, the American Legion Co
EBENSBURG A mural painted by Central Cambria High School students that commemorates service has been installed at the American Legion Post 363 along West
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From left, songwriters Jay Zimmerman of Bellefonte and Jack Servello of Huntingdon, and lyricist Bill Dann of Sinking Valley, listen to the group’s new single, “Santa’s Curbside Pickup” in Servello’s home recording studio. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
On a fateful Lakemont Park Light Up Night in 2007, the local songwriting duo of Jack Servello and Bill Dann was (just about) born.
The duo has written more than 60 songs together, some of which have appeared on nationally-recognized radio stations. Others have been passed virally through YouTube, Facebook and other social media profiles near and far.