From Staff Reports HARRISBURG Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding Monday announced $498,161 in PA Farm Bill Agriculture and Youth Grants awarded to 47 organizations in 24 counties, funding projects that prepare youth to succeed in Pennsylvania’s $132.5 billion agriculture industry. Students and educators from Fox Chase Farm, the School District of Philadelphia’s 112-acre demonstration farm, […]
Blair County Judge Wade A. Kagarise said Thursday he will consider several options on how to deal with the issues facing a Hollidaysburg area man who was charged with making threatening phone calls to schools in the Hollidaysburg Area School District two years ago. Javier A. Cantos Jr., 26, was eventually sentenced to a minimum […]
PHOTO PROVIDED Recently, a group of FBLA and business class students traveled to State College Area School District and Hollidaysburg Area School District to
Community members can give back to people in need through the Blair County Food Drive’s “Fill the Truck” event being held through 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. Donations of perishable and nonperishable food items are being collected each day at Sam’s Club, Walmart and other local businesses to benefit those in need. Penn State Altoona […]
Small cartons of milk are a mainstay of school lunches, but with a nationwide shortage of those little containers, at least two area school districts are working on contingency plans. Galliker Dairy Inc. is one of three milk suppliers for the Altoona Area School District, along with Vale Wood Farms and Ritchey’s Dairy, said Paula […]