Local history 50 years ago: 1974 The Altoona Vo-Tech Operating Committee, Dr. Hugh Hayford Jr. member, gave permission for 96 cosmetology students and 25 chaperones to travel to New York City the following month for a cosmetology seminar. 25 years ago: 1999 Baltimore Life Insurance in Hollidaysburg, Doreen Berggren representative, presented $500 grants to the […]
Strategic Planner Sherry Socie has applied to the state Department of Community and Economic Development for 15 local share grants totaling nearly $6.2 million for the county’s municipalities since Sept. 1. Socie told Blair County Planning Commission members on Tuesday that the grant awards would be made in the fall of 2024. While the local […]
Shirley Ann Burk, 81, of Walnut Street, Hollidaysburg, passed away Saturday. She was born in Roaring Spring, a daughter of the late Harry R. and Mary (Wertz) De
Churches plan trick-or-treat events — Six Altoona area churches will be meeting at three locations in Altoona for the annual Trunk or Treat. The event will b
Blessing of the pets organized Juniata United Methodist Church, 808 N. Fourth St., Altoona, will hold blessing of the pets at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, on the p
Dalton Igoe didn’t attend a news conference and flag raising at UPMC Altoona Tuesday to mark National Donate Life Month, but his absence reinforces the argu
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AMED has the permits it needs to construct an emergency exit driveway at its new headquarters and main station in Lakemont.
“We just got the highway occupancy permit,” Executive Director Gary Watters told the board Monday. “They’re all in place now.”
The ambulance authority “needs to get started” on the project, he said.
AMED previously obtained a stream crossing permit, a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and PennDOT’s OK on a point-of-access study, which was required because the driveway will connect with Park Avenue, a limited-access roadway.
The driveway project could cost about $300,000, Watters estimated.
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AMED’s new headquarters building in Lakemont is still empty, and its punch list is still unfinished, but this week it’s hosting its first event: a training session, fulfilling one of its main purposes — as an educational center.
Because there is no furniture yet, AMED had to rent tables and chairs for the active shooter rescue task force classes being conducted with the National Tactical Officers Association under auspices of the South Central Mountains Regional Task Force, said AMED Executive Director Gary Watters at a board meeting this week.
Full occupancy may still be a month away, and some punch list items won’t be done until spring, according to Watters.