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kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Elections and Voter Registration Office has moved out of the courthouse to the highway yard on Loop Road. The move means that candidates seeking petitions to run for office this spring and those seeking in-person assistance with voter registration tasks will need to head to the office’s new location, 279A Loop Road, in the highway yard. The office, inside the highway yard building, has an entrance on the Loop Road side of the st...

By Crystal McGough CLAY — Despite all of the unknowns with the Covid-19 pandemic and public school systems, the Clay City Council has continued with its long-standing tradition of awarding $500 grants to one teacher at each of the schools in the Clay community throughout this school year. Clay City Councilor Dennis Locke announced this month’s school grant winners at the virtual city council meeting on Zoom, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Clay Elementary School’s grant was awarded to Principal J...

Mailboxes and Roses When I got to my mailbox at the end of my daily walk down the mail-path, there it lay, bang in the wet grass by the road. “Rats,” I thought, “somebody’s bumped into it and knocked it down.” But the mail lady told the postmaster that it had come away in her hands, the post rotted off flush with the ground. This was a special post that I’d put up myself, sturdy and braced, and it had lasted 15 of the 40 years the mailbox has been there. But I hadn’t sealed it in...

Everglades National Park The Everglades ecosystem once stretched across a mosaic of wetlands and subtropical wilderness from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay. Unfortunately, by the mid-1900s nearly half of the slow-moving “river of grass” had been drained to make way for farms and urban development. The park was established in 1947, after decades of activism, to preserve a treasured 1.5 million acres of the ecosystem. The Everglades is a complex mix of salt and freshwater wetlands, hardwood ...

Southeastern Community College to add Loop Road to West Burlington campus WEST BURLINGTON — Southeastern Community College will have an additional roadway on its West Burlington campus before summer.  As its name suggests, Residence Hall New Loop Road will loop around the Blackhawk Towers residence hall to connect the roadway off of the West Agency Street campus entrance to the parking lot and roadway located on the west side of the residence hall. Loop Road will not provide the campus with...

Police officers involved in shooting near Kent State University campus Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com KENT, Ohio — Police were involved in a shooting near the Kent State University campus Saturday morning, police say. The shooting happened on East Summit Street near Loop Road just south of the campus, Kent police Lt. Mike Lewis said. Police say there are no fatalities as a result of the shooting. Police did not say how many people were involved in the shooting, the names of t...

Beaches, parks deserted on Kaanum Pongal Updated: Updated: Govt. bans entry to prevent spread of COVID-19 Share Article Govt. bans entry to prevent spread of COVID-19 Marina, the world’s second largest beach, other beaches and parks, including Guindy and Vandalur, wore a deserted look on the day of Kaanum Pongal on Saturday as the government had banned public entry in view of the pandemic. The State government had banned public entry into the Vandalur Arignar Anna Zoological Park, tourist ...

Where thousands of new homes are planned across part of Nottinghamshire The landscape is dramatically changing 15:28, 10 JAN 2021 A view of the entrance to Chase Farm, off Arnold Lane. (Image: Joseph Raynor/Nottingham Post) Subscribe to our weekly email updates about Arnold to stay informed on the biggest local storiesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information wil...

Wrongful death lawsuit targets Silverton Avalanche School Durango, Colorado Currently Wed 57% chance of precipitation 53% chance of precipitation 69% chance of precipitation Man was buried and killed during a safety class near Red Mountain Pass Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 9:30 AM Updated: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 11:32 PM The Colorado Avalanche Information Center report on the Jan. 5 fatal avalanche included this photograph looking across U.S. Highwa...

Its been a long time coming - Residents have their say on new £40m road It will be a relief once its all finished The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer...