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Coltan Smeal, 17, uses a pressure washer to clean the wheel wells of his mother’s SUV on Wednesday in front of his Beech Street home in Hollidaysburg. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Chuck Becker and Amy Racz, both of Altoona, shop at the spring used book sale at the Altoona Area Public Library on Friday afternoon. The sale will continue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, which is also $5 a bag day. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Mark Haynes of Altoona pours a new sidewalk pad at the bottom of the front steps of his great-great-uncle’s home on Broadway in Juniata on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

HOLLIDAYSBURG — At the Blair County Courthouse on Wednesday, some ninth graders from the Hollidaysburg Area School District got to sit in a courtroom jury box while their classmates filled the gallery. From both locations, the students were in the same seats used by county residents on a jury selection day — but the students […]

Isaac Shimer squeegees the front window of The Poor Painter along Allegheny Street in Hollidaysburg on Wednesday afternoon. Isaac’s mother owns the newly relocated business. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Shirley Fahr weeds under the brick edging around her flowerbed of phlox in front of her home on Hickory Street in Hollidaysburg on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Workers from Builder’s Best, State College, make renovations to the walls of The Brande Saad Group building at 1213 13th Ave. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Crews from Swank Construction Co. work on the Interstate 99 bridges over Route 22 (Third Avenue) in Duncansville on Monday. PennDOT’s construction season plans include about 150 miles of paving, 79 bridge projects and more than 375 miles of roadway seal coating. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

A crew from Pleasant View Farms chop triticale in a field along Stonerook Road in North Woodbury Township on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Elementary school students shout for Curve mascot Loco to fire the T-shirt gun their way during Wednesday morning’s Education Day game with visiting Akron at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski