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Local history 50 years ago: Nov. 28, 1973 The Altoona Choral Society, Jack Shaffer directing, was to present its Christmas concert, Handel’s Messiah, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Ruth Sharpless organist. The Rev. Paul Turnbull was to play a medley of carols on the organ preceding Messiah. 25 years ago: Nov. 28, 1998 […]

Local history 50 years ago: 1973 The Woodbury Lodge 539 of Free and Accepted Masons, John R. Biddle worshipful master, received permission to build a new Masonic Temple on a parcel of land along Nason Drive, Roaring Spring. 25 years ago: 1998 Amtran, Eric Wolf general manager, was using a concept called “Team 2000” to […]

Recently unredacted portions of the FTCs lawsuit against Amazon revealed the crux of the agencys anti-trust allegations.

The Federal Trade Commission is taking on the e-commerce giant for allegedly building a monopoly in the online market

At 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a Teams invite popped onto the calendars of nearly a dozen employees of Illinois-based Resolute Public Affairs: There was a call in an hour, and everyone invited had to be on it.

Lina Khan has gotten sloppy with her big antitrust case against Amazon, according to critics – and some fear her alleged screwups will enable Jeff Bezos’s e-commerce giant to wiggle out of the federal government’s monopoly allegations. 

Local history 50 years ago: Nov. 15, 1973 Fender Mender Sales Inc., founded by Barry Halbritter in 1958, was expanding its business in auto body trade and holding an open house at its Canan Station facility. 25 years ago: Nov. 15, 1998 About 700 representatives of 200 local businesses were to visit 1,800 eighth grade […]

Local history 50 years ago: 1973 The Horseshoe Curve Festival Committee, Nevin Nederlander promoter, announced that the festival would return the next year for the 4th time. The Altoona Recreation Commission, Alto Cadets Marching Band, Downtown Merchants and Blair County Tourism Bureau were sponsors. 25 years ago: 1998 After a 10-year legal battle with the […]

Medical calls accounted for 57% of Nanaimo firefighter responses in 2022, 68% so far in 2023

Medical calls accounted for 57% of Nanaimo firefighter responses in 2022, 68% so far in 2023