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FLINTON — Glendale senior Colt Bickford was named to the 2020 Pennsylvania Football Writers’ Class A All-State team at offensive line on Tuesday. “I was pretty happy when I found out,” Bickford said. “I remember telling my dad at the end of my junior year that I wanted to be a Progress and Altoona Mirror All-Star and I wanted to be All-State. So I’m pretty happy to be able to hit the goals that I wanted.” The All-State selection is the cherry on top of a season like no other for Bickford and all area athletes and coaches who had to endure the COVID-19 restri...

Councillors entering the chambers were given a message about the proposed increases. The larger increase was brought down through a motion from councillor Lorna Johnson, supported by housing portfolio colleague and councillor Susan Baty. Johnson said the point of the council having social housing was to provide warm, safe and affordable homes for people on low incomes. It was not doing it to make a profit and could not justify increases of nearly 25 per cent when people would not be getting more value for their money at the end of a difficult year. “It is squeezing money out of the most...

“I know many who can’t afford it and are really upset.” The Manawatū Tenants’ Union and a group of nine other community groups are all opposing the increase because of its impact on low-income households. And city councillor Lorna Johnson, supported by councillor Susan Baty, is seeking to overturn the decision at Monday’s full council meeting. Johnson said councillors were told about the increases affecting about 330 tenants in mid-November. Letters went out to tenants a week later, informing them they would be paying the higher rents from January 25. Johnson said councillors...