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DUNCANSVILLE — Over 300 Foot of Ten Elementary School students were greeted with a William Penn historical reenactor, storytellers, local mascots and Pennsylvania-specific treats on Wednesday as part of America250PA’s Keystone Classroom Initiative. The Initiative is a “storytelling and visitation program for kindergarten through fourth grade classrooms, children’s hospitals and youth camps” throughout the state […]

DUNCANSVILLE — Over 300 Foot of Ten Elementary School students were greeted with a William Penn historical reenactor, storytellers, local mascots and Pennsylvania-specific treats on Wednesday as part of America250PA’s Keystone Classroom Initiative. The Initiative is a “storytelling and visitation program for kindergarten through fourth grade classrooms, children’s hospitals and youth camps” throughout the state […]

pray@altoonamirror.com Programs to help inmates at the Blair County Prison prepare for release have been nonexistent for the past year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that is beginning to change, according to a deputy warden who addressed the Prison Board on Thursday. Jay B. Whitsel said several programs that ceased when the county commissioners implemented COVID-19 restrictions February and March 2020 are once again starting up. The effort began in late February when Intermediate Unit 8 initiated GED classes. Four inmates have been enrolled in the men’s in-prison drug and alcohol pro...