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An independent movie filmed last year in Altoona has won Sinking Valley resident Steve Shaffer several movie festival awards, including “best short film” at the 2023 Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival and “best dark comedy” at the 2024 Cleveland Arthouse Film Awards. Shaffer, a religious man with an interest in philosophy and theology, in 1995 […]
bkibler@altoonamirror.com Restaurants starving for business because of COVID-19 restrictions received an injection of hope with the recent start of vaccinations, but having a base of loyal customers has provided an early inoculation from pandemic damage, according to one local ownership family. Gratitude for faithful customers marks the attitude of Texas Hot Dogs’ Dane Lamont, after nine months of struggling with coronavirus restrictions — while for other owners, the pandemic has given birth to resentment, resignation, creativity, concern for employees and even a recognition that sometime...