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Bedford Borough officials are looking to scale back a proposed streetscape project after failing to receive grant funding the past two years. Borough council at its meeting Monday evening discussed the proposed work that it hopes will be funded through a grant from the state Department of Community and Economic Development Multimodal Transportation Fund. The borough has applied for about $2.5 million the past two years to add streetlights to sections of Richard and Pitt streets, including the bridge carrying Richard Street over the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River, as well as various side...

15 Best Places To See Pennsylvania’s Abundant Wildflowers Apr.30.2021 Wildflowers can be found everywhere and depending on where you live during all seasons. In Pennsylvania, there is a wealth of wildflower patches. Wildflowers begin blooming in early March, and we enjoy wildflowers till late fall when the frosts arrive. The best time to view an abundance of wildflowers is May through early autumn. National Wildflower Week is held each year the first full week of May. What better time to go out and enjoy nature and hunt for some beautiful wildflowers? Wildflowers grow naturally and can grow...

bkibler@altoonamirror.com The Altoona Water Authority recently bought equipment needed to begin a five-year regimen of testing for bacteria downstream from its Combined Sewer Overflows, to determine what effects the CSOs have on streams. That could help determine whether environmental agencies eventually begin to pressure the city to eliminate its combined storm-and-sanitary sewer system serving the central area of the city — work that years ago was estimated could cost $75 million. “We hope to have (the equipment) installed and running this spring,” Mark Glenn, president of Gwin Dobso...

Throughout this year, the Bedford County Sestercentennial Celebrations Committee will be presenting a series of articles by means of the kind assistance of the Bedford Gazette (itself, a gem in the crown of Bedford County history). This series will be comprised of a variety of subjects carefully chosen to tell the story of Bedford County. The Sestercentennial Celebrations Committee sincerely hopes that you will enjoy this series. But more importantly, we hope that you will learn something that you didn’t know before. As Chair of the Sestercentennial Celebrations Committee, I want to than...

Beginning Monday, the contractor will begin taking measurements under the bridge for future steel repairs.