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Dec 23, 2020 A homegrown marketing whiz who worked to lift Johnstown’s sunken spirits – and image – in the wake of the 1977 flood – has died. During decades as an advertising man, War Memorial Arena president and AAABA Tournament promoter, Dennis Grenell, 77, helped create the “We Will Rebuild Together” billboard campaign following the 1977 flood, and then used that same energy to lure crowds to the AAABA Tournament and bring professional hockey back to Johnstown in 1987. Denny Grenell The city lost the original “Mr. Johnstown,” longtime friend and coll...

Holiday Inn Johnstown Closing 1:01 am Officials with the Holiday Inn in downtown Johnstown announced that effective Sunday at noon, the hotel will temporarily close and suspend all operations. Michael Barletta, president of Pasquerilla Enterprises, says that the closure is due to a lack of occupancy caused by COVID-19. “With COVID-19 cases rising, citizens ordered to stay home and businesses ordered to close again, the travel industry has seen an unprecedented drop in occupancy rates. The economic impact is immeasurable. We have yet to bounce back from the original travel res...