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A good start. Mmhmm. I had a friend from mayfair call me and say, i didnt believe it. We had snow as high as buses, and they sent trucks in with frontloaders removing snow so the avenue could open up. Right. So, in effect, schools really were only out the monday. They were back on tuesday. Thats good news for most school parents, anyway. And they really were able to clear a path and not have any deaths, injuries, to speak of, or real delays. The one thing about the city first of all, we know any major snowstorm usually comes around january, february, really early in a new mayors tenure, so tha...

Kent Shelhamer Sr., a plain-spoken legislator who sought to restore accountability as Pennsylvania’s secretary of agriculture in the late 1970s, has died.

Local history 50 years ago: May 17, 1974 The Interstate Commerce Commission held hearings at Roosevelt Junior High on the future of Norfolk Southern/CSX Railroads, which had purchased Conrail. Gov. Milton Shapp and U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster both testified. 25 years ago: May 17, 1999 The Faith Baptist Church in Altoona, The Rev. Gary G. […]

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BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — David McCormick’s origin story goes something like this: He grew up in rural Pennsylvania, southwest of Scranton. He baled hay, trimmed Christmas trees and otherwise worked on his family’s farm. And from those humble beginnings, he rose to achieve the American dream. “I spent most of my life in Pennsylvania, growing up in Bloomsburg on my family’s farm,” McCormick, now a Republican candidate for Senate, told Pittsburgh Quarterly in 2022. “I’ve truly lived the American dream,” h