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The floodgates opened in the desert for the UMass Lowell hockey team. Playing in the consolation game of the Desert Hockey Classic at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Ariz., the River Hawks went 3-for-4 on the power play to thump Harvard, 7-4, Saturday. It was UML’s highest-scoring performance of the season. Its previous best came in […]
Two people were shot in a gathering at student apartments early Sunday morning. One man was badly hurt. Residents say this is not the first time there’s been violence in their
ROARING SPRING, Pennsylvania â When the Appvion Inc. paper mill plant shut its doors for good on April 1, putting 293 people out of work, it marked the first significant manufacturing loss in this state since President Joe Biden took office. âWe were all completely blindsided,â said state Sen. Judy Ward, who claims she and other local officials had no hint that the plant, founded in 1866, was in danger of shuttering. If you received a stimulus check in the mail, thereâs a good chance the men and women who work here produced the paper it was printed on. And yet there will b...
A Union’s Support of Biden Does Little to Save Members’ Jobs in Pennsylvania Commentary ROARING SPRING, Pennsylvania—When the Appvion Inc. paper mill plant shut its doors for good on April 1, putting 293 people out of work, it marked the first significant manufacturing loss in this state since President Joe Biden took office. “We were all completely blindsided,” said state Sen. Judy Ward, who claims she and other local officials had no hint that the plant, founded in 1866, was in danger of shuttering. If you received a stimulus check in the mail, there’s a good chance the men and ...
wfrank@altoonamirror.com First shift workers leave the Appvion paper mill in Roaring Spring on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski ROARING SPRING — One of Blair County’s oldest manufacturing facilities is closing its doors, and nearly 300 jobs will be lost. Appvion Inc. officials announced Monday they will close the Spring Mill, which has been operating since 1866, this spring. Altoona Blair County Development Corp. President and CEO Stephen McKnight said he had been in touch with company officials. “They confirmed they will be ceasing operations in late March or April....