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Coltan Smeal, 17, uses a pressure washer to clean the wheel wells of his mother’s SUV on Wednesday in front of his Beech Street home in Hollidaysburg. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Chuck Becker and Amy Racz, both of Altoona, shop at the spring used book sale at the Altoona Area Public Library on Friday afternoon. The sale will continue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, which is also $5 a bag day. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Mark Haynes of Altoona pours a new sidewalk pad at the bottom of the front steps of his great-great-uncle’s home on Broadway in Juniata on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
HOLLIDAYSBURG — At the Blair County Courthouse on Wednesday, some ninth graders from the Hollidaysburg Area School District got to sit in a courtroom jury box while their classmates filled the gallery. From both locations, the students were in the same seats used by county residents on a jury selection day — but the students […]
Isaac Shimer squeegees the front window of The Poor Painter along Allegheny Street in Hollidaysburg on Wednesday afternoon. Isaac’s mother owns the newly relocated business. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski