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UNIVERSITY PARK
PSU Extension publishes manual

Penn State Extension has published the newly updated Master Gardener Manual, an expansive guide containing a comprehensive inventory of gardening and landscape-management topics for home gardeners,...

 

Students to research drummer boy, flag

Michael Halloran was a 15-year-old Civil War drummer boy from Hollidaysburg, and the battle-scarred flag that his company carried is being restored for the Hollidaysburg Area School District with a donation from his descendants.

 

Cambria County Fair, 4-H celebrate milestones

EBENSBURG - The visitors lining the midway at the Cambria County fairgrounds Monday might not have noticed it, but this year is an auspicious one for the huge annual gathering.

 

Students encounter parking problems

Some Penn State Altoona students parking on downtown streets are learning a lesson about the cost of exceeding time limit.

 

Districts struggle to find teachers

When a teacher resigns 10 days before school starts, Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center Executive Director Donna Miller said: "It throws you into a tizzy you can't believe.

 

Area briefs

UNIVERSITY PARK
PSU Extension publishes manual

Penn State Extension has published the newly updated Master Gardener Manual, an expansive guide containing a comprehensive inventory of gardening and landscape-management topics for home gardeners,...

 

Students to research drummer boy, flag

Michael Halloran was a 15-year-old Civil War drummer boy from Hollidaysburg, and the battle-scarred flag that his company carried is being restored for the Hollidaysburg Area School District with a donation from his descendants.

 

Cambria County Fair, 4-H celebrate milestones

EBENSBURG - The visitors lining the midway at the Cambria County fairgrounds Monday might not have noticed it, but this year is an auspicious one for the huge annual gathering.

 

Students encounter parking problems

Some Penn State Altoona students parking on downtown streets are learning a lesson about the cost of exceeding time limit.

 

Districts struggle to find teachers

When a teacher resigns 10 days before school starts, Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center Executive Director Donna Miller said: "It throws you into a tizzy you can't believe.

 

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