Sep 28, 2009 | The Tribune-Democrat
Person of the week: Former teacher uses skills to tutor adults
Nancy Higgins is helping her students turn the pages to a better life. A volunteer tutor with the Cambria County Literacy Council, Higgins has been teaching English to two Vietnamese women in their 20s.
Work starts on Route 56 in city
It's not a bypass, but it will have to do. Work finally has begun on long-discussed traffic improvements throughout the Route 56 corridor in Johnstown's Cambria City and West End neighborhoods.
Ephrata woman killed in Gettysburg accident
An Ephrata woman walking on a Gettysburg sidewalk was killed Thursday during a multicar collision.
Quarantine on wood from ash trees expands to Washington and Armstrong counties
A state-imposed quarantine of firewood and wood chips from ash trees was expanded Monday to Washington and Armstrong counties, where emerald ash borer beetles have been found, state Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said.
Equipment firm completing new branch h...
Vince Pagano wishes his company had done this 10 years ago. But now that Highway Equipment & Supply Co.