Colver News

A political newcomer is staging a write-in challenge to veteran Cambria Township Supervisor Dave Hoover Tim Bracken lost in the Democratic primary to Hoover, but he is still trying to unseat the incumbent, who has worked for the township for 39 years, 17 of them as supervisor.

With only one objection, and that from a competitor, the village of Colver is getting a new liquor license, enabling the Sons of Italy building to re-open and bringing a new business into an old coal town.

Charles J. Vizzini, a local World War II veteran who spent much of his later years honoring those who gave their lives in the war, died Tuesday at 85.

Ashville Volunteer Fire Company will be host for the 88th annual Volunteer Firemen's Association of Cambria County & Vicinity Convention Wednesday through Saturday.

A Sidman man who was stealing a motorcycle was confronted by the victim as he was riding away from the residence, state police in Blair County said.

This summer has been one of the coldest in many years - by a sizable margin - according to State College-based Accu-Weather. That's no surprise to residents, who sometimes have had to wear a light jackets.

Bob DeReamus has lived in Tatamy for 45 years, long enough to remember when the biggest nuisance in the area wasn't traffic or development but the smell of pigs and manure on a windy day.

The mayor's office walls hold a mixture of government certificates, a portrait of Gen.

Residents in the Fox Run Development received letters demanding nearly $1,000 each to pay for work done to their streets.

Infrastructure, blight elimination and housing rehabilitation are targets for just less than a million dollars in state Community Development Block Grant funds anticipated by Cambria County and five communities.

In fast-growing Cambria Township, which surrounds the county seat, it's all about roads.

Township officials expect to seek a $3 million bond for two long-planned projects.