| Logan Township budget |
The township supervisors are to vote Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, on their 2012 budget, funded with a 2-mill tax increase. |
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| Antis Township hydroelectric plant |
Symbiotics Energy LLC, doing business as Bellwood Hydro LLC, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a permit to build a pumped storage hydroelectric project between Bellwood and Tipton. |
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| County tax sales |
The General Assembly is considering an amendment to the state's Real Estate Tax Sale Law, which would give counties the opportunity to recoup some of the money they expend to fix or demolish county-owned properties up for sale. |
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| Underage drinking |
Logan Township and the City of Altoona have disorderly gatherings and disorderly house ordinances, respectively, that are used to help deal with the municipalities' underage drinking problems. |
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| Cambria County Commissioner Sam Valenty |
Commonwealth Court ruled April 20, 2011, that Valenty will remain on the Republican ballot for the May 17, 2011, primary election after a challenge to his nomination petition. |
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| Cambria Care Center fatal assault |
Cambria County authorities continue to investigate the February 2011 death of Theodore "Ted" Shaw, a resident of Cambria Care Center, which allegedly occurred at the hands of Ray F. Dunmyer Jr., another home resident. The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued its findings April 15, 2011, cited the home for 16 deficiencies as a result of its investigation into Shaw's death. |
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| Horseshoe Curve bombing plot |
Britain's National Archives released a declassified report April 4, 2011, on Operation Pastorius, a Nazi war effort in 1942 to bomb the Horseshoe Curve and other high-profile targets in the eastern U.S. The report was created by MI5, Britain's military intelligence service. |
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| Logan Township solar panel ordinance |
The township will accept public comment at its March 10 meeting on the proposed ordinance. The supervisors could also vote on the measure at that meeting. |
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| Logan Township student housing |
Nunzio, Cynda and Brian Rehm sued the Logan Township Zoning Hearing Board over its denial of a variance to use a house at 3128 Juniata Gap Road for student housing. Blair County Judge Hiram Carpenter reversed the board's ruling Dec. 16, 2010, and granted the variance to the Rehms. |
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| Huntingdon Borough Council |
Huntingdon Borough Council has been sued over its awarding of a contract to J&J Recycling to handle the community's recycling collection for the next five years. |
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| Blair Township budget |
The township supervisors are expected to vote Dec. 14, 2010, on a proposed budget that cuts one police officer from the five-member force. |
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| Hollidaysburg Main Street Program |
Hollidaysburg Borough Council voted 7-0 Dec. 9, 2010, to fund the Hollidaysburg Community Partnership's Main Street Program in 2011. |
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| State Ethics Commission ruling against former Blai |
Former Blair Township Supervisor David E. Burchfield Sr. will no longer be able to seek or hold public office, the state Ethics Commission has ruled.
In a decision made public Tuesday, the commission ruled that that Burchfield, 68, "technically violated" the state Ethics Act between 2006 and 2008 by making decisions and approving payments to the Duncansville Volunteer Fire Department that went for renting a substation building in which Burchfield held majority ownership. |
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| Blair County budget |
The Blair County Commissioners introduced their proposed 2011 $66.7 million budget on Nov. 23, 2010. A final vote is expected Dec. 21, 2010. |
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| House Bill 40 |
Proposal to expand the right of people to use deadly force in self-defense |
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| EEOC v Grane Healthcare and Cambria Care Center |
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit Sept. 30, 2010, against Grane Healthcare, the owner of the Cambria Care Center in Ebensburg, over alleged employment violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. |
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| 12th Ward Civic Association v. City of Altoona |
The association filed a lawsuit in Blair County Court on Sept. 22, 2010, against the city in an effort to evict the Altoona Association of Model Railroaders, a group that uses the second floor of the 12th Ward Civic Center on South 10th Avenue in Altoona. |
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| City of Altoona fees |
Altoona City Council hiked some fees Sept. 22, 2010, for permitting, inspections and other services of the codes, engineering, police and fire departments, so revenues will cover costs and taxpayers won’t need to subsidize that specialty work. |
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| Bedford County reassessment |
Senior Judge Daniel Howsare dismissed a lawsuit filed by Breezewood Enterprises Inc. over its tax bill under the new Bedford County reassessment. |
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| Route 219 |
U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-12th District, announced the introduction of a House bill that would place Route 219, or Corridor N, from Ebensburg to Salamanca, N.Y. |
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| Hazelton "illegal alien' ordinance |
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 9, 2010, rejected Hazelton, Pa.'s appeal of a lower court ruling that found the city's ordinance to crack down on illegal immigrants was illegal. |
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| Guardian health care responsibilities clarified |
The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Aug. 17, 2010, that when an incompetent person is neither in a state of permanent unconsciousness nor in an "end-stage condition" — and has not designated a health care agent — he or she is entitled to medical help that will preserve his or her life. The ruling came in the case of a severely retarded 53-year-old Ebensburg Center resident whose parents wanted to take him off a ventilator after he developed complications from choking on a hairpin. |
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| Pennsylvania 12-year Transportation Plan |
The State Transportation Commission met in Pittsburgh on Aug. 12, 2010, and approved a new 12-year transportation plan, which makes a 33 percent cut to proposed projects in PennDOT District 9, including Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon counties. |
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| Tour de Toona lawsuit |
Commonwealth Court ruled against cyclist Sarah Scott of Pennsylvania Furnace, who crashed July 29, 2005, during the Martinsburg Circuit Race, a crash that left her a paraplegic. |
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| Altoona forgery claim |
Altoona police said they found evidence to charge an Altoona Housins Authority employee for allegedly forging money orders belonging to a former Fairview Hills resident, but the Blair County District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute. |
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| Altoona planning |
An intern has created maps of city billboards and sidewalks for the Altoona Planning Department. |
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| Hollidaysburg Area Public Library |
The library gave an update June 22, 2010, on its fundraising campaign to build a new library near the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School |
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| Bedford County Commissioners |
The commissioners approved new rules of procedure June 22, 2010, governing a number of areas including the public's recording of meetings and the length of time for public comments. |
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| Altoona-Blair County Airport |
Federal Aviation Administration issued an order May 10, 2010, selecting Colgan Air Inc., to provide essential air service at Altoona and Johnstown from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2012. |
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| Blair County DUI Court |
Blair County Judge Daniel J. Milliron recused himself March 25, 2010, from hearing any further DUI Court proceedings against John Charles Gibson of Altoona, who the judge kicked out of the specialty court program earlier this week for an alleged drunken driving violation on March 12. Milliron rented his former house to Gibson, who lived there for 18 months until his March 12 arrest. |
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| Federal health care lawsuit |
Attorneys general from Pennsylvania and 12 other states filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform law signed March 23, 2010, by President Obama. |
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| HB 2070 |
Bill limiting cell phone use |
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| State of Blair County Courts |
The Davison Group Inc. of Mechanicsburg issued a report last month on the operation of the Blair County Court Administration. |
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| Wendy's restaurant lawsuit |
A teenage girl filed a lawsuit Dec. 29, 2009, in Cambria County Court, against Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, a franchisee who owns a restaurant in Bedford and two employees in connection with the girl's sexual assault in 2007. |
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| Pa. Supreme Court rules against Gov. Rendell |
The state Supreme Court ruled against the governor Dec. 28, 2009, saying the state Constitution doesn't prohibit the governor from continuing to pay state employees during a budget impasse. |
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| 4D's Lounge |
A Blair County judge ruled against the Altoona bar, which was accused by the state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement of serving a visibly intoxicated patron June 8, 2008 |
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| Laurel Crest sale |
Cambria County employees of Laurel Crest Rehabilitation & Special Care Center held a protest Dec. 23, 2009, about pensions they said they have earned from the county as a result of the sale of the nursing center. |
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| Bedford County District Attorney's Office |
District Attorney William Higgins has called for a Bedford County Salary Board meeting to introduce a motion that would keep two assistant DAs on the staff. A proposed budget would cut a full-time assistant from Higgins' office. |
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| Possible Penn State Altoona expansion |
Altoona City Council approved an agreement Dec. 9, 2009, with the Blair County General Authority to release the liens on former Kauffmann Building property in downtown Altoona, which would allow for a possible new development by Penn State Altoona. |
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| Dominion Peoples |
An administrative law judge for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission rejected a settlement Oct. 16, 2009, for the proposed sale of Dominion Peoples to a private investment fund. |
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| Memorial Plaque 2009 |
Names of local homicide victims included on a plaque at the Blair County Courthouse |
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| Tamira Ci Thayne |
State Superior Court upholds her 2007 Blair County dog theft conviction and sentence. |
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| Ebensburg Borough Ethics Code |
Borough Council approved new guidelines Aug. 24, 2009, for the ethical performance of council members and borough employees. |
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| Greg Ray investigation |
Copies of invoices, bills and purchase orders for the internal invetigation of the Tyrone Police Officer. |
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| John M. Koeck |
IRS seeks lien on Hollidaysburg property for $193,304 debt. |
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| Landfill fee |
Blair court rules that county doesn't have to reimburse fees. |
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| Joseph Pasi v. USA |
Medical malpractice lawsuit filed Sept. 16, 2008 for care at Jame E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center. |
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| Sunrise Mobile Homes |
AG announces consumer protection lawsuit against Cambria company Sept. 4, 2008. |
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| PSSA results |
Released Thursday by Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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| PSSA |
Department of Education material |
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