http://www.tribdem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_201234405.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_201234405.html Brian Sell’s other job isn’t so glamorous.“I’m in the garden department – loading bags of mulch all day,” he said of his part-time gig at a home supplies store. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_200234450.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_200234450.html Stacy Gilbert, portraying Portia, and Tony Malvoisin, portraying Bassanio, perform a scene during the Band of Brothers Shakespeare Company’s production of “The Merchant of Venice” on Friday at Stackhouse Park in Westmont. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_199232442.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_199232442.html Joe Paterno made a stop in Johnstown on Thursday on his way to enshrinement in the National Football Foundation’s College Hall of Fame. Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_155001214.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_155001214.html For nearly seven years, the large crane about a half-mile from the Flight 93 crash site has been part of the experience for visitors.An American flag hung from the dragline once used in coal stripping – now dismantled and on its way to Newport News, Va. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_198234021.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_198234021.html When he came home from Vietnam 40 years ago, Army veteran Elmer “Snubby” Burket of Windber said he found his world changed. Like many veterans featured in Northern Cambria High School student-produced video, “We Never Got the Welcome Home,” Burket felt alienated by many of those around him. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:08:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_198000700.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_198000700.html What’s with all the purple boxes hanging in area trees?They may look like some strange decoration, but they’re actually a device to trap a destructive type of beetle that has made its way into parts of western Pennsylvania. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_196233443.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_196233443.html About 1,300 properties – 100 businesses, houses and trailers more than last year – are headed for the auction block for unpaid property taxes in Cambria County.But before the first gavel comes down at the Sept. 8 “upset sale,” most property owners will have paid the back taxes they owe or negotiated payment plans to pull them off the sale list, said Sam Runzo, head of the county’s Tax Claim Bureau. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_195224955.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_195224955.html Since July 1, 10-year-old Josie Haman has tended to her new pony nearly every day.The Windber girl is living her dream, now that the Make-A-Wish Foundation has given her the perfect pony, an American paint named Scooby. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_194233026.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_194233026.html Among the stuffed filing cabinets and spent computers strewn throughout the third floor of a downtown Johnstown law office, the ghosts of Civil War veterans remain. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:46:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_193234849.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_193234849.html A Lower Yoder Township man shot and killed his camping buddy after several days of heavy drinking and arguing in the Blue Knob area of Blair County, state police said Friday. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_192141030.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_192141030.html Concerned about a high number of accidents, PennDOT officials are launching an intensive study of a busy section of Goucher Street in Johnstown’s West Hills suburbs.And officials want all interested parties – residents, business owners, emergency responders and others – to come up with possible solutions. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_191232200.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_191232200.html Lee Whittle of Johnstown and his college friends displayed their creativity Wednesday with the showing of their movie during opening night of the Johnstown Film and Wine Festival.Called “Hatchet Jack,” the horror movie is about four teens from Pittsburgh who become lost while camping in Washington County where, according to legend, a crazed man roams. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:33:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_190231743.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_190231743.html A New York real estate investment firm confirmed Tuesday that it has purchased The Galleria shopping center in Richland Township.Gemini Real Estate Advisors purchased the retail mall for more than $57 million from Zamias Services Inc. of downtown Johnstown. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_189225258.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_189225258.html Manpower Inc. is on the move again – and heading to Richland Township.Manpower’s offices have relocated several times since the job services company arrived in the region in 1983. But each new site was in downtown Johnstown, including the current location at 407 Main St. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_188223901.html http://www.tribdem.com/homepage/local_story_188223901.html A hulking, deteriorated building at a key Johnstown gateway soon may have a date with a wrecking ball.City officials are soliciting bids for demolition of the former Olbum’s building, along Adams Street near the Route 56 Bedford Street exit ramp.