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In 1888, the newspaper's name was changed to Altoona Mirror. In 1907, the Slep company name was changed to Mirror Printing Company. The paper remained in the Slep family until being sold to Thomson Newspapers in 1984. Under Thomson ownership, a Sunday edition was launched in 1987 and the paper switched its weekday publication to mornings ...
The sale was consummated on October 1, 2019, at a price of $675,000. WRTA added an FM translator at 98.5 MHz (W253CJ) that provides city grade FM coverage of Altoona, PA and coverage in all of Blair county, and part of Cambria county.
Altoona Works (also known as Altoona Terminal) is a large railroad industrial complex in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1850 and 1925 by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), to supply the railroad with locomotives, railroad cars and related equipment. For many years, it was the largest railroad shop complex in the world.
Altoona (/ æ l ˈ t uː n ə / al-TOO-nə) [9] is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. [10] It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,823.
Public proposals to create a railroad museum in Altoona date at least to 1938, when the Altoona Mirror published a letter to the editor suggesting the city develop a tourism industry, including a "community railroad museum", centered around its railroad history. [6] In 1959, Altoona's Chamber of Commerce proposed a similar museum. [7]
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The Logan Valley Mall opened in November 1965 as an open-air shopping center with Sears, [3] Weis Markets and a few small shops. [4] JCPenney was built in 1966, [5] and the mall was enclosed for a grand opening on June 8, 1967. [6]
A collection of 2024 holiday catalogs are displayed Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in Freeport, Maine. Catalog retailers, reeling from U.S. postal rate increases, have responded with pint-sized catalogs ...