Author Archives: Hometown1

BUCS CLOBBER FOUR HOMERS IN WIN OVER PADRES
Josh Bell hit two home runs and Bryan Reynolds and Gregory Polanco homered as well as the Pirates blasted the Padres, 7-2. It was the third multi-homer game in the last fourteen days for Bell, and the...
Hometown1 May 19, 2019

INDIANA FALLS IN STATE TEAM TENNIS SEMIS; PALKO TO PLAY IN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Indiana High lost to Pequea Valley, 3-1 in the semifinals of the state team tennis championship in Hershey yesterday. Pequea Valley then beat Conrad Weiser for the state title. Indiana's Zach P...
Hometown1 May 19, 2019

CURVE THRASH SENATORS
The Altoona Curve stayed hot at the plate while James Marvel and the bullpen held the Harrisburg Senators in check in the Curve's 8-2 win on Saturday at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Down 2-0 through two...
Hometown1 May 19, 2019

POLICE REPORT THEFT INVESTIGATIONS, DRUG-RELATED OFFENSE
State police are investigating two thefts at neighboring stores on separate days. The first incident occurred Wednesday evening at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits store on Ben Franklin Road South in ...
Hometown1 May 19, 2019

REDISTRICTING COMMISSION SEARCHES FOR ANSWERS
The Governor's Redistricting Reform Commission held a public hearing yesterday in Altoona, gathering public comment on the congressional redistricting, with the 2020 census looming. The commission was...
Hometown1 May 17, 2019

RESURFACING PROJECT TO START ON ROUTE 22
PennDOT has announced the date for the start of a Route 22 resurfacing project in East Wheatfield Township. Lane restrictions will start on Tuesday, May 28th at the West Philadelphia Street intersecti...
Hometown1 May 17, 2019

PIKES PEAK EMPLOYEE DISARMS WOULD-BE ROBBER
A Warren County man is in the Indiana County Jail today after he allegedly burglarized a home and attempted to rob Pike's Peak Nursery at gunpoint. A male employee at the Cherryhill Township nursery a...
Hometown1 May 17, 2019

APSCUF, STATE SYSTEM BEGIN CONTRACT TALKS
When APSCUF and the State System of Higher Education were working on a new labor contract about four years ago, the two sides engaged in a public relations war. The bargaining eventually led to a facu...
Hometown1 May 16, 2019

URBN POSTS JOB OPENINGS FOR NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Even from the highway adjacent to the Windy Ridge site in White Township, drivers can see daily progress on the 892,000 square foot URBN fulfillment center. The company expects to have the massive bui...
Hometown1 May 16, 2019

JIMMY STEWART MUSEUM NAMES INTERIM PRESIDENT
The Jimmy Stewart Museum has a new president, if only on an interim basis, and it's a familiar name. The James M. Stewart Museum Foundation yesterday appointed Carson Greene, Jr. to serve as interim p...
Hometown1 May 15, 2019

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
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