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Georgia Yeager, 60, of Johnstown is looking forward to something she hasn't had in more than 10 years — summer vacation.   Yeager, the administrative director for Somerset County Technology Center, is retiring this week after more than 35 years...

The Cumberland Valley School of Music soon will be getting a new maestro. Andrew Sussman, who has led the Cumberland Valley School of Music as executive director for the past 18 years, will be retiring from that position effective Sept. 1, according to a...

Megan Heather Maust and Seth Michael Walsh, both of Friedens, are announcing their engagement. Miss Maust is the daughter of Greg Maust and Gale Maust of Somerset and Friedens. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Indiana University of...

The Tri-State Ravens Nest 12 held its 13th annual Player of the Year Banquet on Saturday evening, recognizing five individuals, including two area athletes and Baltimore Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta. Greencastle-Antrim’s Nathan Hykes and South...

Douglas Ledney has been looking at his knees for 25 years. This summer he will have to start looking higher up.   The Windber Middle School principal will be retiring this summer and beginning the next phase of life — a life where he doesn't spend...

Ryan Gerney, 16, of Stoystown has been playing music for most of his life.   Hand the North Star junior a clarinet, drum sticks, a saxophone, a microphone or a seat at a piano and he will happily blow, tap or sing a tune.   "Definitely my biggest...

Chuck Olson and Norman Ed will fill the Art Works galleries with their work when their dual exhibit titled "Dialogue" officially opens to the public this weekend. The painter and sculptor, respectively, are acclaimed artists who have been practicing...

Piano, organ and ballet are features of the June series of Tuesday noon recitals at First Lutheran Church, 415 Vine St., Johnstown. The series opens June 5 with a piano recital by Laurel Harrison, who has received superior ratings for eight years from...

Long before we learned how to download music from the Internet, people knew how to make music out of whatever raw materials were available. Nowadays, we can reduce, reuse and recycle to make beautiful music from throwaway items like soda pop bottles and...

Given James Johnson’s head-coaching inexperience, many have surmised that he will include a former big whistle on his Virginia Tech basketball staff. If so, here’s a possibility: Navy associate head coach Kurt Kanaskie. Kanaskie has worked...

Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach James Johnson has assembled a coaching staff that checks a lot of the perceived prerequisite boxes for good assistant coaches — two guys with strong ties to the southwest Virginia community, and another guy...

Two local students have been selected for membership in Indiana University of Pennsylvania's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. The students include: Sonya C. Eppley, Jerome, is a 1990 graduate of Conemaugh Township Junior/Senior High...