Nicktown News

A Barr Township woman is homeless after fire destroyed her two-story wood-frame home on the 100 block of Trout Road located between the villages of Marsteller and Nicktown early Monday morning.

A driver and a motorcyclist were killed in separate traffic accidents in Indiana and Cambria counties Wednesday evening and early this morning.

The Cambria County chapter of Pa. CleanWays, a nonprofit with a mission to eliminate illegal dumping and littering in Pennsylvania, is conducting appliance, tire and electronics recycling collections.

Dustin Ludwig lives in a 1930s log cabin off Luther Road, two lanes of tar-and-chipped rock in Nicktown.

Amanda Strittmatter, daughter of Bernie and Tess Strittmatter of Ebensburg, has been awarded the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society scholarship for the 2008-09 school year.

Northern Cambria Borough police are investigating a late Tuesday night blaze that was started with a Molotov cocktail - a homemade bomb.

If you don't live in a major metropolis, breaking into the music business can be a grueling endeavor.

United School board Tuesday adopted a final 2008-08 budget that includes $18,534,647 in expenditures and a property tax hike of 4.3 mills.

Three ISPs are serving customers, as of this month, on the network of Cambria County in Pennsylvania.

In a clash of conservative traditions and society's modern laws, two Amish men may spend 90 days in prison for refusing to pay fines over the use of an outhouse.

Two typical but very different ISPs are representative of the ISP industry as a whole.

More than 80 youth soccer players are finishing Susquehanna Township's inaugural season of American Youth Soccer.

Cambria County Capp: John A., 87, Nicktown. Ramus: Mary Jane, 76, Portage. Somerset County Conti: Helen A. , 94, Central City.

“We treat them well, and we make sure they have everything that they need, equipment- and training-wise”

Sgt. Jonathan Gindlesperger of Seward missed half of his 18-month-old daughter's life. via The Tribune-Democrat

“He can still build a house, but timbering is very limited in a preservation zone”

Saying the topography did not lend itself to agricultural uses, Cambria Township supervisors are rejecting a request to rezone 102 acres near the Twenty Row community, outside of Colver. via The Tribune-Democrat

With a dozen Colver-area residents showing up to voice their concerns, Cambria Township supervisors again delayed a decision on rezoning 102 acres near the town of Twenty Row from preservation to agricultural. via The Tribune-Democrat

“If they have moved in, we would have to go back out there and inspect”

The same Amish sect under fire for illegal outhouses at a Barr Township schoolhouse is also under a stop work order for building a house without construction or sewage permits. via The Tribune-Democrat

“Residents there are in an uproar”

An Amish schoolhouse in Barr Township has unpermitted outhouses that are illegally emptied onto farm fields, sewage enforcement officials say. via The Tribune-Democrat

Traffic accident closes Nicktown road The Tribune-Democrat NICKTOWN - A ongoing winter storm that began early Friday morning has contributed to a possible fatal two-vehicle crash that closed Nicktown Hill Road ... via The Tribune-Democrat

“We should table all three of these (police issues) until we get this straightened out with the union.”

Susquehanna Township supervisors removed their only police officer as officer-in-charge after the municipality reorganized on Wednesday. via The Tribune-Democrat