Sidman News

Quaker Sales Corp. will begin work today on a $5.2 million contract for the removal of fallen rock debris on Route 271 , rock scaling and tree removal work on Route 56 and improvements to Route 219 from the Galleria interchange to the Sidman interchange.

A Johnstown man was arrested Tuesday by the Cambria County Drug Task Force on charges that he allegedly sold crack cocaine in the city and Richland Township.

Motorists should expect delays on Route 219 between Sidman and New Germany on Monday between 6 and 7 p.m. The contractor will be lifting a bridge structure that crosses the Norfolk Southern line and the little Conemaugh River.

A New Jersey man living in Johnstown has been arrested by the Cambria County Drug Task Force for allegedly selling crack cocaine in the city's Hornerstown section and in Richland Township.

The Save Westy Action Committee, a citizens group fighting a proposal to change zoning to commercial from residential on a section of Goucher Street in Westmont Borough, has scheduled a meeting today at 7 p.m. at the Westmont Hilltop Middle School to discuss the issue.

Conemaugh Health System's paramedic training program is among the first in the state to receive national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

A Sidman man who was stealing a motorcycle was confronted by the victim as he was riding away from the residence, state police in Blair County said.

Members of Bethel United Methodist Church in Salix are living the Second Greatest Commandment.

A Sidman man and his family are suing Pennsylvania Electric Co. over a fire that destroyed their home and personal belongings.

Infrastructure, blight elimination and housing rehabilitation are targets for just less than a million dollars in state Community Development Block Grant funds anticipated by Cambria County and five communities.

City police are investigating an armed robbery in which a delivery man for a wholesale floral company reported that two men - one armed with a handgun - approached him early Saturday and demanded money.