Westmont News

The Greater Johnstown School of Music held its annual summer performance and picnic Saturday afternoon.

As tens of thousands of motorcycle riders roll into town for Thunder in the Valley, few may notice 19-year-old Cody Gibson pedaling his 26-inch Roadmaster bicycle around downtown.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM A local arts center known for its work with children will celebrate its 40th anniversary by bringing storybook characters to life.

Help may be on the way for those who volunteer their time - and sometimes risk their lives - to help others.

Navy Lt. Mary Jane Foster found a touch of home when she boarded a new hospital ship in San Francisco in the autumn of 1945.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Wine is something to be enjoyed, not feared. That very well could be the theme as the Memorial Medical Center auxiliary is about to uncork its increasingly popular wine-tasting ...

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM As a commercial cook, the late Connie LaPorta didn't share her recipes for seven decades.

Scott McLachlan admits that the state's new anti-smoking laws would have bothered him more five moths ago.

The 55th Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions ended just like the edition a year ago, with an outstanding performance from Rickie Fowler.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Ireland's pride will be proclaimed as the Ancient Order of Hibernians present a two-day salute to Greater Johnstown's Irish culture and traditions.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM When "Beauty and the Beast" casts its enchanted spell on Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown, costumes will be magically downsized to fit the smaller stage.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM With tap, jazz, ballet and hip-hop, Sharon's Dance Studio has had Johnstown moving to the music since 1962.

Right now students in two area school districts are sitting in front of a standard-sized blackboard learning.

Cambria County Judge Norman A. Krumenacker III, who's been involved in Scouting since he was 12 years old, has been awarded the Silver Antelope Award for his volunteer work with the Boy Scouts.

Cambria County Commissioners were on hand at Hope Volunteer Fire Company on Thursday to formally accept a new hazardous materials response unit that will be housed there.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM For the past 28 summers, the Concerts-on-the-Green series has been a weekly fixture on the lawn of the Community Arts Center of Cambria County.

After spending all of her 96 years in Brownstown Borough, it's highly unlikely that Catherine Voytko needed any incentive to stay.

President George W. Bush has paid tribute to America's fighting men and women, thanking them for "countless acts of courage." Bush traveled from the White House on a clear and sunny Memorial Day to carry out ...

Classic-rock music may have seemed incongruent blasting across a Civil War camp, but the reenactors said Roxbury Park concerts provide a great venue for their living history.

Taunia Oechslin, Meghan Stahl-Skinner, Gina Wian and other volunteers will be sending thank you cards this week to people and businesses who supported an effort Wednesday to benefit the Joyce Murtha Breast Care ...