radioNOVO News for Altoona: July 6, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 07/06/26          CAMBRIA COUNTY CELEBRATED AMERICA'S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL WITH PLENTY OF PATRIOTIC PRIDE SATURDAY.            EBENSBURG CELEBRATED WITH ITS FIRST-EVER INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE.  AMERICAN FLAGS, SCOOTERS, AND HORSES PACKED THE STREETS AS HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS LINED THE PARADE ROUTE.  ORGANIZERS SAY THE HISTORIC EVENT WAS DESIGNED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN A DISPLAY OF PATRIOTIC PRIDE.          AFTER THE PROCESSION, FOLKS GATHERED AT VETERANS PARK FOR AN EVEN BIGGER CELEBRATION.  ADDRESSING THE CROWD, STATE SENATOR WAYNE LANGERHOLC, JR. SAID THE U.S. HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME FOR 250 YEARS AND IS STILL THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.            FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY FIFTY YEARS, THE BLAIR COUNTY COURTHOUSE BELL IS TOLLING THE HOUR ONCE AGAIN.          THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 516 RALLIED THE COMMUNITY......... RAISING OVER ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC CLOCKTOWER. THE RECENT OVERHAUL INCLUDES A NEW COMPUTERIZED STRIKER, PROGRAMMED TO RING DAILY ON THE HOUR, BETWEEN 6AM AND 8PM.