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Posted: August 24, 2026 at 8:54AM
BLAIR PA ALERT: If you have damages to your home or business from the storms and flooding on August 22-23, 2026, contact your municipality to make...
Posted: August 11, 2026 at 1:03AM
The Borough is currently seeking a friendly and dependable School Crossing Guard to help keep our students safe as they travel to and from school....
Posted: July 13, 2026 at 9:28AM
The Summer 2026 Town Crier (Volume 40, Issue 3) has been published and is ready to view. We invite residents to take a look at the latest community...
Posted: June 24, 2026 at 10:51AM
The Hollidaysburg Borough Authority is pleased to present to you this month’s “Quality on Tap” Hollidaysburg Borough Authority Water Quality...
Posted: June 16, 2026 at 2:45AM
ALLEGHENY STREET TREE TRIMMING/HOLLIDAYSBURG SHADE TREE COMMISSION Motorists and sidewalk pedestrians are requested to use caution on Allegheny...
BLAIR PA ALERT: NWS Partners - Blair County and Surrounding Areas, Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Thunderstorms will develop over northwest PA in the afternoon and move to the south and east in the evening and early tonight. Damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall will be the primary hazards, but an isolated tornado can not be ruled out. The greatest threat will be to areas north and west of Altoona, State College and Williamsport. Important change: The threat for tornadoes has increased very slightly. For more information and graphics, go to www.weather.gov/media/ctp/DssPacket.pdf . You can also find additional weather information at www.weather.gov/ctp/briefing or www.weather.gov/ctp/selfbrief . Blair County Department of Emergency Services-CF
Today (Tuesday September 8 ) is the fifteenth Hollidaysburg Farmers Market of the season; we meet from 11am-2pm, in rain and shine. Sneak peeks include sweet corn, watermelon and cantaloupe, heirloom eggplant, and lettuce! Cut flowers, Elderberry Syrup kits, red ripe tomatoes, sourdough bread, a variety of good food through Doug's Dawgs (hot dogs, cheesesteaks, Angus burgers, sausage sandwiches), The Dirty Soda Shack (White Chicken Chili, Meatloaf sandwich with loaded mashed potatoes, and egg salad BLTs on a bagel), grab and go sourdough sandwiches in Turkey/Swiss and Ham/Cheddar at Seraphim Sourdough Co. , and yogurt smoothies through Blue Barn Farm! Our market meets each Tuesday 11-2 through the end of September and we will also hold one more Night Market on the third Friday of September, 5-8pm. If you need an address for your GPS, please use 301 Allegheny Street. The following list covers a lot of the local products our vendors are bringing today. There's too much to list it all, although we tried! You need to come and see for yourself!LUNCH SPECIALS (PREPARED FOODS):The Dirty Soda Shack is here with their dirty sodas, refreshers, iced teas, iced coffees, and delicious lunch offerings. Here are the lunch choices (check their FB page for the most up to date details):• White Chicken Chili topped with cheese and sour cream, served with sweet cornbread• Homestyle Open-Faced Meatloaf Sandwich with homemade gravy, loaded mashed potatoes, and fresh seasoned green beans• Egg Salad BLT on a bagel, served with chips and picklesSKIP THE WAIT — PREORDER NOW! Text 814-327-2882 with your Order, Name, and Pickup Time.Preorders accepted until 10:00 AM Tuesday morning! Watch their FB page so you know the menu before the market! Doug's Dawgs has classic hot dogs, chili mac, sausage sandwiches, cheesesteaks, burgers and cold drinks, perfect for a lunch stop. We need more pictures of Doug’s sandwiches and hot dogs—please take some and share to our page or tag us! Seraphim Sourdough Co. will have grab and go Ham/Cheddar and also Turkey/Swiss sourdough sandwiches in their cooler (ask for a sandwich from the cooler). Don’t forget to look in the coolers at the farmers market. Some of the best stuff is in there! BAKED GOODSBake Shop Bakes Tyrone will not attend the market this week. Look for them next time, or catch them at their home store in Tyrone.Seraphim Sourdough Co. has delicious sourdough offerings, including an assortment (different each week; no guarantees that a particular sourdough product will be there) of sourdough loaves, sourdough bagels, English Muffins, granola, and scones. Learn more at their FB page!New at Seraphim: grab and go Ham and Cheddar sandwiches, and Turkey/Swiss sandwiches on sourdough! Note: Ask for them to be brought out of the cooler for you.PRODUCE:*Blue Barn Farm’s list includes: Sweet Corn, Salad Mix, Watermelon, Cantaloupes, three kinds of tomatoes (slicers, heirloom, cherry), Italian beans, Arugula, Head Lettuces, Endive, Kale, Scallions, Salad Turnips, Candy Onions, Beans (green and yellow), Kohlrabi, Carrots, Fennel, Potatoes (red and white), Eggplant (classic only this week, no Asian), Peppers (Jalapeno, hot banana, bell, colored bells), Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Cucumbers (slicers and picklers), Cabbage, Collard Greens, Swiss Chard, Fresh Herbs- Chives, Oregano, Parsley, Sage, Basil, Mint, Thyme… Garlic Bulbs, Jarred products - salsas, pickled items, jams, salad dressings, Clover Creek Cheeses, Maple Syrup, and Rissler Farm raw milk, chocolate milk and pasteurized yogurt smoothies in vanilla, black cherry and strawberry. Don’t forget to look inside the coolers to pick your fresh milk and cheese!*Rispoli's Produce will have Jalapeno Peppers, Poblano Peppers, and Hot Banana Peppers, ground cherries, Basil, Swiss chard, Curly and Dinosaur Kale, Dragon Tongue beans, Early Girl tomatoes, Green Tomatoes, green beans, yellow beans, red white and blue potatoes, infused local honeys, honey sticks, Homegrown Sweet gourmet cucumbers, Zucchini in green and yellow, Yellow Squash, Spring Onions, Candy Onions, fresh brown free-range eggs, and rainbow eggs. AND, a small amount of unsprayed, non-GMO Sweet Corn. You may find a little friend under the husk, but they don’t eat much. Come talk to Lisa about what produce will be ready in the coming weeks, and get some honey!*Judy's Home-Grown Vegetables is here with her fresh, high-quality vegetables and fruit! Today you need to see her beautiful Assorted cherry tomatoes, Edamame, Italian oyster mushrooms, Jalapeno peppers, Japanese cucumbers, Japanese scallions, Kamo Nasu (eggplant), Radishes, Raspberries, Snap Peas, and Thyme. Judy sells out most weeks, so get to her fast! Check Judy’s FB page and scroll back through to learn more about her produce and how to use it. *Horizon Micro Farm with fresh and tasty microgreens that can be eaten as is or used in many ways to enhance your food experience. Kelly can tell you why microgreens are “the best thing you’ve never tried yet”!Lost Temple Nursery LLC will bring live blueberry plants and live raspberry plants, potted garden, yard, and house plants in different varieties and colors, including herbs, native plants, plants that support pollinators, and some trees and shrubs. Not sure what something is, or what to do with it? Ask them! If you don’t see them at market, and need something right away, visit/message their FB page!Sunshine & Succulents has ended their market season, though we may see them at September’s Night Market. You can also find and contact them through Facebook. Thank you for a wonderful time, Cindy! The Posie Patch will be here with their famous cut flowers, dried flowers, and dried wreaths in season. Do you know that you can call them and place your order ahead of time? Phone: 814-766-2270, or email theposypatch@ibyfax.com. Note that the business name is The Posie Patch and the email has a different ("posy") spelling. HANDMADE SOAP: Deep Well Farm has brought back MYSTERY BUNDLES (special $3 bags filled with several surprise soaps). They also made a new batch of three tallow lotions: unscented whipped tallow, Sandalwood scented whipped tallow, and Pineapple scented whipped tallow. Magnesium body butter, a limited amount of duck eggs, plus their regular scented and unscented soaps made with goat's milk, Jersey cow milk, and tallow, and (new product) sheep wool for gardening or birding. Come talk to Cora and learn more about what people do with a bag full of sheep wool! There *may* be a surprise animal guest near Deep Well’s booth at any time this summer; it is dependent on the weather. LOCALLY MADE PRODUCTS TO EAT AND DRINKThe Pickled Pimp uses locally grown vegetables and are veteran-owned, with flavors that include Sweet Heat, Sweet Horseradish Onion, Abe’s Kosher Dill, Vampire Killa’s, Spicy Dill, and Bread and Butta. (You can get a sample at the market to help you decide.) Follow The Pickled Pimp on Facebook!Hess Maple Products are available through Blue Barn Farm this summer.The814Distillery will not attend this summer’s markets, and we’re sorry to lose them. We are looking for another local distillery.The Skirted Soldier and their sister company Blue Knob Farm have delicious and good smelling/useful products, made with raw materials from PA veteran-owned farms. Look for these teas today: Sailor’s Sunrise, Medic, 250 Blend, Payload Peach, Chow Hall, Maple Munition, Sugar Cookie, Zoomie Zinger, and Matcha Mounting- Japanese Ceremonial Grade Matcha. Elderberry Syrup Kits are easy to take and make. Mulling Spices are great for fall cider recipes. DIY packets help you to create your own tea blend at home. 10% of every purchase supports female veterans!Blue Knob Farm offers handcrafted, small-batch products made with natural ingredients and support from local and veteran-owned farms. Examples include hair serum, whipped tallow lotion, super salve, Bug Off!, tooth powder, deodorant, cleaning products and Itch, Stop! NEW PRODUCT: Beard oil, scented with Woodstock signature blend and Sandalwood. HANDICRAFTS/FIBER ARTS Claudia's Crafts has handmade homegood products including towels and casserole carriers to show you. Her beautifully made items (especially her scrubbies and washcloths) make great presents and are mainstays for the kitchen and home. Handmade leather goods, made by Chris, will also be on display. Check out the leather work that Chris entered in our local farm shows (of course he won awards, because his work is beautiful!) FEATURED NONPROFITS/ORGANIZATIONS: Hollidaysburg Area Arts Council will be on site with info about their fall events.The Allegheny Ukulele Kollective will be on site, providing some live music 11:30-1:30.Sophi will be with us representing the Central PA Chapter of the American Harp Society.Learn about volunteering with Gentiva Hospice with Julia.Megan will visit representing Blair County WIC Program.We may also have a representative of CareerLink Blair County today.Any omissions or errors in this list are completely the fault of the poster. See you at the market (June through September) each Tuesday, 11am-2pm, and on the third Friday of each market month from 5-8pm, rain and shine! We do not cancel the market or close early except in cases of lightning/winds/thunderstorms. If this happens, it will be posted on the market’s FB page. Today is good market weather!We will have some Hollidaysburg Community Farm Show booklets for you at the info table---the Farm Show will be held in September.Thank you for supporting local. And thank you to our market sponsor, Evey Black Attorneys LLC !We thank you for visiting the market and ask that you support all local agriculture wherever you may find it: the growers, makers, bakers and brewers of our local farmers markets, local online resources like Blair Markets, individual markets at farms and roadside stands, fresh ingredients sourced from local agriculture at our local eateries, food trucks and restaurants, and the local agricultural products found in our area's stores and businesses.
BLAIR PA ALERT:FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNINGFlood Watch issued September 4 at 12:05PM EDT until September 5 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS State College PA* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.* WHERE...A portion of central Pennsylvania, including the followingcounties, Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset.* WHEN...Through 8 AM Saturday morning.* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of creeks,streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks andstreams may rise out of their banks. River flooding is alsopossible.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...- Training heavy showers and embedded thunderstorms will tracksoutheast across the region this afternoon into tonight. Rainfallrates of 1 to 2 inches per hour will be possible. Heavy rainfalling at this rate will lead to rapid runoff and flashflooding, as rainfall rates required to result in flash floodingare only 0.75 to 1.25 inches over a one hour period across thewatch area. Localized storm total rainfall this afternoon throughtonight could reach 3 inches in some locations, mainly to thesouth of Interstate 76.- www.weather.gov/safety/floodPlease monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action shouldFlash Flood Warnings be issued.www.weather.gov
BLAIR PA ALERT: National Weather Service Partners - Blair County and Surrounding Areas Friday, September 4, 2026 Thunderstorms will track northwest to southeast again on Friday afternoon, affecting primarily southwestern Pennsylvania. Damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall will be the primary hazards. After an incredibly active few days, this should be the last round of severe weather for the area until at least the middle of next week. Important changes: Minor adjustments to the severe weather risk area For more information and graphics, go to www.weather.gov/media/ctp/DssPacket.pdf . You can also find additional weather information at www.weather.gov/ctp/briefing or www.weather.gov/ctp/selfbrief . This is the final briefing. Blair County Department of Emergency Services-MB
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Posted: August 24, 2026 at 8:54AM
BLAIR PA ALERT: If you have damages to your home or business from the storms and flooding on August 22-23, 2026, contact your municipality to make...
Posted: August 11, 2026 at 1:03AM
The Borough is currently seeking a friendly and dependable School Crossing Guard to help keep our students safe as they travel to and from school....
BLAIR PA ALERT: NWS Partners - Blair County and Surrounding Areas, Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Thunderstorms will develop over northwest PA in the afternoon and move to the south and east in the evening and early tonight. Damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall will be the primary hazards, but an isolated tornado can not be ruled out. The greatest threat will be to areas north and west of Altoona, State College and Williamsport. Important change: The threat for tornadoes has increased very slightly. For more information and graphics, go to www.weather.gov/media/ctp/DssPacket.pdf . You can also find additional weather information at www.weather.gov/ctp/briefing or www.weather.gov/ctp/selfbrief . Blair County Department of Emergency Services-CF
Today (Tuesday September 8 ) is the fifteenth Hollidaysburg Farmers Market of the season; we meet from 11am-2pm, in rain and shine. Sneak peeks include sweet corn, watermelon and cantaloupe, heirloom eggplant, and lettuce! Cut flowers, Elderberry Syrup kits, red ripe tomatoes, sourdough bread, a variety of good food through Doug's Dawgs (hot dogs, cheesesteaks, Angus burgers, sausage sandwiches), The Dirty Soda Shack (White Chicken Chili, Meatloaf sandwich with loaded mashed potatoes, and egg salad BLTs on a bagel), grab and go sourdough sandwiches in Turkey/Swiss and Ham/Cheddar at Seraphim Sourdough Co. , and yogurt smoothies through Blue Barn Farm! Our market meets each Tuesday 11-2 through the end of September and we will also hold one more Night Market on the third Friday of September, 5-8pm. If you need an address for your GPS, please use 301 Allegheny Street. The following list covers a lot of the local products our vendors are bringing today. There's too much to list it all, although we tried! You need to come and see for yourself!LUNCH SPECIALS (PREPARED FOODS):The Dirty Soda Shack is here with their dirty sodas, refreshers, iced teas, iced coffees, and delicious lunch offerings. Here are the lunch choices (check their FB page for the most up to date details):• White Chicken Chili topped with cheese and sour cream, served with sweet cornbread• Homestyle Open-Faced Meatloaf Sandwich with homemade gravy, loaded mashed potatoes, and fresh seasoned green beans• Egg Salad BLT on a bagel, served with chips and picklesSKIP THE WAIT — PREORDER NOW! Text 814-327-2882 with your Order, Name, and Pickup Time.Preorders accepted until 10:00 AM Tuesday morning! Watch their FB page so you know the menu before the market! Doug's Dawgs has classic hot dogs, chili mac, sausage sandwiches, cheesesteaks, burgers and cold drinks, perfect for a lunch stop. We need more pictures of Doug’s sandwiches and hot dogs—please take some and share to our page or tag us! Seraphim Sourdough Co. will have grab and go Ham/Cheddar and also Turkey/Swiss sourdough sandwiches in their cooler (ask for a sandwich from the cooler). Don’t forget to look in the coolers at the farmers market. Some of the best stuff is in there! BAKED GOODSBake Shop Bakes Tyrone will not attend the market this week. Look for them next time, or catch them at their home store in Tyrone.Seraphim Sourdough Co. has delicious sourdough offerings, including an assortment (different each week; no guarantees that a particular sourdough product will be there) of sourdough loaves, sourdough bagels, English Muffins, granola, and scones. Learn more at their FB page!New at Seraphim: grab and go Ham and Cheddar sandwiches, and Turkey/Swiss sandwiches on sourdough! Note: Ask for them to be brought out of the cooler for you.PRODUCE:*Blue Barn Farm’s list includes: Sweet Corn, Salad Mix, Watermelon, Cantaloupes, three kinds of tomatoes (slicers, heirloom, cherry), Italian beans, Arugula, Head Lettuces, Endive, Kale, Scallions, Salad Turnips, Candy Onions, Beans (green and yellow), Kohlrabi, Carrots, Fennel, Potatoes (red and white), Eggplant (classic only this week, no Asian), Peppers (Jalapeno, hot banana, bell, colored bells), Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Cucumbers (slicers and picklers), Cabbage, Collard Greens, Swiss Chard, Fresh Herbs- Chives, Oregano, Parsley, Sage, Basil, Mint, Thyme… Garlic Bulbs, Jarred products - salsas, pickled items, jams, salad dressings, Clover Creek Cheeses, Maple Syrup, and Rissler Farm raw milk, chocolate milk and pasteurized yogurt smoothies in vanilla, black cherry and strawberry. Don’t forget to look inside the coolers to pick your fresh milk and cheese!*Rispoli's Produce will have Jalapeno Peppers, Poblano Peppers, and Hot Banana Peppers, ground cherries, Basil, Swiss chard, Curly and Dinosaur Kale, Dragon Tongue beans, Early Girl tomatoes, Green Tomatoes, green beans, yellow beans, red white and blue potatoes, infused local honeys, honey sticks, Homegrown Sweet gourmet cucumbers, Zucchini in green and yellow, Yellow Squash, Spring Onions, Candy Onions, fresh brown free-range eggs, and rainbow eggs. AND, a small amount of unsprayed, non-GMO Sweet Corn. You may find a little friend under the husk, but they don’t eat much. Come talk to Lisa about what produce will be ready in the coming weeks, and get some honey!*Judy's Home-Grown Vegetables is here with her fresh, high-quality vegetables and fruit! Today you need to see her beautiful Assorted cherry tomatoes, Edamame, Italian oyster mushrooms, Jalapeno peppers, Japanese cucumbers, Japanese scallions, Kamo Nasu (eggplant), Radishes, Raspberries, Snap Peas, and Thyme. Judy sells out most weeks, so get to her fast! Check Judy’s FB page and scroll back through to learn more about her produce and how to use it. *Horizon Micro Farm with fresh and tasty microgreens that can be eaten as is or used in many ways to enhance your food experience. Kelly can tell you why microgreens are “the best thing you’ve never tried yet”!Lost Temple Nursery LLC will bring live blueberry plants and live raspberry plants, potted garden, yard, and house plants in different varieties and colors, including herbs, native plants, plants that support pollinators, and some trees and shrubs. Not sure what something is, or what to do with it? Ask them! If you don’t see them at market, and need something right away, visit/message their FB page!Sunshine & Succulents has ended their market season, though we may see them at September’s Night Market. You can also find and contact them through Facebook. Thank you for a wonderful time, Cindy! The Posie Patch will be here with their famous cut flowers, dried flowers, and dried wreaths in season. Do you know that you can call them and place your order ahead of time? Phone: 814-766-2270, or email theposypatch@ibyfax.com. Note that the business name is The Posie Patch and the email has a different ("posy") spelling. HANDMADE SOAP: Deep Well Farm has brought back MYSTERY BUNDLES (special $3 bags filled with several surprise soaps). They also made a new batch of three tallow lotions: unscented whipped tallow, Sandalwood scented whipped tallow, and Pineapple scented whipped tallow. Magnesium body butter, a limited amount of duck eggs, plus their regular scented and unscented soaps made with goat's milk, Jersey cow milk, and tallow, and (new product) sheep wool for gardening or birding. Come talk to Cora and learn more about what people do with a bag full of sheep wool! There *may* be a surprise animal guest near Deep Well’s booth at any time this summer; it is dependent on the weather. LOCALLY MADE PRODUCTS TO EAT AND DRINKThe Pickled Pimp uses locally grown vegetables and are veteran-owned, with flavors that include Sweet Heat, Sweet Horseradish Onion, Abe’s Kosher Dill, Vampire Killa’s, Spicy Dill, and Bread and Butta. (You can get a sample at the market to help you decide.) Follow The Pickled Pimp on Facebook!Hess Maple Products are available through Blue Barn Farm this summer.The814Distillery will not attend this summer’s markets, and we’re sorry to lose them. We are looking for another local distillery.The Skirted Soldier and their sister company Blue Knob Farm have delicious and good smelling/useful products, made with raw materials from PA veteran-owned farms. Look for these teas today: Sailor’s Sunrise, Medic, 250 Blend, Payload Peach, Chow Hall, Maple Munition, Sugar Cookie, Zoomie Zinger, and Matcha Mounting- Japanese Ceremonial Grade Matcha. Elderberry Syrup Kits are easy to take and make. Mulling Spices are great for fall cider recipes. DIY packets help you to create your own tea blend at home. 10% of every purchase supports female veterans!Blue Knob Farm offers handcrafted, small-batch products made with natural ingredients and support from local and veteran-owned farms. Examples include hair serum, whipped tallow lotion, super salve, Bug Off!, tooth powder, deodorant, cleaning products and Itch, Stop! NEW PRODUCT: Beard oil, scented with Woodstock signature blend and Sandalwood. HANDICRAFTS/FIBER ARTS Claudia's Crafts has handmade homegood products including towels and casserole carriers to show you. Her beautifully made items (especially her scrubbies and washcloths) make great presents and are mainstays for the kitchen and home. Handmade leather goods, made by Chris, will also be on display. Check out the leather work that Chris entered in our local farm shows (of course he won awards, because his work is beautiful!) FEATURED NONPROFITS/ORGANIZATIONS: Hollidaysburg Area Arts Council will be on site with info about their fall events.The Allegheny Ukulele Kollective will be on site, providing some live music 11:30-1:30.Sophi will be with us representing the Central PA Chapter of the American Harp Society.Learn about volunteering with Gentiva Hospice with Julia.Megan will visit representing Blair County WIC Program.We may also have a representative of CareerLink Blair County today.Any omissions or errors in this list are completely the fault of the poster. See you at the market (June through September) each Tuesday, 11am-2pm, and on the third Friday of each market month from 5-8pm, rain and shine! We do not cancel the market or close early except in cases of lightning/winds/thunderstorms. If this happens, it will be posted on the market’s FB page. Today is good market weather!We will have some Hollidaysburg Community Farm Show booklets for you at the info table---the Farm Show will be held in September.Thank you for supporting local. And thank you to our market sponsor, Evey Black Attorneys LLC !We thank you for visiting the market and ask that you support all local agriculture wherever you may find it: the growers, makers, bakers and brewers of our local farmers markets, local online resources like Blair Markets, individual markets at farms and roadside stands, fresh ingredients sourced from local agriculture at our local eateries, food trucks and restaurants, and the local agricultural products found in our area's stores and businesses.
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