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Parking won’t be problem at radio station’s online mall
When an area trash hauling company heard about a new shopping mall coming to Johnstown, it hoped to land the job of removing trash from the site.
After making an inquiry to Forever Broadcasting Co., the owner of six radio stations in the Johnstown region that is promoting the mall, the business learned that it exists only in cyberspace.
No trash to be hauled.
Owned by Forever Broadcasting, the online mall will open for business Feb. 15, said Terry Deitz, vice president and general manager of the Johnstown group of Forever Broadcasting.
The radio ads have caused a stir among some listeners, who were left with the impression that a new mall is being built in Greater Johnstown. Residents have been calling the station for more information.
“It is a real mall,” Deitz said Wednesday. “It’s just not a brick-and-mortar mall.”
Resident Vicky Del Grosso, of Johnstown, said while in downtown Johnstown Wednesday that she heard about the cyber mall on the radio.
She said more opportunities to shop in the Johnstown area will be good for the economy.
Del Grosso is fine with online shopping – so long as it doesn’t hurt The Galleria or other shopping centers.
She said she was disappointed with the decline of the former Richland Mall when The Galleria opened.
Judy Kimmel of East Taylor Township said while in downtown Johnstown that – as long as she is able to pay for her purchases with a check or money order the cyberspace mall would be fine.
She fears identity theft when giving her credit card number out over the Internet.
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NEW - Dinner raises $1.2 million for Murtha foundation
More than 300 lawmakers, military officials and business leaders gathered Wednesday night to pay tribute to the memory of the late John P. Murtha.
The event – “A Night To Remember and Celebrate” – raised $1.2 million for the John P. Murtha Foundation and the John P. Murtha Center for Public Service, to be developed on the Pitt-Johnstown campus. -
Helper guilty of fraud
A Cambria County jury took only an hour Wednesday to find a part-time handyman/caregiver guilty on all counts for misappropriating $668,518 from 2000 to early 2008 from an elderly woman who thought of him like a son.
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Youth freed in stabbing
A 15-year-old boy accused of stabbing another youth in a dispute over money was expected to be released from jail Wednesday, and the case likely will be heard in juvenile court.
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Health reform is here to stay, government official declares
Health-care reform is not going anywhere, a regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told a lunchtime business meeting Wednesday.
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Officer charged with assault to be assessed
A Windber police corporal suspended after he was accused of assaulting a woman will be assessed by a batterers intervention group, authorities said.
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Camp PARC offers fantasy, adventure
Camp PARC counselors and campers joined together to play instruments and sing songs Wednesday, embodying the emotion behind the camp with the song lyrics: “It starts in the heart.”
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In brief: Free dinner planned at Windber church
A free community dinner will be served from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Windber Calvary United Methodist Church, 1800 Stockholm Ave.
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Critz seeks attendance at ARMTech showcase
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