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Laurelight.com is your source for photos and info on events and activities in and around Johnstown, PA, featuring lightscapes and landscapes from Pennsylvania's beautiful Alleghenies and Laurel Highlands..
It's all about the light...
"What a delightful prospect it must have afforded...when the morning sun first touched with its rays the summit of the Allegheny, and in its setting, flooded the heights of the Laurel Hill with a sea of gold, and bathed the whole intervening country with its soft and mellow light." - Hon. Wm. H. Koontz, 1895
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Johnstown Community Event 2011
Posted on 2011.07.06 Wednesday | No CommentsOn the last Monday in May, I found myself scrambling down the verticle slope of Johnstown PA's Yoder Hill, below Grandview Cemetery, to photograph the US Army Silver Wings Command Exhibition Parachute Demonstration Team out of Fort Benning, Georgia. What a pleasure it was to photograph these crack paratroopers from above as they floated down to the grassy surface of Sandyvale Cemetery. -
Johnstown PA’s Roxbury Park and Bandshell
Posted on 2011.06.18 Saturday | No CommentsFrom the day that Johnstown PA's Roxbury Bandsehll was saved, a recreational domino effect has rippled along the Stonycreek and Conemaugh Valleys and up over the surrounding Laurel and Allegheny ridges. -
Grandma’s Garden
Posted on 2011.06.07 Tuesday | No CommentsWell, it turns out the family's lived in Moxham for nigh on a hundred years now, and in this particular house for almost 80, so that should qualify the garden for a Johnstown story. -
The Johnstown Collection
Posted on 2011.06.01 Wednesday | 1 CommentFor those who just came in, a brief summary of our raison d'être: In the shell of a nut, and minus the backstory, the primary purpose of laurelight is to capture images showing the beauty and character of Johnstown, PA and the surrounding region; and to share those images with -
The Cash Review at VOMA
Posted on 2011.04.19 Tuesday | No CommentsI've been following the Cash Review ever since, and when they played Johnstown PA's VOMA earlier this month, I was there, in the balcony once again, camera in hand, eager to share the experience with you through photos and video. -
A Winter’s Day, Johnstown PA, 02.07.2010
Posted on 2011.04.19 Tuesday | 1 CommentDrove the length of the city and then some last February on a snow squall day and grabbed some photos up and down the valley. Johnstown PA shore can be purty at times. -
Dead Flowers at Johnstown PA’s VOMA, Take 2
Posted on 2011.04.15 Friday | No CommentsAdam Mundok, the Nagys, and Curtis Cox did NOT take it up a notch, or move to the next level the other night at VOMA. Taking up laurelight's February challenge, they leapt everything in between and Jumpin' Jack Flashed right to the top. -
Along the Johnstown Inclined Plane Hiking Trail
Posted on 2011.04.12 Tuesday | No CommentsEnjoying one of Johnstown PA’s best-kept secrets A few years back, the Lovely Miss Brenda and I rode the Johnstown Inclined Plane down to the FolkFest (now the Ameriserv Flood City Music Festival) while The Boy (Budd/Zach), who was along for the ride, insisted on... -
Blues Gathering IV @ Johnstown PA’s VOMA
Posted on 2011.03.27 Sunday | 1 CommentVideo of Blues Gathering IV at Johnstown PA’s Venue of Merging Arts We’ve got the vid hot off the hard drive. Another rockin’, jammin’ blues night at the VOMA. Special award to Scott Jeffreys for putting together an exceptional group of talent. Scott and Dom... -
Johnstown PA’s Colonel John Joseph Tominac Memorial Bridge
Posted on 2011.03.26 Saturday | No CommentsIn Johnstown, PA, bridges span dimensions, not only spatial, but spiritual, temporal and emotional as well. I had the opportunity to explore these dimensions on my recent hike up the new Pegasus sewer line from Conemaugh Borough to Bonair (or is it Bon Air?), when I got up close and personal, taking photos of the Colonel John Joseph Tominac Memorial Bridge between Woodvale and Franklin.
