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For more than 100 years, Brett Insurance Agency has provided businesses and people in Johnstown with insurance to help them recover from losses. President Jim Brett is the third generation of his family to run the business, located at 225 Vine St. in downtown Johnstown. One of his sons, Will Brett, a producer with the business, has plans to succeed his father as the fourth generation. Both are guests in this episode.

An affiliation with a network of similar independent agencies across multiple states, and the retention of good people to work with him, Jim said, have been keys to Brett Insurance's success over the years. The agency has expanded regionally throughout Cambria and Somerset counties.

Joe Poborsky founded JMA Collision Center in 1989. He built a state of the art facility in South Fork Borough in 2006, just off the St Michael / Sidman exit of Route 219. He subsequently spent years saving money to build a second location in Johnstown's Kernville neighborhood – in 2013, Poborsky opened that location at 505, Somerset St., just off the Bedford Street Exit of the Route 56 bypass. His third location opened in February of 2021 at the intersection of Rt 22 and 271, four miles west of Ebensburg.

At all three locations, JMA Collision Repair produces repairs bringing cars back to exact factory specifications.

Matt Brubaker is the fourth-generation owner of his family's business, O'Shea's Candies, which has been providing sweetness to customers since 1934, through adversity including two of Johnstown's historic floods. He and his wife, Kristy Brubaker, are guests for this episode. O'Shea's Candies has three retail locations and a manufacturing center, where the candies are handmade at 1118 Solomon St. in Johnstown. Matt and Kristy took ownership of the business in 2015.

From sharpening blades for tire shredders and zambonis to producing parts for U.S. defense industry contractors –  North Fork Grinding and Machining Inc., 166 Tire Hill Road, Johnstown, has reached multiple states surrounding Pennsylvania. Richard Jacobs, president and founder, delivers his products himself and has positioned the company in recent years to continue under the leadership of his daughter, Kara McRae.

Chelsea Mihalko is vice president of Mihalko's General Contracting, a full service remodeling company headquartered at 695 Solomon Run Road, Johnstown. Her father, Lou Mihalko, started a the business 45 years ago. Over the years, the company has evolved over time and tapped markets in counties outside of Cambria.

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Los Lobos will headline the 2023 AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival. Dave Sutor of The Tribune-Democrat chats with band member Steve Berlin as the group prepares for the upcoming show.

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Over four generations, the Carpenter family's businesses have included a grocery store, income tax services and accounting firm, and financial planning firm, all in downtown Johnstown.

Samuel G. Carpenter, financial advisor and co-owner of Carpenter Financial Services, 237 Johns St., has been helping people plan for retirement for 35 years. Carpenter, his daughter Lindsay Carpenter Bennear, financial advisor and CPA, and his son, Dean Carpenter, financial advisor and CPA, talk about sustaining the family business.

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Bo Moore, host of "Laurel Highlands Now" on WNTJ and WNTI radio, chats with news staffers from The Tribune-Democrat about local issues and stories. Today, his guest is sports writer Mike Mastovich.

The Tribune-Democrat is the top source for local news, sports, and entertainment for Johnstown, Pennsylvania and the surrounding region.

McIlwain School Bus Lines President Tim McIlwain talks about leading the business his grandfather started in 1947, and how the business has grown within Cambria and Somerset counties. Tim succeeded his father as company president after serving the Army as an Apache attack helicopter pilot in Afghanistan.

Bo Moore, host of "Laurel Highlands Live" on WNTJ and WNTI radio, chats with news staffers from The Tribune-Democrat about local issues and stories. Today, his guest is Kelly Urban, who covers local entertainment and lifestyles.