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Passport services at the Juniata County Library

As of Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, the Juniata County Library can no longer process applications for new passports. We can still assist you with renewals and taking the photos. This is a federal decision beyond our control. Use this website to find a passport acceptance facility near you: https://iafdb.travel.state.gov/. Passports can be renewed if 1) they were issued to someone aged 16 and older and 2) within the past 15 years. You must retain possession of your passport, as it must be mailed with the application. The old passport is then mailed back to you.…

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Reserve Now: •Chicken barbecue — ready at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 25, Stroup-Alexander VFW Post 5935, Belleville. Pre-order at (717)…

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Local Sports

More Babe Ruth World Series Facts and Trivia

BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent Here is more Babe Ruth trivia concerning the World Series and other matters. The Mifflin County 15-16-year-old All-Stars will be traveling to Branson, Missouri, starting August 7, 2026. —---------- Denny Yetter is just the fourth Mifflin County manager to take

AKRON, OH. – Altoona’s bullpen covered all nine innings and combined on a three-hit shutout in…

Altoona clips Akron, 1-0

Penn State

Pickens named Lions head coach for swimming and diving

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State swimming and diving head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron has added Samantha Pickens to the coaching staff as Head Diving Coach. Pickens served as diving coach at Liberty the last two seasons. She was the Atlantic Sun Women’s Diving Coach of the Year in 2024-25. In 2025-26, Liberty had three divers…

WILLIAMSPORT– Justin Journette capped a three-homer sixth inning for the State College Spikes with the longest…

Spikes knock off Cutters, 8-5

Obituaries

Mary Frances Wagner

Mary Frances Wagner

On Wednesday July 22, 2026, God called home his faithful servant, Mary Frances Wagner.…

Shirley M. Setzler, 93, formerly of McVeytown passed away Thursday, July 23, 2026 at Valley View…

Shirley M. Setzler

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Editorials

Ceremony provides chance to reflect on heroism

A man from the Jersey Shore area recently was honored for, as U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Howard, put it, his part in the “legacy of those who saved the world and a representation of the best and the brightest that our nation offers.” As reported in Tuesday’s edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Thompson…

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Religion calendar

Editor’s note: To submit a nonprofit announcement to The Sentinel’s Religion section, contact Tom Laub at (717) 248-6741 or by email at living@lewistownsentinel.com. Items also may be faxed to (717) 248-3481 or sent to The Sentinel, 21 S. Brown St., Lewistown, PA 17044. Items must be received by Tuesday during business hours for publication…

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