LEWISTOWN — I learned to count change at my grandfather's hardware store. Throughout the summer, I spent my Tuesdays waking at 7 a.m. and going with my mother and sister to his store to clean and spend the day with my pap, Dan Pierce. Those Tuesdays made me into the person I am today. I ...
LEWISTOWN — Imagine a dark autumn night. It's foggy. It’s chilly. You’re inching through a maze-like field, trying to avoid a myriad of horrifying creatures who seem dead set on your demise. That’s the fantasy world created at a haunted attraction. Haunted attractions spike in popularity during the Halloween season, but how do they work? It takes a lot of time and effort to create the fear-inducing facades. Every year, these companies have to rebuild entire sets, cast new and returning actors, build props and promote the event. Mifflin County’s local haunts include ...
If you visit Mifflin County Library in Lewistown, you will see me “in the stacks.” That’s library lingo for hanging out in between the bookcases. On Oct. 3, I wrote a little bit about the bookcases we will purchase for the brand new North Wing, that we are hoping to house 14,000 ...
In researching a previous article on Gettysburg and how big this battle loomed over the United States and how it also defined the beginning of the end of the Civil War. Looking deeper into that battle an oft overlooked part of it is the aftermath, and what we know of that is in many cases ...
October typically brings the first hard frost in Pennsylvania. For most gardeners, this can feel a little depressing, but late-season gardening (September to late October) is still often ignored. We remove the annual plants, mentally install a “garden is closed” sign, and we don’t ...
The price of everything seems to be rising. At Mifflin County Library, it’s no different. You can still check out the same great books but we are finding we need to make a few changes when it comes to Interlibrary Loan. What is Interlibrary Loan? Or ILL in library lingo. ILL is a ...
