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The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in the community calendar for three days before the event. Events requiring reservations may be promoted for up to two weeks before the reservation deadline. Events that require ...

Juniata County students connect to kindergarten

Local News

MIFFLINTOWN — As the Class of 2024 starts to wrap up its high school days in the Juniata County School District with all the pomp and circumstance, the Class of 2037 is just starting its journey. The first step for some of those future graduates could be attending “Connection to ...

Early education on crime proves vital in many instances

PA News

Pennsylvania school districts and the communities in which they reside could benefit from a special, mandatory four-session course required by the state Legislature and Department of Education, targeted for one of the junior high grades and spaced out over the course of the school year. The ...

Pa. wine production reaches fourth in nation

Agriculture

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has released findings from its 2023 study, Economic Impact of the Pennsylvania Grape and Wine Industry. The study, funded by the department’s Wine Marketing and Research Program, found that the industry supports 10,756 jobs, paying ...

Police reports

Local News

Police investigate PFA violation MCVEYTOWN — At 6:40 p.m. on March 14, Pennsylvania State Police at Lewistown troopers investigated an alleged Protection From Abuse, or PFA, violation on River Road in McVeytown, according to a Public Information Release Report issued on Sunday. The report ...

Lewistown man killed in ATV accident

Local News

LEWISTOWN — A 73-year-old Lewistown man died from injuries he suffered in a one-vehicle all-terrain vehicle accident on Thursday night in Decatur Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Lewistown. A Public Information Release Report issued Sunday said state troopers were ...