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Religion briefs

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 for publication in the Saturday edition. Submissions will be published as space allows. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions. • • • First Bakers UMC to host Bible study McCLURE — First Bakers United Methodist Church will host a Bible study every ...

Granville officials review data center ordinance before packed crowd

LEWISTOWN — Granville Township officials met a packed house Thursday at the Granville Fire Company Event Center for a special supervisors meeting to discuss a proposed ordinance regulating a potential data center in the township. The proposed ordinance addresses how data centers may be ...

Serving spirit

Mifflin County receives $92K historic preservation grant

From staff reports LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County is among 19 counties across Pennsylvania receiving funding through the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program, which awarded more than $2.2 million to support preservation projects as part of the Commonwealth’s commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary. The Mifflin County Board of Commissioners was awarded $92,000 through the highly competitive grant program, which selected 38 projects from 115 applications statewide. All grants require a 50% local match. PHMC Executive ...

Benninghoff appointed to state transportation board

From staff reports LEWISTOWN — State Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre/Mifflin, has been appointed to serve on Pennsylvania’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Transportation Board. Benninghoff, who serves as Republican chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said he is honored to ...

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