LEWISTOWN – At 99, Amund Anton Moen still knows how to fit a parachute harness. He learned the work in Hawaii nearly eight decades ago, before Germany, before the Berlin Airlift. The training never left him. Ask what has lasted longest from his military years, and he doesn’t mention a ...
LEWISTOWN — Renovations are still ongoing inside the Mifflin County Library in Lewistown. On Thursday morning at the Mifflin County Courthouse in Lewistown, the Mifflin County Commissioners approved a request for $37,460 which will cover expenses for the demolition of buildings associated with the library’s parking lot project at the corner of West Third and North Wayne streets. Keller Engineers will be handling the demolition services. Additionally, the commissioners approved a professional and administrative services agreement amendment with SEDA-COG in the amount for $93,400 ...
LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County School District Board of Directors approved hiring six new teachers in addition to approving other personnel items at a special voting meeting Thursday. Directors approved hiring the following teachers: • Vimarie A. Brown as a fifth-grade teacher at Lewistown Intermediate School effective Aug. 26, at a salary of $51,283. • Laura M. Garman as a traveling computer teacher for Lewistown Intermediate School, Strodes Mills Elementary School, and Mifflin County Middle School effective Aug. 26, at a salary of $51,283. • Autumn L. Fisher as an ...
MIFFLINTOWN — East Juniata High School has seen principals come and go in quick succession, a churn that has left the district eager for stability. On Thursday night, the Juniata County School District Board of Directors made its latest attempt to steady the ship, unanimously hiring Amy R. Sherman as the school’s new principal. Sherman, who transferred from her role as assistant principal at Juniata Elementary School in Mifflintown and stepped into the position on Aug. 3, at a salary of $112,000, becomes the newest leader to take on a job that has struggled to keep long-term ...
LEWISTOWN — A Lewistown man was jailed Thursday after police alleged he engaged in sexually explicit online conversations with a person he believed was a 14-year-old boy. Richard Lynn, 53, faces two felony charges and a misdemeanor following an investigation by Granville Township Police ...
LEWISTOWN — With the start of the school year less than two weeks away on Aug, 31, the Operating Committee of the Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology had one last round of instructors to approve and resignations tendered. Also, added to that list was the welcoming of new ...
