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Granville rejects data center application

LEWISTOWN — A proposal to build a data center in Granville Township has been rejected because it did not include a required traffic impact study certification, according to township Manager Mary Herto. The decision comes amid developers postponing a town hall meeting that had been ...

Residents continue pushback on the proposed data center

Editor’s note: This article contains a continuation of coverage of last week’s special Granville Township supervisors meeting held to approve the municipality’s data center ordinance. The original article was abbreviated due to deadline and space constraints. GRANVILLE — Residents of Mifflin County will not stand for data center development in their neighborhoods. That message was clear last week as township supervisors approved a data center ordinance that will not apply to the project currently under review. The ordinance, approved during the supervisors’ meeting, ...

Supervisors discuss mini golf course improvements

LEWISTOWN — The Derry Township Board of Supervisors heard positive updates on the Kish Park mini golf course and discussed course improvements at their Monday meeting. Park Manager Josh Garver said the course is busy every day and he has heard from people that they visited the course on multiple occasions. “And we aren’t even done yet,” said Garver of the continuous course improvement work. Chairman Ronald Napikoski Jr. noted that the township received a positive profit report from the mini golf course. Napikoski suggested that the township use some of the profits to ...

Police reports

Driver cited after U.S. 322 passing crash REEDSVILLE — No injuries were reported after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 322 in Armagh Township on July 16, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Police said Carl A. Wensel, 66, of Mill Hall was traveling east in a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado when he merged into the left lane without sufficient clearance as another eastbound vehicle, a 2025 Chevrolet Trax driven by Austin L. Heaton, 24, of Altoona, was attempting to pass. The collision caused the Trax to ride up a Jersey barrier before coming to rest on top of it. The Silverado pulled onto ...

Directors discuss filling a vacant director seat

LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County School District Board of Directors discussed the upcoming nomination and appointment of a director to fill former board President Zeb Harshbarger’s seat, among other business at the committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, July 16. The board recommended accepting Harshbarger’s resignation, effective July 23. Harshbarger also served as the TIU 11 Board representative for the district. Directors will conduct candidate interviews for a potential director to fill the vacant seat with the term ending on Dec. 6, 2027. They will nominate and ...