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Juniata County maintenance schedule set for week of June 29

From staff reports MIFFLINTOWN — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced its maintenance schedule for Juniata County for the week of June 29. Bridge maintenance and cleaning will continue on Route 2028 (Goodville Road) at the bridge spanning Dutchman Run, about five miles east of Salem. A detour remains in place using routes 235, 333 and 2017 (Evendale Hill Road). Joint and crack sealing is scheduled Monday through Thursday on Route 333 between Route 3010 (Lions Club Park Road) in Milford Township and Route 75 in Port Royal Borough, as well as between Route 75 ...

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Police reports

Police respond to identity theft BEAVER SPRINGS — Pennsylvania State Police at Selinsgrove are investigating an identity theft reported June 2 along Middle Creek Road in Spring Township. According to police, a 63-year-old Beavertown woman reported her personal information had been stolen after troopers responded to 3011 Middle Creek Road at about 8:28 p.m. The investigation is continuing. Driver injured in Route 235 crash BEAVER SPRINGS — A Beavertown woman suffered minor injuries in a one-vehicle crash June 10 on Route 235 in Spring Township, Snyder County. Pennsylvania ...

In the region

PennDOT driver license, photo centers to close for holiday YEAGERTOWN— All Pennsylvania Department of Transportation driver’s license and photo centers, including the one in Yeagertown, will be closed Saturday, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. The full-service Driver License Center in Harrisburg and the Pittsburgh Driver License Center at 708 Smithfield St. also will be closed Friday, July 3. Many driver and vehicle services remain available online 24 hours a day, including driver’s license, photo ID and vehicle registration renewals, address changes, ...

Plant shop takes root on Monument Square

LEWISTOWN — Before Square Root Plant Company became a storefront on Monument Square, before plants filled the windows and customers walked through the door, it began with a conversation between two coworkers who discovered they wanted the same thing. Mickey Hoffmaster and Taylor Gilkey ...

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 ...