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From costumes to candy: How families can stay safe this Halloween

As ghosts, goblins and superheroes prepare to fill neighborhood streets this week for Halloween, Geisinger health experts are reminding families that a few simple precautions can help ensure the night's only scares come from costumes and haunted houses. Children are more than twice as likely ...

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Reserve Now: • Mifflin County Chapter PASR luncheon meeting — noon, Thurs., Nov. 5, Birch Hill Event Center, 1100 N. Pine St., Burnham. Annual Holiday Bazaar for the benefit of the Scholarship Fund. If you have sale items, please have them priced in advance and place on display by 11:45 a.m. Cost of the meal is $17.50. Reserve with the number attending by noon, Friday, Oct. 30 by calling (717) 437-6024 or email ldmjdj@embarq.mail.com. All MCSD retirees are welcome. • Turkey dinner and homespun bazaar — 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5, First United Methodist Church, 200 E. 3rd ...

Governor’s race expected to drive voter turnout

LEWISTOWN – Election officials in Mifflin and Juniata counties say preparations for the Nov. 3 general election are going smoothly, with enough poll workers in place and mail ballots returning at a steady rate. The governor’s race between Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican ...

Mifflin County's first youth ambassador makes his voice heard

LEWISTOWN — Dane Ufema doesn't need much encouragement to speak his mind. He likes to talk, enjoys helping people and has a sense of humor that rarely takes a day off. Now, as Mifflin County's first youth ambassador for Pennsylvania's Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, he's putting those ...

Cub Scout joining night set for Oct. 29

MILROY — The Juniata Valley Council of Scouting America will hold a Cub Scout joining night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at White Memorial Church Fellowship Hall, 68 S. Main St., Milroy. The event is part of an effort to form new Cub Scout packs. Activities will be available for children, while scouting leaders will be on hand to answer questions and provide registration information to parents and guardians. For more information, contact District Executive Kiernan Schalk at (717) 667-9236 or kiernan.schalk@scouting.org.