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Granville data center appeal hearing date set

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GRANVILLE — The Granville Township Zoning Hearing Board will reconvene Jan. 7 to consider whether the township properly rejected a zoning permit application for a proposed data center campus off Loop Road. The hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Granville Fire Co. Event Center, 105 Malta Drive, WHTM reported. The board recessed without a decision after hearing two hours of testimony and arguments Oct. 26. About 150 people attended. PA Data Center Partners, a Cumberland County firm, is appealing the township’s decision to return its application as incomplete. The developer ...

PennDOT centers to close for Veterans Day

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YEAGERTOWN — All Pennsylvania Department of Transportation driver’s license and photo centers, including the full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. Driver and vehicle services will remain available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Services include driver’s license, photo ID and vehicle registration renewals, address changes, duplicate licenses, REAL ID pre-verification and driver exam scheduling. There are no additional fees for using PennDOT’s online services. Customers planning to visit a PennDOT ...

Directors approve paid and volunteer athletics personnel

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LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County School District Board of Directors approved multiple paid and volunteer athletics positions at a special voting meeting on Thursday night. In an 8-1 roll call vote, directors approved Jonathan T. Baker as a volunteer softball coach for the Spring 2027 season, effective on Nov. 6; director Mark Baker abstained. Directors unanimously approved the following paid athletics personnel, effective Nov. 6: •John Pannizzo as an assistant junior varsity baseball coach at a salary of $2,800 for the spring 2027 season; •Haley A. Schwenzer as an assistant ...

Local counties see solid turnout at polls

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LEWISTOWN - More than half of registered voters cast ballots in Mifflin and Juniata counties Tuesday, and both election directors said they were pleased with turnout and reported few problems. Juniata County reported turnout of 58.59%, while Mifflin County Elections Director Paula Hoffman put her county’s turnout at 53%. Juniata Elections Director Eva Weyrich and Hoffman reported smooth operations, apart from incorrect times printed on some voter receipts in Mifflin County. Hoffman said that problem didn’t affect the counting of ballots. Both counties face a Nov. 23 deadline to ...

Mifflin County sees 53% election turnout

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LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County recorded 53% voter turnout in Tuesday's general election, and a software problem that produced incorrect times on some voter receipts didn't affect ballot counts, Elections Director Paula Hoffman told county commissioners Thursday. Hoffman said 90% of mail-in ...

Get your kicks: Drama students bring ’50s comedy to stage

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BELLEVILLE — A runaway movie star, an ever-hungry diner customer, a celebrity-obsessed waitress and even a young Elvis Presley are headed to Belleville Christian School this fall as the school’s drama program presents "It Happened on Route 66." The family-friendly comedy comes at a ...