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Fishing, boating access to close along Route 22 for repair work

From staff reports MIFFLINTOWN — A fishing and boating access area along eastbound Route 22 in Juniata County will be closed July 13-16 while crews complete rehabilitation work, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The temporary closure will allow contractors to perform concrete roadway patching at the Juniata River access area, improving ride quality and extending the life of the pavement. The work is part of a $5.6 million highway restoration project on Route 22 between the Business Route 22/Lewistown interchange and the Juniata-Mifflin County line, about ...

Fugitive arrested after overnight standoff

From staff reports LEWISTOWN — A Lewistown man wanted on multiple warrants was taken into custody early Wednesday following an hourslong standoff with police that ended without injuries. According to the Lewistown Police Department, Curtis T. Williams, 42, was arrested after officers, the ...

Square Cafe location to anchor downtown redevelopment project

LEWISTOWN — Square Cafe has spent nine years doing what small downtown restaurants do best. It has fed people who know the sidewalks. It has caught the morning crowd, the lunch crowd and the regulars who measure a town by who still unlocks the door before the day gets away from them. Now ...

Outdoors calendar

Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman’s Club • Club meetings — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap ...

Juneteenth commemorated at historic Mifflin Farm

WRIGHTSVILLE, Pa. — Juneteenth was commemorated at the historic Mifflin Farm in York County, where community members participated in a guided hike and paddle tracing the journey of freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad while highlighting the Administration’s investment in the future Susquehanna Discovery Center and Heritage Park. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined the Susquehanna National Heritage Area, African American Historical Society of South Central Pennsylvania, Bethel AME’s Living the Experience and the Lower ...

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