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Juniata County Historical Society finds new temporary home in McAlisterville

Local News October 19, 2026

MCALISTERVILLE — After four decades in the basement of the Juniata County Library, the Juniata County Historical Society has found a new temporary home and is preparing for a significant move that leaders hope will preserve and strengthen local history efforts while they continue searching for a permanent location. The historical society recently signed a two-year lease for a building at 30950 Route 35 North in McAlisterville, owned by Norma Frymoyer. While the organization will pay utility costs, there is no rent attached to the agreement, a gesture society volunteers say has ...

Sunshine overload: Juniata Valley endures a week of perfect weather

Local News October 19, 2026

If you've been waiting for weather worthy of a complaint, you're going to have to keep waiting. The Juniata River Valley appears headed for a seven-day stretch of meteorological monotony featuring sunshine, sunshine and, for variety's sake, a little more sunshine. After a frosty start to the weekend that brought a freeze warning from 1 to 9 a.m. Sunday and a low of 31 degrees Saturday night, Mother Nature seems to have flipped the thermostat to "comfortable" and then walked away. Today kicks off the streak with abundant sunshine, a high of 68 and a low of 38. Winds may gust to 9 miles ...

Police Reports

Local News October 19, 2026

Hit-and-run reported at Five Points in Lewistown LEWISTOWN — At 7:55 a.m. Oct. 8, Lewistown Police Department officers investigated a hit-and-run crash in the Five Points area of South Dorcas Street in Lewistown, according to a release issued on Thursday. Police said a white vehicle backed into another vehicle while stopped at a red light before fleeing the scene without exchanging information. Officers are awaiting video footage of the suspect vehicle. Lewistown man arrested on warrant, drug charges added LEWISTOWN — Levi T. Ryder, 30, of Lewistown, was taken into custody at 11 ...

Education experimenters press forward as states opt for federal school choice

PA News October 16, 2026

(The Center Square) – Public education looks different from what it once did 50 years ago. Or 25 years ago. Or even six years ago. Back then, just before the pandemic, Janine Yass and her husband, Jeff, prominent billionaire philanthropists who support school choice programs, were donating seed money to educators experimenting with different types of learning for students. They were looking for programs that differed from the status quo, just as their Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter School did when it opened in 2007. Twenty years later, the institution enrolls 800 students from ...

Farm sizes grow in Pa. as costs, lack of successors push small owners to sell

PA News October 16, 2026

Cassandra Harris of Pittsburgh Media Partnership Newsroom ‍The PMP Newsroom is a regional news service that focuses on government and enterprise reporting in southwestern Pennsylvania. Find out more information on foundation and corporate funders here: www.pghmediapartnership.org/sponsors Pennsylvania has fewer farms than it once did, but the average farm is getting larger — a shift occurring amid rising operating costs, shrinking profit margins and an aging generation of farmers struggling to find successors. Next to the office holding freezers full of lamb and beef on Tall Pines ...

Calendar

Local News October 16, 2026

The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in the community calendar for three days before the event. Events requiring reservations may be promoted for up to two weeks before the reservation deadline. Events that require a purchase from a for-profit business, even if a donation is made to the organization, are not eligible for the calendar. Please be brief and include only basic details. If possible, provide a phone number or email address to be published with contact information. Submit items at least one week ...