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Bellefonte Community Band to perform patriotic concert

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STATE COLLEGE — The Bellefonte Community Band will present an “America 250”-themed concert Sunday, July 5, as part of the 2026 South Hills School of Business & Technology Music Picnic Series. The free outdoor concert will begin at 6 p.m. on the north lawn of South Hills’ main campus, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. The all-volunteer ensemble, made up of musicians from throughout the Centre Region, will perform a patriotic program celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Selections will honor the nation and Pennsylvania, featuring music ranging from the works of John ...

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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 ...

Plant shop takes root on Monument Square

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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 ...

In the region

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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, ...

Police reports

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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 ...

Reproductive health care for 160K Pa. patients at risk, lawsuit says

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HARRISBURG — Family planning and health organizations that serve tens of thousands of people across Pennsylvania could see federal funding delayed or denied by a new Trump administration policy, a new lawsuit alleges. The suit, which includes the Cumberland County-based Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania as a plaintiff, takes aim at a step added this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to applications for Title X grants, which provide local agencies with funds to aid low-income and uninsured patients with family planning and related health ...