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I just saw a young man at the intersection by Bing's Diner on a motorcycle who parked his motorcycle in the middle of the intersection to help a half-grown cat that got hit get off the road. (It) couldn't hardly walk; it was dragging itself. He then said he was (going to) try and see what he could do with the cat, take it somewhere to see if they could save it or not. (Kind of) shocks me the way the young kids are nowadays. Most of them wouldn't do that. They'd run over it themselves, but… I thought that was just… something that you don't see very often, and… not all kids are as ...

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Reserve Now: • Employer workshop seminar — 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 30, PA CareerLink Mifflin County, 6395 Route 103 North, MCIDC Plaza Building 58, Lewistown. Attorneys Kelley Kaufman and John Baker will discuss the Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Cost is $40 per person. Cash or check is accepted. Make checks payable to J/V EAC and bring to the seminar. A bag lunch will be provided. To register or for more information, contact Margaret Winters at mwint1@verizon.net or (717) 248-9849. • Free Garden ...

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Disturbance at convenience store leads to charges LEWISTOWN — Lewistown Police Department officers responded to a convenience store on North Juniata Street shortly after 12:14 a.m. on June 11 for a disturbance involving a large group of mostly juveniles, according to a press release issued by the Lewistown Police Department on Thursday. Store employees reported the group was harassing customers and refused repeated requests to stop. Joel A. Rodriguez, 18, of Derry Township, argued with officers and was detained. A juvenile who attempted to approach Rodriguez became aggressive and was ...

A home for history: Juniata County Historical Society searches for space before the past slips away

MIFFLINTOWN — Down in the basement of the Juniata County Library in Mifflintown, where the ceilings are low and the air is heavy, the Juniata County Historical Society has been fighting a quiet battle. It is the battle to save the county’s past before the walls — quite literally — ...

Remembering Dad: Fathers, children and the games that shaped them

LEWISTOWN — Father’s Day has a way of pulling people back to the beginning. Not the beginning of high school careers or college seasons, but the real beginning — the first time a child tugged on a too-big jersey, the first time a father knelt in the grass to show them how to hold a bat, ...