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Services for crime victims face funding cuts

PA News June 11, 2026

Editor’s note: Learn more about the resources available to crime victims at the Pennsylvania Office of Victims’ Services website. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233. PCAR’s rape crisis hotline is 1-888-772-7227. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. HARRISBURG — Across Pennsylvania, organizations that provide resources for crime victims are scaling back services, cutting positions, and leaving key roles vacant after the federal fund supporting them has received record-low deposits during President Donald Trump’s second administration. These ...

Celebration of the Arts returns June 13 with music, exhibits

PA News June 11, 2026

From staff reports HUNTINGDON — The Huntingdon County Arts Council will host its annual Celebration of the Arts open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the Huntingdon County Arts Center. The free event will feature live music, hands-on art activities, demonstrations, exhibits and food throughout the day. “The Celebration of the Arts is our annual open house to proudly showcase the Huntingdon County Arts Center to the community and offers a number of free activities and music for the whole family to enjoy,” Executive Director John Kearns said. Entertainment ...

America250PA celebration hits Juniata County

Local News June 11, 2026

MCALISTERVILLE — This won’t be your average birthday party. After all, this is an event to celebrate No. 250 for the US of A. The America 250PA Juniata County Celebration is set for Saturday in McAlisterville Park in McAlisterville from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. There will be history, music, food, colonial demonstrations, dancing, Native American presentations, reenactors, family activities, contests, fireworks at 9:30 p.m. and more! Visit www.juniatacountyhistoricalsociety.org/a250pa/ for more information about Saturday’s schedule of events. While this event certainly captures our ...

Calendar

Local News June 11, 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 in ...

Baltimore artist to create silhouette art during America250PA event

Local News June 11, 2026

MCALISTERVILLE — For nearly two decades, Baltimore-based artist Lauren Muney has been chasing a fleeting but powerful kind of beauty — the kind she first encountered in an antique store, rendered in delicate black profiles cut from paper. Muney still remembers the moment clearly. She had come across historic silhouette portraits, each one simple yet striking, capturing a person’s likeness with remarkable precision. She couldn’t afford to buy one, but the image stayed with her long after she left the store. “I couldn’t shake the memory of how beautiful they were,” ...

Geisinger highlights hospital upgrades, nursing school growth

Local News June 11, 2026

LEWISTOWN — Major renovations at Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital are nearing completion, with the facility’s final unit of private patient rooms expected to open in mid-August, a hospital official told the Rotary Club of Lewistown. A.J. Hartsock, associate vice president of clinical ...