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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 ...

Students step up on Election Day

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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. If you’ve voted in person in Pennsylvania recently, you may have noticed that one of the poll workers checking you in was a high school student. And if you ask one of them why they wanted to be a poll worker, most will give a similar answer. “My school was offering it, and I thought it would be a good piece of money,” explained Aiden Martinez, a student from Franklin Towne Charter High School in Philadelphia. But, once the allure of a paycheck and a day off school ...

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Centre County Inn cited for liquor code violation STATE COLLEGE — The Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited a Centre County business in May for an alleged violation of state liquor regulations, according to a monthly enforcement report. According to the report, The Nittany Lion Inn in State College was cited for allegedly failing to have a board-approved manager complete Responsible Alcohol Management Program (RAMP) owner/manager training within 180 days of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s approval of the appointment. The alleged violation ...

Maintenance projects in Juniata, Centre counties announced

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From staff reports MIFFLINTOWN — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced several maintenance projects in Juniata County for the week of June 8, including bridge work, roadway patching and pipe replacement activities. A bridge maintenance and cleaning project remains underway on Route 2028 (Goodville Road) at the bridge spanning Dutchman Run approximately five miles east of Salem. A detour remains in place using routes 235, 333 and 2017 (Evendale Hill Road). Patching work is scheduled on Route 3007 (Stouffer Road) in Turbett Township on June 8; Route 3004 ...

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Grand opening ushers in new season

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MIFFLIN — The first sign that the Tuscarora Academy Museum in Mifflin is ready for another season isn’t the open doors or the first visitors stepping onto the brick pathway. It’s the quiet work that happens long before the public arrives — the mopping, dusting, polishing of glass cases and clearing of cobwebs inside Juniata County’s oldest standing educational building. For the volunteers and staff who care for the Academy, the annual cleaning always takes more time than expected. But to them, it’s a labor of love. That work leads to the museum’s annual grand ...