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Residents around the Keystone State losing out by not stepping up

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Pennsylvania has 67 counties, 500 school districts and 2,560 municipalities. With each step down that ladder, there are more and more opportunities for people to step up and participate in their government. There are commissioners, controllers, registers and clerks at the county level. There are directors for school boards. There are supervisors and auditors for townships. There are mayors and council members for cities and boroughs. And on top of that is a long list of appointed positions on authorities, committees and boards. And yet fewer people seem to be running for ...

What is Democratic legality?

Editorials

Since 2021, the left has waged a veritable war against the American legal system in a variety of ways. One serial target of Democrats and the left has been the Supreme Court. In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke to an angry throng of pro-abortion protestors assembled at the very doors of the court chambers. He threatened two of the justices, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, by name. Schumer yelled to the volatile crowd that the justices’ views would make them “reap the whirlwind,” and the two would not know what “hit” them. In the ensuing months, protestors ...

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A heartfelt thank you To the Editor: On behalf of the Mifflin County Veterans Organization, we extend our deepest gratitude to St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lewistown, and the Barnabas Brothers for their unwavering support and hospitality over the last three years. Your generosity in hosting our monthly meetings has provided us with a welcoming and nurturing environment, fostering camaraderie and community among our members. It is with mixed emotions that we announce our decision to move our meeting location to the Reedsville Fire Company. Due to the remarkable growth in ...

Crosson shares spotlight with others, grateful to ‘cast of all-stars’

Editorials

Having good teachers is important. Having great teachers is necessary. And you find them in every community, in every school. Students at Mifflin County High School are fortunate to have the newly-crowned National Teacher of the Year Ashlie Crosson teaching them. A 2007 graduate of Lewistown Area High School, Crosson is a product of the Mifflin County School District. She has come back home to impact the lives of future generations by teaching English and leading the journalism program. But Crosson will be the first to tell you that her success was the result of having an all-star ...

Taxes aren’t the only skill game issue

Editorials

Sooner or later, the state Legislature and Gov. Josh Shapiro will have to come to an agreement on a path forward for skill games that have popped up in bars, taverns, veterans halls and convenience stores throughout the state. State courts have ruled the games aren’t illegal gambling because they are games of skill rather than games of chance that are limited to casinos. The state Supreme Court said last summer that it will consider an appeal by the state Attorney General’s office of a lower-court decision that found that what are often called skill games are based on a player’s ...

Ashlie Crosson more than deserving of teaching award

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Mifflin County’s very own Ashlie Crosson was officially awarded Tuesday with the title of National Teacher of the Year. I personally can not think of anyone more deserving of such an award. As a 2024 graduate of Mifflin County High School, I had the great honor of experiencing first hand the amazing teaching skills that have earned Crosson this recognition. I have countless anecdotes I could share exemplifying the great impact learning from Crosson had on my life, but the greatest one is me writing this - as a reporter for the Lewistown Sentinel, much of my professional ...