Logan Guard News Today

From Staff Reports LEWISTOWN — Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Mele Kalikimaka. The Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau recommends the latter salutation because the Hawaiian island greeting will be in full force at the Festival of Ice this year. The visitors bureau is putting its own unique twist on the 26th annual festival with the theme […]

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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 […]

RICHFIELD — The calendar might say summer is winding down, but fair and carnival and fair season is just getting started. “It’s the end of the summer, but at the same time, it’s the beginning of summer for the fairs and carnivals in the area,” said Daniel Stump, chair for the 55th Annual Richfield Dutch […]

LEWISTOWN – Lewistown is a city with a colorful, storied past. Lewistown Intermediate School fifth-grade teacher Tim Clark wanted to make sure his students learned about the olden days, so he and his teaching colleagues Kristin Kauffman and Nicole Chambers made certain they were wearing a good pair of walking shoes to go with a […]

BOALSBURG — With Mifflin County steeped in military history from the Logan Guard to the Lincoln stone at Monument Square, it’s no wonder that visitors from the county are drawn to the Pennsylvania Military Museum’s rich Civil War memorabilia. “Lewistown has as much service and sacrifice as anyone in the state of Pennsylvania,” said Tyler […]

LEWISTOWN — The cheerful sun on the Mifflin County Kid Connection logo beams in the sky, smiling brightly above colorful rainbows and puffy clouds. It certainly emits the fun, festive vibe that Kid Connection brings to downtown Lewistown each year. That sun isn’t feeling so hot today. “It’s with deep sadness that I announce the […]

BURNHAM — History has its roots in the people who came before. Their stories and the impact they made fill history books and provide legends. In April 1861, the Logan Guards made history in Lewistown and throughout the nation. The story of the Logan Guards was told Tuesday at Rotary Club of Lewistown’s weekly meeting […]

Beyond the immortalized battlefields, museums of science and historic collections, Pennsylvania also is home to an amazing array of weird and wacky sites and attractions. Here’s a look at 23 of those special places, including a few right here in our own backyard. Castle Halloween, Altoona Decades of Halloween and