Nicolette Cusate News Today

LEWISTOWN — Not even Mother Nature could put a damper on the feeling of love in the air. Even if Valentine’s Day came a day late. FFA Advisor Nicolette Cusate sat with Savannah Oden, a member of the Junior Big Valley FFA, after school on Monday for what must have seemed like an eternity, making […]

HARRISBURG — FFA offers students, like Kendra Kohler, an outlet to spend time with friends, learn about agriculture and just be themselves. Sometimes, that can be transformative. “FFA has changed my life,” said Kohler, who is currently serving as president of the Big Valley FFA and a senior agricultural sciences student at the Mifflin County […]

LEWISTOWN — Schools might focus on reading, writing and arithmetic, but Montana McKee knows the importance of agriculture to her education. “I want to be an agriculture teacher because I want to teach people the importance of agriculture and make an impact on the next generation of agriculturalists,” McKee explained. A junior at the Mifflin […]

BY GREG WILLIAMS Sentinel reporter gwilliams@lewistownsentinel.com LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Construction hasn’t started on its planned expansion, but pre-bid estimates have been received. School officials hope to gain land development approvals within two weeks for the $9.4 million project. At the same […]