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LEWISTOWN — There’s a definite twinkle in Lisa Metzger’s eyes when mentioning that two of the past three Miss Pennsylvania winners have come from the Miss Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Competition. The reigning Miss Pennsylvania Miranda Moore won her crown on the Mifflin County Middle School stage in 2023. Two years before that, Meghan Sinisi did […]
Last fall, a man incarcerated at an Ulster County prison asked a books-to-prisons program to send him Black literature. Books Beyond Bars responded with a copy
Last fall, a man incarcerated at an Ulster County prison asked a books-to-prisons program to send him Black literature. Books Beyond Bars responded with a copy of “Native Son”, Richard
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After a 1994 federal decision to deny inmates access to Pell grants for school, as part of a tough-on-crime movement, as of this summer, prisoners can use the grants again.