Sentinel photo by BRIAN COX
The Mifflin County Commissioners issued a proclamation Thursday recognizing the Mifflin County Library in observance of National Library Week. Accepting the proclamation were, from left, Mifflin County Library Board of Directors President Chris Wagner, board member Mary Ann Stratton and library executive director Susan Miriello from Commissioners Mark Sunderland, Kevin Kodish and Robert Postal.
LEWISTOWN The Mifflin County Commissioners on Thursday recognized the Mifflin County Library with a proclamation in observance of National Library Week.
During their regular meeting, Commissioner Kevin Kodish read the proclamation, in which the commissioners lauded the library for the service it provides and calling upon residents to visit the library and use its resources.
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Letter sent to Lewistown Borough Council deriding recent actions taken
Mar 13, 2021
LEWISTOWN The Mifflin County Commissioners, who were chosen to oversee the Mifflin County Municipal Authority and have served on it as placeholder members representing Lewistown Borough, have largely stayed out of the dispute between the outlying muncipalities served by the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown, the Lewistown Borough Council and MABL itself.
The commissioners have composed this letter to borough council and submitted a copy to The Sentinel for publication. The full text appears below in italics.
Dear Borough Council:
The actions you are taking with regard to the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown (“MABL”) are unequivocally wrong.
Mar 1, 2021
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BURNHAM – Burnham Borough Council has joined several other local municipalities serviced by the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown in expressing displeasure with the termination of the memorandum of understanding that would have created a new county-wide municipal authority by Lewistown Borough Council and the recent announcement by Lewistown Borough Council President Venus Shade that there are no plans to sell or transfer MABL.
Township asks to ‘come to table’ regarding MABL
Feb 12, 2021
LEWISTOWN – The Granville Township Supervisors on Thursday sent a letter to Lewistown Borough Council regarding its feelings pertaining to the situation involving Council and the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown (MABL), which provides service to residents of Granville Township.
A copy of the letter, dated today, was submitted to The Sentinel for publication.
The text of the letter is included below and italicized:
Council Members,
Over the course of the past year, Granville Township and the other affected municipalities have been closely watching the actions undertaken by the Borough in relation to The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown (MABL). We have read, reviewed and conversed about the emails sent by Council President Shade.
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