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REEDSVILLE A 19-year-old man has been charged with arson for his alleged involvement in causing a fire that burned down the “Biden barn” in the early morning hours of March 6 in Brown Township.
One 15-year-old has also been taken into custody for involvement.
Michael Rogers Kauffman, of Yeagertown, is being charged with felonies arson of a historic resource, possession of an explosive material, two counts of criminal mischief and misdemeanor and recklessly endangering another person.
According to a report from Mifflin County Regional Police Department, the juvenile was turned over to Mifflin County Probation officers and transported to the youth detention center in Centre County. The juvenile also faces numerous felony counts of arson and related charges.
Municipalityâs letter published in full
Feb 17, 2021
JUNIATA TERRACE Juniata Terrace Borough Council has composed a letter, which it sent to both Lewistown Borough Council and the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown. A copy of the letter was sent to The Sentinel for publication.
The full text of the letter, dated Feb 10, appears below in italics.
The Borough of Juniata Terrace is reaching out to state our disappointment from the recent actions that have taken place on behalf of the Lewistown Borough Council and the Water Authority (MABL). It was our impression that a Memorandum of Understanding had been brokered to transfer the assets of MABL to create the Mifflin County Water Authority, which by doing so would have benefitted each of our municipalities that offer the services of the Water Authority to our residents. We were understanding of the profit that Lewistown Borough would gain from this agreement, and showed full support of this plan due to it being an