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(From left) Lyon Crosdale, Assistant Manager, IT Service Delivery & Operations, Victoria Mutual Group; and Naketa West, Manager, VM Foundation, showcase refurbished computers being presented to Alicia Davidson, Parent, Calabar Infant and Primary School; and Principal, Joset Leslie, during a handover at the school.
The Victoria Mutual (VM) Foundation through a new ‘Refurbish for Change’ initiative, recently donated 130 fully restored computers to educational and community development institutions across the island.
Eight early childhood and primary-level schools, three high schools, a service organisation and a church were the recipients of desktop, all-in-one and laptop computers, handed over during a tour of the institutions over recent weeks.
ethompson@lewistownsentinel.com
LEWISTOWN A new wireless provider seeks to offer internet accessibility at an affordable rate for Mifflin County residents.
Cody Wian, of Mifflin County Wireless, described the mission behind his company, which he said was founded in June of last year, to Mifflin County Commissioners during the board’s meeting on Thursday.
Wian thanked Commissioners for allotting the business CARES Act funding, which he said helped the lower cost to customers and helped expand the network’s reach.
“Mifflin County residents are faced with increasing internet costs due to data caps that providers are now putting on,” said Wian. “Today, more and more people are relying on the internet for education, flexible instruction days and entertainment needs. People need the internet and the speeds in some of our areas are not capable of what our people need it for.”
aharpster@lewistownsentinel.com
The Mifflin County Industrial Development Corp. and the Juniata River Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted a virtual entrepreneurial meet-up on Wednesday, Jan. 27. via Zoom. The meeting is for a free and open exchange of entrepreneurial/small business driven ideas and advice as well as to review and discuss the Paycheck Protection Program/PPP. Local entrepreneurs also discussed new updates and expansion plans for their businesses.
Ryan Cherry and Lilah Cherry, owners of East End Coffee Co. in Lewistown, have been working on a second location in Reedsville, which will not be up for a couple of months but is in the works.