Once a Dukie, always a Dukie. Lewistown native Krista Gingrich will be watching Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday and cheering for an old classmate from Tobacco Row. It seems San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan accepted a scholarship offer from Duke University for the 1998 season, the same time the talented Gingrich arrived on […]
LEWISTOWN Earlier this year, One-Stop Communications announced it was merging with Mifflin County Wireless and Telecentive to serve their customers better, which included relocating all their office and retail operations under one roof. One-Stop Communications is moving to 101 East Market Street in downtown Lewistown Monday. The location is currently the offices for Mifflin […]
LEWISTOWN A local internet service provider announced that it has completed its recent expansion project to service more homes and businesses in Mifflin County. The expansion was made possible by the installation of new non-line-of-site equipment on the company’s towers and network updates. The new equipment uses advanced non-line-of-sight technology, which means that Mifflin […]
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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.”
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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.