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🌱 Lewistown's new manager comes home with streets and wastewater on her agenda

Lewistown, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Lewistown! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Lewistown's new manager comes home with streets and wastewater on her agenda
  • Lewistown honors Larry “Heavy” Searer's 32 years on council
  • Lewistown fifth-graders turn Friday rounds into a 2,000-item food drive

Also on today's calendar: Allan Combs II at Hungry Run Wine and Bistro.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain, temps: high: 55, low: 39.
  • Friday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 46 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. McCool takes reins as Lewistown borough manager (lewistownsentinel.com) — Kathy McCool is returning to her hometown as Lewistown's borough manager, with wastewater infrastructure and road pavement management topping her immediate priorities. Approved Monday, the former Paxtang manager also wants clearer procedures that preserve staff knowledge and keep borough operations steady when employees change.
   

2. Lewistown Borough Council Member Larry 'Heavy' Searer Recognized for 32 Years of Service (lewistownborough.com) — Lewistown council member Larry “Heavy” Searer was honored Monday for 32 years of borough service. State Rep. Kerry Benninghoff presented him with a citation and a flag flown over the Capitol, and Searer thanked his wife and sons for their support throughout his years in office.
   

3. LIS ambassadors turn service into 2,000-item food drive (lewistownsentinel.com) — Twenty fifth-grade ambassadors at Lewistown Intermediate School turned weekly collection rounds into more than 2,000 donated food items for four local organizations. Families across the school supported the students' first food drive, while the ambassadors collected and sorted donations and helped decide where the food would go.
   

4. Shop with a Cop aims to help 25 children (lewistownsentinel.com) — A December shopping trip at Lewistown's Walmart will give children facing hardship $100 each to choose gifts alongside police officers. United Way of Mifflin-Juniata needs at least $2,500 to serve 25 children and asks for donations by Dec. 9, before officers select participants for the Dec. 16 trip.
   

5. Local running results: Nov. 7-8 (localnews1.org) — Lewistown runner Maximus Zajac-Bargas won a race with 188 runners in Hyner on Nov. 7, finishing in 1:13:24. Eileen Gibbons of Bellefonte was the top female finisher in 1:24:41, according to a weekend results roundup covering races in Pennsylvania and beyond.
   

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Ok Lewistown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Lewistown

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