Burnham News

Area residents packed the Birch Hill Club Tuesday to honor America's soldiers during the Lewistown Rotary meeting in Burnham.

George H. McLucas, 87, a resident of the Golden Living Center-William Penn, went home to be with his Lord at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

More detailed were released about an early morning accident on Thursday that claimed the life of a Lewistown man.

The following items were discussed or acted upon by the Derry Township supervisors during their regular business meeting on Monday evening: Derry Township Solicitor Jeffery Snook informed the supervisors of the status of the Derry Heights project.

Two candidates who managed to secure both the Republican and Democratic nominations for Magisterial District Judge spoke briefly Wednesday night during the Mifflin County Farm Bureau's Measure the Candidates event at Indian Valley High School.

A Mifflin County man, unsuccessful in gaining the Republican nomination for sheriff during the May 2009 primary, is not giving up yet.

A Burnham woman and her 4-month-old child were among the displaced after fire damaged their apartment on Sunday evening along Seventh Avenue in Burnham.

A Mount Union woman is hoping to make Christmas a little fuller for area kids in shelters this year.

Paul J. Fagley, 82, of 114 Second Ave., Burnham, died at 4:35 a.m. on Sunday, Oct.

The time-honored tradition of Goose Day was celebrated on Tuesday during an event hosted by the Lewistown Rotary Club at the Birch Hill Club in Burnham.

The Mifflin County Republican Committee filed a petition with the court on Friday to have the Democratic nominee for treasurer, Joan E. North, removed from the November ballot, and then just as quickly filed a motion to withdraw that petition on Monday.

The Women, Infants and Children program of Mifflin and Juniata counties along with the PA Department of Health's WIC Program is launching an expanded food package for participants starting in October.

Lois Reed, 89, passed away on Sept. 22, 2009, at Valley View Haven, Belleville. Born on Jan.

The sound of two vehicles colliding in front of his store sent Gary Shrawder running onto Route 104 on Monday.

The Mifflin County Democratic Committee unanimously voted on Monday evening in favor of nominating Joan North as the candidate to fill the Mifflin County treasurer vacancy on the 2009 election ballot.

Embers from a steel chimney sparked a fire Wednesday afternoon in the attic of a home in Belleville, Belleville Fire Chief John Benn said.

During the Mifflin County Planning Comission meeting on Thursday afternoon Bill Gomes, director of the Planning and Development Department, gave the comission members a review of what still needs to happen before the extensive Derry Heights project can get underway- and there is still quite a bit of work to be done.

Local residents gathered their old baseball cards, coins and instruments, and brought them to the Great Treasure Hunt Road Show on Tuesday, which will be stationed until Saturday at the Quality Inn in Burnham.

Joan Kitting, left, of Reedsville, and Marianne Hornyak, of Burnham, look over one of the table designs in the 'The Great Gatsby' division at the 'Making the Pages Pop!' at the Standard Flower Show Thursday presented by the Mifflin County Garden Club at the Mifflin County Library.

Fifty-five birds, nine dogs and two guinea pigs were removed from a Highland Avenue, Burnham, residence on Friday.