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Your BFF (Bible, food and fun) Wesley United Methodist Church will host “Find Your BFF (Bible, food, fun)’’ for children ages 4 to 12 on Monday, Aug. 12 through Thursday, Aug. 15 at the church. The free program will include supper, Bible lessons, games, music and dancing. A pool party will be held for participants on Thursday at the Middletown Community Pool.
Fagan, MAAC Band to perform at playhouse Harrisburg to New York, including NYC’s Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Harrisburg’s City Island and the Penn State Harrisburg campus. Fagan provides lead vocals and guitar for his band. Other members include Ralph Martinez, congas; Drew Washington, bass guitar; Tim Griesemer, drums; Denny Danner, percussion; Barbara Vajda, electric guitar; and Gary Smith, percussion and background vocals. For more information, readers may call 717-533-8525 or visit www.hersheyareaplayhouse.com.
Scott Fagan and the MAAC Island Band will perform at the Hershey Area Playhouse at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3. The playhouse is located at the Country Meadows Campus, 830 Cherry Drive, Hershey. An admission fee will be charged. Fagan, a composer and performer, left his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands to sign a record deal with Columbia Records in 1964. He now lives in Middletown and the Virgin Islands, performing his music at venues from
The activities will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. daily at the church, located at 64 Ann St., Middletown. Registration is encouraged. To register, or get more information, readers may call Paige Pavlishin at 717-9394648. Press And Journal File Photo
Lower Swatara Twp. Police News Following is a compilation of reports from the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law. Forgery charge Nafis T. Cobb, 21, of the 100 block of South Second St., Steelton, has been charged with forgery and theft by deception for allegedly trying to use a bogus $20 bill to pay for food at the McDonald’s restaurant in the 2000 block of West Harrisburg Pike at 10:38 p.m. Thursday, July 4. Police said Cobb attempted to purchase a hamburger for $1 and pay for it with a $20 bill that the restaurant’s manager discovered was counterfeit. When Cobb was informed of the bogus bill he asked that it be returned, but the McDonald’s manager refused and told Cobb he would be contacting police, police said. Cobb left the scene in a taxi. Cobb told police he had been given the bill by a taxi driver and that it was not his $20 bill. Car window smashed An employee of Phoenix Contact told police a passenger’s side window on her car was smashed between 10 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Monday, July 15 while it was in the company’s parking lot in the 500 block of Fulling Mill Road. No estimate of the damage was noted. Vehicles targeted in thefts Five vehicles parked in the 300 block of Lumber Street were targeted by thieves on Friday, July 12 and Saturday, July 13. Items reported stolen included a pair of Nikon Dielectric binoculars valued at $325, several packs of Yankee Candle air fresheners, a PennDOT handicapped placard and an unknown make of GPS. Police said several of the vehicles were unlocked at the time. Car keyed The passenger’s side of a car parked in the 1000 block of Farmhouse Lane was scratched by unknown persons some time between Friday, July 12 and Saturday, July 13. No estimate of the damage was noted. DUI charge Christine T. McCoy, 39, of the 2000 block of Walnut St., Harrisburg, was charged with DUI, DUI-highest rate of alcohol and driving while license is revoked/suspended after she was arrested at 1:19 p.m. Friday, June 28 during a traffic stop at North Union Street and Longview Drive, police said. Alcohol was found in a breath sample analyzed with a portable breathalyzer, police said. McCoy was taken to Harrisburg Hospital for blood tests. The results were not noted in a preliminary police report. Anvis Lockett, 53, of the 1000 block of Rolleston St., Harrisburg, was arrested at 2:27 a.m. Thursday, July 11 and charged with DUI, careless driving, failure to have insurance and failure to use turn signals after her car was stopped in the 800 block of Eisenhower Boulevard, police said.
Lockett was stopped after she failed to use a turn signal, police said. Based on her actions in coordination tests, Lockett was taken to Harrisburg Hospital for blood tests but refused to submit blood samples, police said. Jewelry stolen Earrings, rings and a necklace were stolen from two residents of the Middletown Home between Monday, July 1 and Friday, July 12, police said. The value of the jewelry was not noted. A silver necklace, three diamond rings and a ruby ring were stolen from a residence in the 1000 block of Heritage Square between Friday, July 5 and Tuesday, July 9, police said. Police could not find any sign of a break-in at the home.
said. An investigation continues. Mailbox destroyed The mailbox at the Avis vehicle rental, 1000 block of W. Harrisburg Pike, was destroyed by a vehicle sometime between Saturday, July 20 and Monday, July 22. Police believe the vehicle that struck the mailbox probably sustained some damage as well. No estimate of the damage was noted. Dirt bike stolen Police said a 17-year-old’s Honda 80 dirt bike was stolen from the back
Harassment citation Brian A. Smith, 26, of Schuylkill Haven, has been cited for harassment as a result of text messages he allegedly sent to a 19-year-old Middletown resident. The Middletown resident had worked for Smith at a fireworks stand in Mechanicsburg and began receiving lewd messages from him afterward, police said.
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