Time Warner Drops Bombshell

Dec. 7, 2006, will be remembered as a day of infamy in Potter County.

Most of Coudersport woke up Thursday to the news that corporate officials at Time Warner Cable (TWC) had dropped a bomb on the community.

Casualties: at least 500 full-time employees.

Collateral damage: economic and social consequences of epic proportions.

On the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor surprise attack, TWC confirmed Coudersport's worst fears -- the company will largely pull out of town by Feb. 5. All that will be left of the 600-plus-member workforce is about 75 people.

And it gets worse.

The Time Warner bombshell comes at the same time several dozen employees who have clung to jobs in Coudersport with the "Adelphia Estate" face elimination of their positions in the coming weeks.