Jon Keiper is back from Mount Everest. An employee at the Emporium plant of GKN Sinter Metals, Keiper was part of "Mission Everest," the GKN-sponsored charity event centered on two adventurers' plan to fly over the world's highest mountain via powered paraglider. More...
What really happened miles above the earth? Skeptics have jumped all over Bear Grylls' claims that he became the first person to soar over Mount Everest with a paraglider. At 29,035 feet high, Mt. Everest is so massive that it creates its own microclimate. Hurricane force winds of up to 200 mph b... More...
Barring any change of heart among a handful of elected officials, the plan to revolutionize local government in Cameron County is heading for defeat without the voters having their say. More...
Turnout for the weekend's fifth annual Dam Show, a music festival at the Austin Dam Memorial Park in Potter County, had its organizers beaming. "The Dam Show has arrived!" proclaimed Art Metzger, the driving force behind the event for the Potter County Arts Council. More...
To the editor: Whether you are for or against the consolidation of Cameron County, it is unacceptable for an elected official to vote against allowing the referendum to appear on the November ballot. It is the right of the people to make this extremely important decision themselves. More...
Jill Perry and Margaret Harris were among 18 Emporium Garden Club members who created their own terrariums at Sizerville State Park. These "indoor gardens in a jar" were made of sand, covered by an inch of dirt and several plants ranging from ferns to baby tears, jade plants and moss. Misty Travis p... More...
Deer hunters shouldn't have any trouble getting one, or perhaps as many as three, "doe" licenses this year for hunting in Cameron and Potter counties. The Game Commission will begin accepting antlerless deer license applications from resident hunters beginning Monday, Aug. 6. All applications mus... More...
A two-day camp for girls' basketball players entering grades five through eight will be held next week in DuBois, under the direction of Cameron County's Pat Lewis. Camp will run from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Wednesday and Thursday at the YMCA. More information is available from Coach Lewis at 486-061... More...
Gerald L. Cooney, 73, formerly of Sinnemahoning, died Tuesday (July 24, 2007) at Guy and Mary Felt Manor. He was born Oct. 30, 1933 in Austin, a son of Bernard and Blanche Peters Cooney. On June 24, 1961 in St. Mark Catholic Church, Emporium, he married Louise Kamats Cooney, who survives. More...
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