News from the Pennsylvania State Police
      Police across Pennsylvania have witnessed an increase in the theft of copper and brass since scrap prices have risen. The trend hit Cameron County recently when Emporium-based state police probed the theft of copper wire in Lumber Township.
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Lyman Run dam refilling delayed
Park awaiting Dept. of Environmental Protection approval
      Filling of the popular lake at Lyman Run State Park has been delayed, pending the go-ahead from the Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection. Meanwhile, other park improvements, including modern restrooms with shower facilities at two campgrounds, should be ready for operation by mid-October.
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Homecoming, Leaves Festival Oct. 5-6
Event will host special guest 'Thomas Jefferson'
      Coudersport's Falling Leaves Festival is shaping up as a doozy this year, combining activities with the high school's homecoming observance and hosting a special guest: Thomas Jefferson. Activities at the county seat are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6.
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Trial scheduled in Emporium arson case
Woman allegedly recruited her son to burn her house
      An Emporium woman accused of recruiting her son to burn a Bradford home in an insurance fraud scheme is headed for trial next month. Key witness against the defendant, 47-year-old Debra Miczo, could be her son, Terry Bornheimer of Smethport. Bornheimer, 20, has already pleaded guilty and has agre...
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Potter County Republicans prepare for election
GOP holds campaign kick-off dinner
      Potter County Republicans rallied behind their slate of candidates for the Nov. 6 general election during a Campaign Kick-Off Picnic Saturday night at Ski Denton. Doug Morley and Paul Heimel, Republican nominees for county commissioner, each asked GOP faithful for help as they seek four-year term...
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20-Year Postal Service Employee Returns Home
     Mark Guido recently returned home to fill the postmaster position at the Emporium Post Office. He succeeds Chris Stoml. Karen Sherry had filled the post on an interim basis. Guido, a 20-year Postal Service employee, has been a postmaster in St. Marys, Kane, Clarion, DuBois and Bradford. He was also ...
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Emporium nearing 20 years as 'Tree City USA'
By James Moate Endeavor News
      Emporium proudly boasts of itself as "Tree City," a title the borough has earned some 19 times since the Shade Tree Commission was established there in 1950. It all started with a partnership between the commission and a utility to manage foliage growth in town while preserving a natural appearan...
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Snowmobiles on water!
Popular Coudersport event returns Saturday
      "Fastest Snowmobile Across the Pond" competition returns Saturday afternoon at the former Othmer's Pond, located off Park Avenue, near the Coudersport High School. Registration opens at 1:00 and the sleds start their dash at 2:00. The public is welcome.
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Woodland school 'warned'
Special needs students miss educational goal
By James Moate Endeavor News
      Woodland Elementary School in Emporium is under an official "warning" by the State Education Department because a group of more than 40 special needs students has failed to meet educational goals spelled out by the federal No Child Left Behind law.
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Numbers in the news
      73 Traffic crash statistics released by the Pa. Dept. of Transportation show that fewer drivers in Potter, Cameron and McKean counties are wearing seat belts, when compared with those in other Pennsylvania counties. Compliance was the worst in McKean County, where 73 percent of those involved i...
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EVFD open house Oct. 9
      Emporium Volunteer Fire Dept. invites the public to join the volunteers in observing National Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 7-13), highlighted by an open house at the firehall from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9. A schedule will be released in the near future.
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CVFD says 'thanks'
      Hundreds of residents in the Coudersport Area Fire District responded during the annual Coudersport Volunteer Fire Department envelope drive, the organization's biggest fundraiser.
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Songwriters send-off
Folk, blues artists join Herbstritt at Ski Denton Lodge
      National recording artists Brent Hopper and Brittany Riley, as well as the Deb Callahan Blues Band, are coming to Potter County next month. They'll be teaming with Coudersport musician Larry Herbstritt and other locals on Oct.
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Sentenced for DUI
      Potter County Judge John B. Leete recently admitted two defendants to the accelerated rehabilitative disposition (ARD) program after guilty pleas to driving under the influence of alcohol. Steven VanEtten, 22, of Ulysses, was arrested last Christmas Eve following a onevehicle rollover on the Whit...
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Firefighting classes set
      Several emergency services training activities are scheduled in Coudersport over the next few weeks. An informational session on the upcoming Essentials of Firefighting class will be held Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7 pm at the Potter County Emergency Operations Center.
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