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September 29, 2007
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HIGH ROLLERS EYING JEWEL
For sale to highest bidder: 'corporate opulence'
With the bid deadline less than two weeks away, a number of investors and potential employers have shown an interest in what was once a plush $30 million headquarters for Adelphia Communications Corp. in downtown Coudersport. More...
SKIPPING SNOWMOBILES
Estimated 1,000 attend water race

Organizers of the "Fastest Snowmobile Across the Pond" event were beaming as upwards of 1,000 spectators turned out to take in Saturday's competition. One by one, snowmobile operators tried their luck on Othmer's Pond. Most of them made it, skimming the surface for 660 feet in about 12 seconds. More...

WATER WELLS CONTAMINATED
Tests reveal problems with private water wells

Many of the private wells that provide drinking water to residents of Potter and Cameron counties are contaminated. Results of extensive testing on hundreds of wells will be released in the next few weeks. They'll confirm the presence of numerous contaminants. What will happen next is unclear. More...

 News
•Cole targets child obesity
Auxiliary donates $30,000 to Pediatric Dept.
Over the past decade, pediatricians serving Potter, Cameron and McKean counties have witnessed an increase in the number of children and adolescents who are overweight. Spurred by these observations, Dr. Mary Ann Rigas and the Pediatric Department at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital are working to ... More...
•New employers moving ahead
•Wind turbine ordinance considered
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 Potter County News
•County takes ownership
Potter County offices headed to old elementary school
The Potter County Commissioners are moving forward with plans to move county offices into the former Coudersport Elementary School on North Main Street. A resolution adopted at this week's meeting formally brings the property under county ownership, and commissioners Ken Wingo, John Torok and Cat... More...
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 Viewpoints
•Through An 'Old Timer's' Eyes
All of the politicians are talking about taxes now. The poor old working stiff hears all the speeches and always ends up footing the bill. Working people only think about the tax that is taken out of their pay. Most people don't realize that almost everything you buy has some kind of tax on it. More...
•Wind turbines ARE noisy!
•We've got mail!
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 Community Life
•Antique Seekers meets
Cameron County Antique Seekers gathered at the century-old home of Ginger Horning in Emporium last week. Among the topics of discussion was what constitutes an antique, as opposed to a collectible. Generally speaking, an antique is an item that is at least 50 years old, whereas a collectible can ... More...
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 Outdoors
•Food sources abundant for archery season opener
Hunters will find excellent food conditions when they head afield for Saturday's opening of the archery deer season. The best bet for meeting up with a good whitetail buck the first several weeks of archery season will be to hunt the areas where they are feeding, or to hunt a travel route between... More...
•Photos
•A wildlife rescue success story
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 Sports
•No stopping Cameron County!
There appears to be no stopping Cameron County now. The Red Raiders took another step toward an Allegheny Mountain Football League North Division crown last week, rolling up a gawdy 53 first-half points on their way to a 59-22 shellacking of a feckless Curwensville squad. More...
•Mission adjusted: Falcons roll, 33-7
•Coudersport remains perfect in volleyball
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 Obituaries
•Esther Anderegg
Esther L. Anderegg, 93, formerly of Emporium, died Tuesday (Sept. 25, 2007) in Pinecrest Manor, St. Marys. Born Dec. 8, 1913 in Wheeling, W. Va., she was the daughter of Fred and Lodema Handley Serena. On July 4, 1930, in Shinglehouse, she married William F. Anderegg, who died Feb. 2, 1974. More...
•Guy Dunn
•Blake Ayers
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