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January 5, 2008
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$7.35M train crash settlement top story
Waterways and wetlands that were damaged in a June 2006 lye spill will benefit from a landmark settlement between the state and Norfolk Southern Railway. A large part of the $7.35 million settlement will support environmental restoration work. Norfolk Southern completed cleanup and will continue ... More...
Boy drowns in Coudersport

A 10-year-old Coudersport boy drowned in a private pond on New Year's Eve. Officials identified the victim as Blake Dunn, the son of Roy Dunn and Marie Diebel, East Second Street. More...

Cop killer seeks new trial

The Coudersport man convicted of murdering a Kane Borough police officer nearly nine years ago is appealing his conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney Sam Stretton of West Chester recently filed the appeal on behalf of 27-year-old Timothy Williams. More...

Geography can be educational, fascinating and even entertaining. Teachers in the Cameron County School District have made it that way by injecting some spirited competition into the learning process, working with the National Geographic Society. More...
Potter County had the region's highest jobless rate in November, while Cameron County was second-highest. Some 5.6 percent of Potter County's adults were looking for work during the month, down from a rate of 5.8 in October. More...
I read with interest your Dec. 22 story about the Coudersport connection with the "crime of the century," the Brinks robbery of Jan. 17, 1950. There was one factual error in your otherwise excellent article. You wrote that Specs O'Keefe and Gus Gusciora had embarked from Boston to the Midwest and... More...
The snow makes your steps silent as you stalk along. As you near the edge, you find a tree and peer over. There they are. Several deer are feeding below on the bench. You cock the gun. Quietly, you carefully raise the rifle to your shoulder. You center the iron sites upon a large doe's chest and ... More...
Coudy teams serve notice
Coudersport swept both ends of the school's annual holiday basketball tournament, with Northern Potter as the victim in each of the title games. Seniors Blair Heimel and John Hau combined for 50 points and 26 rebounds in the Falcon boys' 74-57 win, giving Coudersport a 10-0 record. Colton Corey a... More...
AUGUST 15, 1928 - DECEMBER 24, 2007
Philip F. Palmatier, 79, of Coudersport, died Monday, (Dec. 24, 2007) at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport. Born on August 15, 1928 in Coudersport, he was the son of Harry C. Palmatier, Sr. and Sophia (Mosch) Palmatier. On September 3, 1949 in Corpus Christi, Texas, he married Alfreda... More...