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Commissioners hear citizen concerns in Austin A new tradition in Potter County kicked off Monday night at the Austin Area School, where the Potter County Board of Commissioners drew a full house to their first in a series of "town meetings. More ... ADELPHIA BUILDING SELLS Sale leaves everyone wondering 'now what' This week's sale of the former Adelphia Operations Building was described as "the end of an era" by one Coudersport Borough official. However, after the smoke had cleared, community leaders recognized they were no closer to an answer on the building's fate than they were some six years ago when A... More ... 'Step back in time' May 5 Cameron County Chamber of Commerce plans to show a home movie from the county's last big birthday party during the next meeting of the Sesquicentennial Committee. The video captures a parade held in 1960 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the county's founding. It will air on Monday, May 5, at... More ... COUDERSPORT DIRECTORS PUT BUS CONTRACT UP FOR BID Travis Moshier Endeavor News Coudersport Area School District busing contract for 2009-10 will be up for bid after the board opted not to extend the current contract with Krise Busing Services. Members voted Monday night against adding five years onto the current five-year contract with Krise. More ... REGIONAL NEWS BRIEFS Landfill expansion? MT. JEWETT - Now that the former McKean County landfill is in private hands, its owner is looking to cash in on his investment through expansion. Rustick LLC has filed an application with DEP to operate a waste transfer station serviced by a new Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railro... More ... REACHING OUT TO FIRE VICTIMS Cameron County students collecting money Cameron County High School yearbook staff members are coming to the aid of a mourning community by raising money for the survivors of an unspeakable tragedy. Ten people, most of them children, perished in a house fire in Brockway. More ... FILLING HAS BEGUN AT LYMAN LAKE "So far, so good," is the report from Lyman Run State Park Manager Chip Harrison as the restoration of the park's centerpiece, a manmade lake, continues. On Monday, park officials began impounding water. Harrison said the first increment will be completed on Sunday, when the lake depth is expecte... More ... Cameron County real estate transactions Following are recent real estate transactions filed with the Cameron County Recorder of Deeds office: --March 3, James Venture bought property in Shippen Twp. for $1. --March 7, John Michael Kulick to Walter K. Kulick in Portage Twp. for $1; Susan M. Kerber to Jamey Azzato in Shippen for $115,00... More ... GAS WELLS BEING DRILLED IN ELK COUNTY Increasing energy costs have caused an upsurge in natural gas exploration near the Elk/ Cameron County border. A large percentage of the mineral (stone, coal, oil and gas) rights under state forest land are owned by the state. More ... April 5 story mistleading A story in the April 5 edition was misleading. The Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection assessed a $3,450 fine to the Ulysses Municipal Authority, not the operator of the treatment plant, for excessive chlorine discharges. More ... NUMBERS IN THE NEWS 56 More than half of families with credit cards (56 percent) say they almost always pay off the balance to avoid interest; 20 percent sometimes pay off the balance. 95 Pesticides that are linked to cancer in humans have been found in 95 percent of the nation's rivers and streams, and in 90 pe... More ...
Austin Borough's new water treatment facility has been completed, with minor odds and ends left to finalize. This is what the treatment plant and surrounding property looks like from the school grounds, across Freeman Run. More ...
Copper thieves strike Yet another theft of copper is under investigation by state police from the Denton Hill barracks. The most recent incident took place earlier this week when thieves took about 400 feet of copper tubing and wire from an old warehouse on Main Street in the village of Genesee... More ... |
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