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Professional photographer Curt Weinhold will share his knowledge and advice during a photography workshop to be held on Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 6-8 pm at the Potter County Education Council office in Coudersport. With the growing popularity of digital photography, more people are trying their hand at photography. More...

Shown are some of the more than two dozen local leaders and other officials gathered at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum in Potter County last week for an update on the planned expansion and renovation project. Larson Design Group, architectural and engineering consultant, discussed design goals and coordination with regional tourist promotion initiatives and community organizations. Officials plan to engage the public in the design process. If all goes as planned, construction will be completed by June 2011. Additions will increase the size of the Lumber Museum by upwards of 7,000 square feet. Work will include refurbishing the exterior and interior, including new mechanical and electrical systems. Space will be created for exhibits, a multi-purpose room, kitchen and storage of collections not on exhibit. More...

Football's Super Bowl has the attention of all the sportsminded people. I like both teams, so I really don't care who wins. I have an NFL parka and it is one super coat, but I am always on guard when I wear it because is a Dallas Cowboys item. I am not a Dallas fan, but I picked it up for five bucks at a yard sale and it was one of the best buys that I ever got. More...

Cameron County High School students Katie Caldwell and Melissa Moore showed their homemade obstacle course based on the bilby, a bandicoot (marsupial) common in Australia, during a multi-school Geography Festival in Ridgway. Enrichment and gifted students researched topics and created displays, artwork, computer slide shows and board games on Australia. Participants dressed up like a bilby during the competition. Other schools participating included Austin, Coudersport, Galeton, Smethport, Johnsonburg and Ridgway. Austin's display is also pictured. More...

Darkness descended as I trudged down a small hollow from the laurelchoked mountaintop. About a quarter the way down the hillside, directly in my path, I saw the unmistakable form of antler tines sticking up through the leaves. More...

Coudersport won the showdown with Austin Monday night, 41-37, to continue its march toward another Northern Tier Girls' Basketball League championship. The teams, who are both 14-2, may meet again in the PIAA District 9 playoffs. More...

Mary E. "Mitzi" Towner, 87, of Midland Road, died Sunday (Jan. 25, 2009) in elk Regional Medical Center, St. Marys. Burial will be in St. Mark Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Community Nurses, Inc. or to the Cameron County Ambulance Service. More...