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March 21, 2009  RSS feed

Ed. Head: PSSAs working
STATE STUDYING DISTRICT SIZES, LOOKING TO CONSOLIDATE
State Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak chose an appropriate location— the least populous school district in Pennsylvania— to ask citizens to keep an open mind to the controversial issue of consolidation. More...
Federal Stimulus: Big Bucks For Local Bridges, Highways

Numerous local highway and bridge projects will get underway sooner than expected, due to millions of federal dollars unleashed for Potter and Cameron County jobs by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Among the works are replacement of the Seventh Street Bridge in Coudersport and the Rt. 872 bridge over the First Fork of Sinnemahoning Creek in Costello. More...

You Decide!
Lots of local seats up for election: here's who's running for them

POTTER COUNTY Races for judge, district attorney and coroner are attention grabbers as Potter County voters prepare for the May 19 municipal primary election, but there are dozens of other seats being filled at the local level. More...

 News
• State time for drug dealer
Action taken on 3 others in Cameron County court
A Weedville man who was arrested for selling cocaine and prescription drugs will spend at least two years in a state penitentiary. Ron (Greg) Dill, 53, of Weedville, entered guilty pleas in September to selling controlled substances on three occasions in 2007. More...
• article has image SALUTING OUR LOCAL TROOPS
• Senator explains stimulus
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 Potter County News
• Two needed to fill PC planning seats
Two individuals are being sought to fill vacancies left by recent resignations on the Potter County Planning Commission. During their March 21 meeting, the Potter County Commissioners appointed Thomas Jacoby of Gold to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mitch DeLong. Jacoby's term expires Jan. 1, 2012. More...
• Potter deeds recorded
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 Viewpoints
• article has image Through An Old Timer's Eyes
Late March usually brings the strong winds. In my youth, every kid in the neighborhood had a kite. You could buy one at the five and dime or you could make your own. Just like now, times were hard for us back then, so we made our own kites. More...
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• article has image My Side
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 Community Life
• These books added to Brown Library
Several recent book additions have been announced by Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library: Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond, preparing for the end of life. An Altar in the World, on encountering God in everyday life, by Barbara Brown Taylor. Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan, advice for managing personal finances. More...
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• Cameron County readying for 150th
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 Outdoors
• article has image Elk licks: leave it to nature!
At daybreak on a March morning, I peered out the window of my camp and was amused to see several elk in the driveway licking the dried salt off of my very dirty SUV. It reminded me of one of those custom car washes where four or five people simultaneously hand wash each car and then polish it dry. More...
• Magnifying scopes on bows gets green light
• article has image Famous fly fisherman to speak
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 Sports
• article has image KESTERHOLT HEADING TO BIG 30 GAME
Cameron County High School senior Andrew Kesterholt was among six players added to the Don Raabe Big 30 Classic roster this week. He'll present coaches with a dilemma because he could be equally effective out of the offensive backfield or as a linebacker. More...
• CAMERON COUNTY'S SULLIVAN, COONEY GET TOP NTL HONORS
• CROSBY IS MVP; GREEN TOP COACH
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 Obituaries
• Henry 'Hank' Orr
FEBRUARY 11, 1932 - MARCH 14, 2009
Henry G. "Hank" Orr, 77, of Hebron, formerly of Sweden Valley and Mountville, died Saturday (March 14, 2009) in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, after a long illness. He was known to many people in the area as the smiling face behind the counter at the Saw and Wedge Tavern - now called the Sweden Valley Inn - which was operated by Hank and his wife Doris for 17 years. More...
• Albert F. Carey
• Margretta A. Dubots
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