Family Fun Fair Aug. 22
      Potter County's fourth annual Family Fun Fair will be held at the Potter County Fairgrounds in Millport from 11 am until 2 pm on Saturday, Aug. 22. Admission and refreshments are free. Exhibitors will provide information for healthy family living with an emphasis on services for children. Books, handouts, and other child development items will be available.
More ...

Potter County residents enter guilty pleas
      Three Potter County residents will be sentenced in the coming weeks after guilty pleas in the Court of Common Pleas. Orry Murray, 22, of Roulette pleaded guilty to simple assault for an incident taking place in his Main Street home in March 8.
More ...

Rotary supporting food pantry
      Coudersport Rotary has begun a drive to collect money to present to the Coudersport food pantry later this year. Rotarians are donating during their weekly meetings, based on items they've decided to give up or cut down on. Members of the public are encouraged to donate in the collection cans which have been placed at businesses around town.
More ...

Fire destroys barn
      Fire that was traced to a faulty extension cord destroyed a barn on Blauvelt Hollow Road in Sharon Township, Potter County, early Saturday morning. A state police fire marshal determined the cause. The barn was owned by Richard Allen Jr. and valued at $35,000.
More ...

Veterans Affairs office making field visits to reach out to vets
      Potter County Office of Veterans Affairs has announced expanded services to meet the needs of the county's veterans and their families. Leonard Kalkbrenner Jr., director of veterans affairs, has launched a community outreach service. He's at the Galeton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on the first Wednesday of each month from 11 am to 1 pm.
More ...

County adding 'discovered' structures to tax rolls
      A stepped-up inspection of properties throughout Potter County has resulted in additional homes and other structures being added to the county's real estate tax rolls.
More ...

'Habitat' home work moving fast, but help still needed
      Quick progress is being made at the site of the next Potter County Habitat for Humanity home in the village if Roulette. Spokesman Jim Blain said Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company recently donated the use of a backhoe and operator to assist with site preparation.
More ...

Real estate transactions filed Potter County
      Following are property transactions recently filed with the Potter County Recorder of Deeds: • July 13, Edward Babcock to Kelly W. Crosby, Coudersport Borough, $225,000. • July 14, Russell W. Carson to Clyde E. Newton, Shinglehouse Borough, $30,000.
More ...

Potter County employees win statewide 'biggest loser' contest!
Group lost over five percent of its overall body weight
      Potter County was awarded the state championship trophy for the Biggest Loser Contest, a competition sponsored by the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP), during a luncheon celebration on Thursday. Potter County's team of 71 calorie-counters entered the event with a lofty - some said unattainable - goal of losing five percent of total body weight.
More ...