A growing summer celebration, "Weekend in the Wilds," has returned to Cameron County this weekend. Focal point on Saturday will be Broad and Fourth streets in downtown Emporium. Turnout for the car, truck and bike show on Broad Street is expected to be excellent. Registration opens at 8 am. More...
Fifteen young students have been working hard all summer to create a "community garden" at the former Maple View complex near Coudersport, with the help of 4-H and Penn State Cooperative Extension. This organic garden may be the start of something big and lasting, with benefits for the larger agricultural community. More...
Operators of Ski Denton are bullish about the region's tourist potential. Not only have the two young couples invested in the central Potter County ski resort, they've now taken on a second one. Scott and Jodi Carts and Shawn and Celeste Schoonover have reached a lease agreement with the intent to buy Swain Resort in Allegany County, N.Y. More...
(U.S. Senator Bob Casey, DPa., issued the following comments after last week's release of unemployment statistics.) The unemployment rate for July beat expectations by dropping to 9.4 percent. Earlier this week, the latest GDP data revealed a slower decline. This is all good news if you are an economist, but the average American is probably not feeling the relief. More...
Judge John Leete, who will retire at year's end, officiated over a "first" on July 25. Leete performed the first wedding at the Coudersport Arboretum, as Stanley and Alana Barner of Coudersport were united in marriage before a small group of family members and friends. More...
We are passing the halfway point of summer. The brilliant greens of June are gone. Already, occasional red maples are beginning to show some foliage and the chokecherries no longer wear green. It has been an odd summer -- wet, rainy, and cool. The warmest temperatures we have experienced were during a three-day 90-degree heat wave in April. More...
Armed with a former pro, a budding college star, proven hitters and some pitching depth, veteran manager Ralph McKimm Sr. was dealt a strong hand to start the Alle-Catt Amateur Baseball League season. But the game isn't played on paper - it's played on grass or, in the case of Sunday's league title game, on the mud and soggy turf. More...
Betty Jane Brown Elizabeth (Betty) Jane Lovett Brown, 91, of Emporium, died Aug. 9, 2009. A funeral service was held at the Barnett Funeral Home, Emporium. Burial was in Rich Valley Cemetery Memorials may be made to Felt Manor, 110 East 4th Street, Emporium PA 15834. More...
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