Login Profile Get News Updates Print Edition
Flip Edition
2009-11-14 digital edition
 Subscribe Now
General Entertainment Home Improvement Professional Services Directory Classified Ads

November 14, 2009  RSS feed

‘True American heroes’
Communities pause to honor, remember military veterans
Residents of Potter and Cameron counties paused to express their gratitude to those who served in the military during Veterans Day observances geared toward the very young and the very old – including a notable centenarian -- and everyone in between. More...
Real Estate Scammer Sentenced
Scam involved Adelphia Ops Building in Coudersport

County officials say no tenants or buyers have come forward for the massive Adelphia Operations Center in downtown Coudersport, which remains under the ownership of Chicago area real estate investor Bogdan Klek. He paid $3.6 million through an internet-based auction in 2008. The building cost an estimated $30 million to construct in 2000-02. More...

Huge tracts of state forest land open for drilling
11,000 acres in Potter; 3,000 acres in Cameron fair game for drillers
By Bob Hooftallen news@zitomedia.net

Just hours after news broke of more natural gas drilling on state forest land in Potter and Cameron counties, leaders from both counties heard some of the particulars. The state is opening up more than 11,000 acres in Potter and almost 3,000 acres in Cameron to energy companies who are eager to cash in on rich gas deposits located deep underground in Marcellus shale formations. More...

 News
• article has image Photo
Coudersport Area Lions Club President Ron Angood finishes putting the Lions club decal on the passenger train car at the Coudersport Arboretum. More...
• Planners mull changes to road standards
• E&G Auto to donate turkeys to ‘Meals On Wheels’ program
>> Click here for all stories
 Potter County News
• Potter County property transactions
Following are real estate transactions recently filed with the Potter County Recorder of Deeds: More...
• County veterans safe despite loss of program
>> Click here for all stories
 Viewpoints
• article has image Through An Old Timer’s Eye s
Something happened at our breakfast table this week that probably won’t happen again for decades. All of us agreed on the subject we were discussing. That included Mike O’Leary, George Harrier, Al Hertlein, Matt Streich and me. More...
• article has image Honoring the ‘greatest generation’
• article has image Letters to the Editor
>> Click here for all stories
 Community Life
• article has image de-clawing dilemma
People de-claw their cats because they scratch – furniture, drapes, other pets, people, and so forth. Scratching is normal feline behavior. Cats use it to mark their territory, for claw conditioning, playing and fighting. More...
• Birth Announcements
• article has image Photo
>> Click here for all stories
 Outdoors
• article has image Archery trials and tribulations
Pennsylvania’s six-week long archery season is coming to a close. I am, at best, a novice archer but I would classify myself as an expert in getting out in the woods. And bowhunting is as good of an excuse as any. More...
• article has image Elk hunter success rate down; huge bull taken
• Prospects excellent for bear hunters
>> Click here for all stories
 Sports
• article has image Raiders already thinking rematch
Cameron County was already thinking “rematch” even before leaving the field last Friday night after a tough 6-0 high school football loss at Curwensville in the Allegheny Mountain League championship game. More...
• article has image Photo
>> Click here for all stories
 Obituaries
• Robert E. McManus
Robert Edward McManus, 93, of Sedona, Ariz., formerly of Emporium, died Sept. 27, 2009. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II. A memorial service was held in Sedona. More...
• Joyce L. Bickford
• Leo E. O’Leary
>> Click here for all stories