Again in 2020, the Potter County Conservation District teamed up with the County Planning/GIS office to complete 26 individual municipal meetings over the course of two months.
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PORT ALLEGANY — The Port Allegany Area School District board of directors heard from teachers during the public comment portion of Monday’s meeting.
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COUDERSPORT — Noting how much time, effort and community input was put into creating the county’s comprehensive plan, Potter County Commissioner Barry Hayman is pushing to start addressing some items.
COUDERSPORT — Coudersport Area School District’s board meeting last Monday night, Oct. 12, was filled with reports from administrators.
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POTTER COUNTY — The county has seen a sharp uptick in its COVID-19 cases; this mirrors what is happening in neighboring counties.
Fire and emergency response organizations in Cameron, McKean and Potter counties have been awarded more than $650,000 in grants from the state, Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) announced last week.
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We said that the September Susquehannock Trail Club meeting would probably be the last one until maybe spring, as we didn’t want to chance having the winter meetings indoors.
Despite another strong performance by Oswayo Valley’s Jadyn Brabham, the Lady Green Wave volleyball squad fell just short of a big victory in a tight five-set contest at Elk County Catholic on…
The Galeton soccer team is continuing to make multiple statements this season, in and outside of the league. The Tigers picked up two impressive victories last Thursday and Saturday, which wer…
The Northern Potter Panthers’ 12-man soccer team is still struggling to find their first win of the season after an 8-1 downing at the hands of Galeton on Monday, Oct. 5.
The Coudersport volleyball team earned a good win on Tuesday night, defeating the visiting Lady Owls of Bradford, 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-17), to improve to 7-4.
We said that the September Susquehannock Trail Club meeting would probably be the last one until maybe spring, as we didn’t want to chance having the winter meetings indoors.
In Emporium, Halloween trick or treat is planned for 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 by porch light invite.
State Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) has been appointed to the board of directors for the Center for Dairy Excellence.
Photographers can win up to $500 in the Pennsylvania Resources Council’s annual Gene Capaldi Lens on Litter Photo Contest. The program is designed to call attention to careless and illegal lit…
Enjoy the fall weather with an outdoor program at Sinnemahoning State Park this weekend.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New COVID-19 case projections and county-level test positivity data released today by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) forecast a continued deteriorating situation throughout the Midwest and Mountain States, raising greater concern for major cities such as Chicago, Indianapolis and Denver. The model's forecasts have also worsened for parts of the South--including Arizona's metropolitan areas, counties across northern Texas and states in the Southeast--but show case counts will rise more slowly over the next four weeks in the Pacific Northwest and Northeast than in the central part of the country.
RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend to holders of its 6.250% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of $0.78 per share at a rate per share of 1.560%, payable on November 15, 2020 to holders of record on November 1, 2020.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
OAKS, Pa., Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SEI Investments Company (NASDAQ: SEIC) today announced financial results for the third-quarter 2020. Diluted earnings per share were $0.75 in third-quarter 2020 compared to $0.86 in third-quarter 2019. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 the Board of Directors of SEI Investments Company approved an increase in its stock repurchase program by an additional $250 million, increasing the available authorization under the program to approximately $292 million.
Pennsylvania bars and restaurants will see no reprieve from pandemic restrictions after the General Assembly’s latest intervention failed on Tuesday.
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Dakota Michael Jones, 23, of Wellsville, was charged with trespassing, entering, criminal mischief-tampering with property and criminal mischief- damaging property following a report of trespa…
Timothy Dee Billings, 30, of Wellsville, N.Y., was charged with three counts of driving under the influence and disorderly conduct following a report of disturbance at the Dollar General Store…
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UPMC welcomes Vwaire Orhurhu, MD, MPH, to the Pain Management team.
Most hunters are preppers. Before the opening of the season they make sure the guns are sighted in, the clothes are scent-free, and the vacation days are planned well in advance for those upcoming opening days. However, one thing many often overlook is their physical fitness.
More than 540 UPMC Wellsboro employees recently took part in Operation One Shot, a mass flu vaccination readiness effort that will serve as a preparedness drill for a potential mass vaccination program for COVID-19. It is organized by a multidisciplinary group of experts across UPMC includin…
There’s no question about it: the last several months have been different, to say the least.
As challenging as the pandemic made spring and summer, it promises to make flu season significantly more difficult than usual, some in the medical community are saying.
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Former President Barack Obama made his first in-person campaign pitch for Joe Biden in Pennsylvania Wednesday, blasting President Donald Trump and warning voters not to be complacent. "We've got to turn out like never before," Obama said. (Oct. 21)
It’s all about trust
If you’re looking for a high road in political advertising, you’ll find it somewhere between the South Pole and Hades. Short of photoshopping devil horns on your opponent, anything goes. There are no rules. It’s Thunderdome, where truth is relative and context is but a rumor.
The Kamala Harris-Mike Pence death match will go down in history as another forgettable vice presidential debate, but it had its pluses.
Voting by mail is just fine
