Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Meets with Potato Creek Trail Association

November 10, 2008

Smethport Heritage Council

Members of the Potato Creek Trail Association met with Spring Reilly of the Pennsylvania Fish at Boat Commission on Friday. Reilly serves the commission as the Central Regional Outreach & Educational Coordinator within the commission’s Bureau of Policy Planning & Communications.

The Potato Creek Trail Association was represented by President Sally Newton, Water Trail Committee chairman Kurt Weaver, and Board Director Corky Hull. The meeting began at the Crosby baseball park and toured several sections of Potato Creek. Read more

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Smethport Seeks to be National Renewable Energy Leader

September 26, 2008

Smethport Web – by Nathan Muller

Imagine your community being in control of its energy destiny; producing electricity and heat while keeping all of those energy dollars recycling in the local economy. A pipe dream you say? Not according to a plan that is rapidly unfolding in Smethport, Pennsylvania with help from county, state and federal leaders.

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Smethport Enters New Domain

July 1, 2008

The Bradford Era — by Fran De Lancey

Smethport enters new domain Smethport, the first Route 6 Heritage Community, is now actively promoted on a multi-media Web site.

Linda and Nathan Muller, who have Internet and Web site experience, have developed the unique site, smethportpa.org.

“My first big Web site was for Pat Buchanan when he was a presidential candidate in 1995. From there on, I just continued creating Web sites for conservative candidates and issues and developing my skills at the same time,” Linda Muller said.

Nathan Muller’s experience dates back to pre-Internet days when he was a student at San Diego State University in the 1970s.

“At that time, what was to become the Internet was simply a bunch of isolated regional networks. After they were linked, they became the Internet.”

While he has created corporate Web sites, Nathan Muller said that those projects didn’t always allow him to be really creative because the clients dictated what they wanted done.

“With the Smethport Web site, though, we can pretty much indulge ourselves creatively and put together a package that is multi-media in nature,” he noted. Read more>>

Nathan and Linda Muller, developers of the Smethport website, are interviewed by Rose Bishop of WQRM-FM. They discuss some of the new features they are working on that will become available soon to serve Borough residents.

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Library Raises $16,000 at Annual Auction

March 20, 2008

The Hamlin Memorial Library raised $16,000 at the 21st annual dinner and auction held at the Smethport Firehouse on March 8. The money will be used for operating expenses. A separate event will raise funds for the library’s planned $700,000 expansion, of which $300,000 comes from grants. When completed, the project will double the size of the current building. A “Shovel Ceremony” is scheduled for June 25th at 5:00 pm, with the architect, contractor, Borough officials and library staff attending.