Smethport Web — by Nathan Muller The Hamlin Memorial Library hosted a multi-session beginner fly-tying class that concluded on Monday, March 29th. The event was made possible with the aid of a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and drew 18 attendees. Through a progression of skills, participants learned how to create wet-flies, dry-flies, nymphs and streamers under the expert guidance of Ward Baun, Dan Cousper, Buck…
Smethport Web — by Nathan Muller Hamlin Memorial Library is conducting a recycling fundraiser that will also protect the environment. There’s nothing to buy. Simply donate your used consumer electronics and unwanted, broken or mismatched jewelry. Your used item(s) may be tax deductible. All donated items will be sold for recycling in accordance with EPA regulations. 100% of the proceeds will help pay for the library’s new addition plus…
Smethport Web — by Nathan Muller The 23rd Annual Hamlin Library Dinner & Auction was held Saturday evening at the Smethport Fire Hall, drawing 115 attendees who enjoyed drinks and hors d’oeuvres amid 200-plus items on display for auction or raffle. The social hour was followed by a lavish buffet dinner created by local master chefs Rose Campbell and Phyllis Russell. The event helps pay for library operating expenses,…
Smethport Web — by Nathan Muller Trista Brooke Byers of Statesville, North Carolina has been selected to represent the United States in the 22nd annual Down Under Sports Tournaments to be held in Australia this July. Currently a junior at West Iredell High School, Trista holds the title in cross country running for her school. Thanks to her great grandmother Helen A. Cole of Smethport, 16-year old Trista has…
Smethport Web — by Nathan Muller The bridge on U.S. Route 6 over Potato Creek in the Borough of Smethport will now become the POW/MIA Memorial Bridge to honor the more than 1,100 veterans from Pennsylvania who are listed as prisoners of war or missing in action. Nationwide, there are more than 93,000. Under a new law authored by Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) much-deserved recognition is provided to area…
Jim Herzog, Ross Porter and students from Smethport High School discuss the development of Planet Smethport, a unique history-geography web site that is over 10 years old and operated as a school project under the leadership of Ross Porter.
The Bradford Era — by Fran De Lancey Speaking at the Smethport Fire Department’s annual appreciation dinner Saturday night, state Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, told about state efforts to help volunteer fire departments and emergency services cope with recruiting volunteers and fundraising. A former emergency medical technician and part-time policeman in Port Allegany, Causer said that he took his interest in emergency services to the state House, where he…
Smethport Web — by Nathan Muller Troop 1/501 of Smethport, Pennsylvania celebrated the 100th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America at an open house held Wednesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The event featured exhibits chronicling the long history of the Boy Scouts in Smethport and their many accomplishments spanning a century.
In a Groundhog Day celebration conducted today by Phil Kennedy, “Smethport Sam”, Punxsutawney Phil’s second cousin, was let loose at the Senior Center. It wasn’t long before Smethport Sam, played by Don Ross, discovered his own shadow, played by Don Combs, signifying 6 more weeks of winter. The official proclamation was read by Phil Kennedy, who was aided by Smethport Sam’s handlers, Katie James and Taylor Swift. The event,…
Smethport Web — by Janene Dunn Pam Dailey, right, presents Mindy Bickford of Smethport with handmade baby quilts. Dailey makes the quilts in memory of her daughter who passed away in 2004 and gives them to a baby girl born closest to her daughter’s birthday, January 16, at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital. This is the first year that a baby girl has been born on that day. When Dailey…
The McKean County Historical Society Museum at the Old Jail in Smethport is seeking an array of volunteers. As…
Bradford Era – by Molly Anderson Valedictorian Carson Dunn and salutatorian Emily Higley (pictured) addressed the Smethport Area High…
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