Smethport Web – by Jessica McKeirnan On Saturday, January 30th, hundreds of wrestlers from Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia will converge at Smethport Area High School for the third annual Battle for the Belt Tournament, joining local teams from such communities as Port Allegany, Cameron County, St. Mary’s, Bradford, Kane, Shinglehouse, and Sheffield. The tournament originated with the Smethport Jr. Wrestling Club, which has over 50 kids…

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Smethport Web — by Ross Porter On Saturday, January 16th, members of the Seneca Highlands Snowmobile Club and the Potato Creek Trail Association constructed a bridge across Barney Brook west of Smethport. The bridge completes the trail to the Allegheny National Forest as well as connecting the trail to Clermont, creating a big loop. Participants included Corky Hull Hull, Dan Dart, John Dart. The excavator was loaned by Jim…

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Smethport Web — by Ross Porter Members of the Seneca Highlands Snowmobile Club took an excursion Saturday, January 9th throughout the Smethport region. Anyone interested in joining the Seneca Highlands Snowmobile Club should contact Corky Hull c/o 301 Hamlin Street, Smethport, PA 16749. Annual dues are $10.00 per family.

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Smethport Web — by Nathan Muller The McKean County Historical Society will host a re-enactment of a murder trial committed in Kane during the early 1930s. The program, to be held at 7:00 pm on February 18th, rescheduled from last September, will be dedicated to Regis Mutzabaugh, a prominent attorney who started his career in Kane in 1926 with the law firm of Mullen and Woods. The trial selected…

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Smethport Web — by Les Jordan, Jr. Smethport Area High School’s annual Christmas concerts always draw a crowded auditorium. This year’s presentation, “North Pole Rock’n Roll,” is no exception. Over 125 students helped concert director, Nan McGraw, put on the show Tuesday evening, Dec. 15 (the show will be repeated on Wed., Dec. 16). The concert featured the Smethport Concert Choir, the Music ‘n Motion Show Choir, the Jr….

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Smethport Web — by Nathan Muller For the 10th consecutive year, Senior Center members boarded a McKeirnan school bus, driven by Judy Carlson, to view and judge the outdoor lights in the Smethport Borough and along E. Main Street to Myra’s restaurant. The Chamber of Commerce put up cash awards of $50.00 for 1st place, $30.00 for 2nd and $20.00 for 3rd place.  

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Smethport Web — by Les Jordan, Jr. Mrs. Clause, favorite helper of the famous Santa Clause from the North Pole, was at the Country Porch Cafe on Friday Dec. 11 to help promote the popular cafe’s Christmas Open House. Jackie Taylor, owner of the cafe, provided the following details about the seasonal promotion…  

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Smethport Web — by Les Jordan, Jr.   The memorable words of a favorite Christmas carol sing, “It the most wonderful time of the year.” It’s a time of the year when magic falls softly out of the sky just as does the white, new fallen snow on Christmas Eve. It is the time of the year filled with wondrous blessing; the gathering of loved ones, beautiful songs, bright…

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