The Bradford Era The Smethport Country Club hosted their 2009 Member/Guest Tournament on Saturday and Sunday with 52 teams in participation. In the championship flight, low gross of 136 went to Aaron Frame and Jim Marrone. They were challenged by John Boyd and Tom Smith 143 and Ryan Frame and Jeremy Dickens 143. Low net was claimed by the team of Tony Flint and Bret Healy with 137. Lance…
Smethport Web — by Les Jordan, Jr. A new addition was added to the lawn of the McKean County Courthouse on Friday, July 10. An attractive kiosk appeared, which will guide Smethport visitors on the Mansion District Tour route in Smethport. The kiosk contains route information of the properties listed on the tour along with the original builders of the property, many constructed over a century ago. The kiosk…
Biomass Magazine — by Susanne Retka Schill Smethport, Pa., is a little town with a history of biomass use, and abuse. The forest around the small town in the Alleghany Mountains of northcentral Pennsylvania was first logged to supply tall, white pine poles for the masts of sailing ships when they were the primary mode of world commerce. Hemlock bark was harvested to supply tannic acid to the hide…
Smethport Web — by Les Jordan Jr. The Smethport Area Chamber of Commerce was pleased with the amount and quality of entries in the Wooly Willy Window Art Contest held during the Wonderdaze festival from June 18-21. The judging on all the entries was close with only a few points between the top and bottom places. Participants in the contest included:
The first annual National Wooly Willy Wonderdaze festival officially opened Thursday afternoon in Smethport with a ceremony on the Court House steps. Retired Marine Corps Master Sergeant George Tufts and the American Legion Color Guard started the ceremony with the National Anthem. Event chairman Jeff Andrulonis of Colonial Radio Group welcomed Smethport residents and visitors to the four day festival and thanked the committee chairs for making the festival…
Smethport Web — by Linda Muller This Thursday through Sunday we are going to have a jam-packed four days filled with fun and entertainment right in our own home town – Our NATIONAL WOOLY WILLY WONDERDAZE is about to begin! The festival is sponsored by the Smethport Area Chamber of Commerce, with active involvement from many Smethport organizations and citizen volunteers. It will highlight the popular magnetic game developed…
Preparations for the first annual National Wooly Willy Wonderdaze festival are in full swing, with Mid Valley Amusements already trucking in rides and vendor vehicles for set up in Hamlin Lake Park later this week. The four-day festival runs from Thursday, June 18th to Sunday, June 21st, (Father’s Day), culminating at 4:00 p.m. with a parade of car show vehicles down Main Street at 4:00 p.m.
Smethport Web — By Les Jordan, Jr. Members of the Potato Creek Trail Association placed trail markers on the Wolfinger Trail System on “town hill” north of Smethport on Saturday, June 13. Material for the signs was purchased by individual members of the association and local businesses in the Smethport area. Special thanks go to the Dart family who donated most of the sign posts and the family’s tractor…
The Bradford Era — by Fran De Lancey Since this year marks the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in a log cabin in Hardin, Ky., an exhibit honoring the sixteenth president has opened in the Feature Room of the McKean County Historical Society’s Old Jail Museum in Smethport. A lifesize cardboard cutout of Lincoln at the door of the museum’s gift shop beckons visitors to view the displays…
When Stephan Gerth peddled down Main Street Saturday evening, he was probably thinking about the best place to set up his tent for a night’s rest before pushing on to his destination — San Francisco. What he encountered next in the twilight hours of the Pennsylvania Wilds was so unexpected that thoughts of finding a suitable tent site quickly evaporated. He was about to experience Smethport hospitality…
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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