In an effort to provide more reliable communications with residents and businesses in Smethport, the Borough has implemented an Emergency Notification service provided by SwiftReach Networks, Inc. Swift911 in its simplest form is a system that makes phone calls to specific people or areas in the event of an emergency or for sharing important information. The benefit of this system is that it can handle a large volume of…
Smethport Web — by Ross Porter The kinds of projects examined in the Associated Press “Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests” article are the very antithesis of the Smethport, Pennsylvania biomass project and our leadership team’s philosophy of “scaled, community-based projects”. Large, non-scaled projects examined in the Associated Press article do, in fact, threaten our nations forests, habitats and should be opposed by both state and federal legislation. Giant,…
Penn State Agriculture — by Steve Williams Arriving in Smethport from any direction, you can’t help but be awareof the trees. You wind along a narrow, two-lane highway where the mountains creep right up to the road. The pavement runs miles through tunnels of trees until finally opening onto a small valley. You’re in McKean County, the state’s most heavily forested county, where the Borough of Smethport, population 1,684,…
Smethport Web – by Nathan Muller The USDA Forest Service has committed $75,000 in grant money to help fund the feasibility study and business plan for the woody biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility in Smethport. The Forest Service and two previous grants bring the total preliminary funding for the project to $150,000. The grant is provided through the U.S. Forest Service Wood Education and Resource Center located…
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 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…
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…
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 Smethport American Legion Bucktail Post No. 138 will combine with the McKean County Post No. 2497 Veterans of Foreign Wars to sponsor Smethport’s annual Memorial Day observance on Monday, May 25th. A parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. from Willow and Center Streets, travel east to Mechanic Street, turn north to Main Street, and end at the McKean County Courthouse. You can download and print the Memorial Day…
BIOMASS Magazine – By Erin Voegele The borough of Smethport, Pa., plans to implement a community-wide woody-biomass powered combined heat and power (CHP) system. On March 5 the Smethport Board of Trade announced that the Pittsburgh-based Richard King Mellon Foundation had awarded the community a $50,000 planning and engineering grant to support the Smethport Woody Biomass Demonstration Project. In addition, the borough is in the process of hiring a…
Bradford Era – Two full members and 11 associate members were inducted in the Smethport Chapter. These students join…
Olean Times Herald – The 2024 Winter Travel League (WTL) season came to an end Feb. 25 at the…
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