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…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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,…

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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…

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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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