Bradford Era – by Mandy Colosimo Across the country, the fallen were honored with military salutes, flyovers, and parades, over the weekend. Smethport held their annual Memorial Day exercises with memorial salutes in East Smethport and Rosehill Cemetery, a parade, and an honored speaker, Rev. Frank Eppley. Decorated Vietnam veteran, who served during the Tet Offensive, Purple Heart recipient and Bronze Star with V for Valor awardee, Eppley delivered…

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Bradford Era – The United Methodist Church (UMC) of Smethport, the oldest continuous congregation in McKean County, has been celebrating 202 years of ministry for several months this year. Throughout the summer they held a festival in Hamlin Park with food, music by local favorite Bobby Spaeth, and games; a free community swim party was held at the local pool, and a picnic was hosted by a parishioner. In…

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Bradford Era – by Mandy Colosimo Summer’s waning but the fall fun is just beginning around the region. The 5th annual Arts on the Island at Hamlin Lake Park in Smethport will be happening from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. The art festival is held in conjunction with the Street Dreams Car Club of Bradford car show. The festival has grown every year, said organizer Bart…

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Bradford Era – by Jeff Uveino The Smethport football team needed to get back on track. In front of a home crowd Friday night, the Hubbers did just that. After falling to Redbank Valley in Week 1, first-year head coach Joel Lent’s group rallied back to defeat Cameron County. Two fourth-quarter scores provided ample breathing room for Smethport, which ran away with a 22-6 victory in its home opener….

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Bradford Era – by Jeff Uveino Much will look different for Smethport in 2022. The school district will have a new athletic director. The football team will have a new head coach. And, after four consecutive playoff appearances, the Hubbers will be tasked with replacing two glaring holes on the gridiron — one on each side of the ball. The good news, however, is that first-year head coach Joel…

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Bradford Era – The 1962 graduating class of the Smethport Area High School celebrated their 60th class reunion on July 29 at the Smethport American Legion. In the first row, from left, are Charlotte Clutter, Jennie Young, Nancy Lathbury, Greer Barr; second row, Harry Fischer, Terry Smith, Sandy Hallock, Judy Snyder, Karen McKean, Joanne Ritz, Jerry Shelander, John Berne; and third row, Sherman Keller, Tom Mays, Bob Onuffer, Judy…

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Bradford Era – by Mandy Colosimo No other police officer from McKean County has ever been awarded this honor. Kevin Seipp, a Smethport police officer, was awarded Law Enforcement Officer of the Year in 2021 by the local American Legion Post #138. On Saturday, July 16, Seipp was presented with the state award. After earning the local award in 2021, Seipp advanced to the state award, through the American…

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Olean Times Herald – by Jeff Uveino When Rick Woodring arrived at Smethport Area High School in the winter of 1976, he only planned on staying one semester. A transplant from Lawrence County, Woodring took a substitute teaching position through the end of the 1975-76 school year. When fall came around, however, Woodring stayed. He’d spend another 46 years at Smethport, working with the community’s youth through teaching, coaching…

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Bradford Era – Smethport students gathered, recorded and analyzed water chemistry data, fed the fish, and maintained a healthy environment for the developing trout. They raised 118 rainbow trout for release in Marvin Creek on May 26. Made possible by a unique partnership between the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited (PATU) and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), Pennsylvania Trout In the Classroom (PA TIC) is an interdisciplinary…

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