Category Archives: General

A PennDOT maintenance crew in Potter County will begin work later this month to replace a bridge in Pike Township, Potter County. The project, near the village of Sunderlinville, will require Route 1005 (Phoenix Run Road) to be closed. Work will begin 6 am Monday, August 16, to replace a bridge that spans Little Phoenix [...]

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has finalized its plan for managing the state’s whitetail population for the next 10 years. Want to see what’s coming and where we’re going? Then check out the plan. The deer plan is now on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), all 148 pages of it. To access it, click on “White-Tailed Deer” [...]

The following information is an update for PennDOT’s Hospital Avenue/Dixon Avenue realignment project in DuBois for the week of August 2. All work is weather dependent. • Beginning Tuesday, August 3, South Main Street, near the intersection of Grove Avenue, will be restricted to one lane to remove the existing roadway and install new pavement. [...]

Dr. Yong-Zhuo Chen, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford professor of mathematics presented a paper at the American Mathematical Society’s Eastern Sectional meeting at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, N.J. Chen’s paper, “Some Contractive Type Mappings and Their Application to Difference Equations,” used a new method to solve a type of difference equation. [...]

Charles Cole Memorial Hospital and Clinical Outcomes Group, Inc. will host free tobacco cessation workshops in August. Sessions will be held in Coudersport on August 5 at the Patterson Cancer Care Center at 10:30 a.m., at CCMH’s main conference room at 3:30 p.m., and at the Gunzburger county building at 6 p.m.; and August 6 [...]

Thirty-seven high school students from McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter counties rose to the challenge of college life last week at the Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9 Summer Academy at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Now in its 25th year, Summer Academy affords students the opportunity to live on campus and experience college-style courses [...]

From Potter County Today Charles Cole Memorial Hospital is partnering with Clinical Outcomes Group Inc. (COGI) for no-cost smoking and tobacco cessation programs August 5-6. Participants completing the hour-long program are eligible for no-cost nicotine replacement therapies, including gum, lozenges or patches. All services are free, regardless of income. Those planning to attend can choose [...]

With very hot temperatures and high humidity forecast for much of Pennsylvania in the coming days, the Department of Health is again urging residents – and particularly older adults – to take steps that can help them to avoid serious illness or even death. Although many of the heat-related deaths reported in recent weeks involved [...]

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board today unveiled its new Fine Wine & Good Spirits store at 6542 J Lower York Road in New Hope, Bucks County, as part of its effort to enhance the shopping experience for its customers. The new store, with a unique floor plan designed in response to customer feedback, features a [...]

The following information is an update for PennDOT’s Hospital Avenue/Dixon Avenue realignment project in DuBois for the week of July 26. All work is weather dependent. • The contractor will continue to install sidewalks on Grove Avenue and relocated Hospital Avenue. This work will not affect traffic.

Tammy Haley, an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, presented her research on the use of a screening to diagnose anxiety in rural adolescents. Haley presented her research at the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners and at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Ph.D. Program Second Annual Research Day.

PennDOT issues the following travel update for the Route 219 Bradford Bypass project in McKean County. This update is for the week of July 12. All work is weather and schedule dependent. Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. of State College is the contractor on this $28 million job. • Work on the Route 219 southbound ON-ramp [...]

The Entrepreneurs’ Club will hold a free training session on “Branding Your Business and/or Products” July 8 in Port Allegany. The session, which will feature Linda Devlin, executive director of the Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau, will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the United Methodist church, 307 Main [...]

The Center for Rural Health Practice at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, is joining forces with the Bradford Farmers’ Market and Canticle Farm to bring locally-grown produce to downtown Bradford. The Bradford Farmers’ Market will operate from 8 a.m. until noon on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, beginning July 10, in [...]

The following information is an update for PennDOT’s Hospital Avenue/Dixon Avenue realignment project in DuBois for the week of July 5. All work is weather dependent. • No work will be performed Monday, July 5 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

PennDOT issues the following travel update for the Route 219/Bradford Bypass project in McKean County. This update is for the week of July 5. All work is weather and schedule dependent. Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. of State College is the contractor on this $28 million job. • No work will be performed Monday, July 5 [...]