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With Census Day (April 1) drawing closer, the U.S. Census Bureau of stepped up its hiring of temporary workers to fill various positions. “The part-time jobs offer good pay, good hours, paid training, and the ability to work close to home,” said Potter County Planning Director Charlotte Dietrich, who is heading up the county’s census [...]

“This is big,” was the opening remark of Dr. Tim Kelsey, rural economist and community development specialist from Penn State University, speaking to about 70 people attending Tuesday night’s monthly meeting of the Potter County Natural Gas Task Force. From lease payments and royalties being paid to mineral rights owners, to employment and business partnering opportunities, [...]

Almost $670,553 is being made available to volunteer fire companies in Pennsylvania this year to better prepare them for fighting wildfires. More information on the grant program is available from the Pa. Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources website at https://www.grants.dcnr.state.pa.us. Applications are being accepted until May 20.
There is a 50-percent match requirement with a [...]

More than two dozen municipal officials attended a recent Road Posting and Bonding Workshop held at the Gunzburger Building in Coudersport. Potter County Planning Director Charlotte Dietrich (shown) said the daylong program was the first in a series of workshops being hosted by the county, now that she has been certified to sponsor the sessions [...]

Volunteer fire police from across the region are encouraged to attend a training session on legal aspects of the position, to be held at the Coudersport Fire Station Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14, from 8 am to 5 pm. Instructor will be Robert Hill from Luzerne County. To register, contact the Potter County Emergency Management [...]

Today (Monday, March 1) is the deadline for homeowners in Potter County who want to qualify for reduced school taxes to apply for the “homestead exemption,” which requires school districts to cut real estate taxes on owner-occupied homes. In short, if you own the property in which you live, you are likely eligible for the [...]

Deadline is Monday (March 1) to order seed packets being sold as a fund-raiser for the 4-H Community Garden. The program enters its second year of engaging students in grades four through six in the art and science of gardening, botany and horticulture. Last summer, the students planted, fertilized, weeded, harvested, sold their produce, and [...]

A recycling program being operated by the Potter County Solid Waste Authority is in jeopardy, the victim of market conditions and politics. Reduced prices being paid for most recyclables have plagued the program for more than two years and, now, a state subsidy is in jeopardy.
Act 101 of 1988 required counties to develop municipal waste [...]

How will Potter County’s economy be affected by the dawning natural gas boom? How will our communities change? How should local leaders respond? Those are among the issues that will be addressed as a respected rural economics professor from Penn State, Dr. Tim Kelsey, speaks at the next meeting of the Potter County Natural [...]

Two large-scale industrial wind energy projects in northern Potter County are moving forward. Members of the Ulysses Township Board of Supervisors last week tabled action on a proposed “host community agreement” with AES Corporation. AES plans to build an industrial wind energy plant in Ulysses and Hector townships, leasing property from several landowners for construction [...]

State Senator Joe Scarnati visited Potter County on Thursday, with several stops on his itinerary. He visited the Potter County Commissioners and met with Redevelopment Authority Executive Director John Wright. Scarnati, who is lieutenant governor and Republican leader of the State Senate, also stopped at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, where a $5.6 million expansion [...]

Solid earnings during 2009 brought the Potter County Employees’ Retirement Fund back up above its pre-recession level, a fund manager reported on Thursday to members of County Retirement Board. The fund stood at $7.57 million entering 2009 and ended the year with a balance of $9.24 million. That erased the losses from the disastrous 2008 [...]