On 06/04/2023 at approximately 0900 hours officers were alerted to a theft from a motor vehicle within the City of Bradford Police parking lot. Officers learned that two golf bags each containing multiple clubs were removed from the back of on officer’s truck parked within the parking lot. Neilly was observed and identified on video surveillance leaving the parking lot with the bags on his shoulders heading in the direction of his apartment on Boylston St.
Officers made verbal contact with Neilly at his apartment however refused to open his door to have a productive conversation. Subsequently based off of the evidence gathered, officers applied for and were granted a search warrant for the apartment in question. Officers executed the search warrant by force, once within the apartment the golf bags were observed.
Neilly ultimately resisted officers, requiring the deployment of a Taser after an extended struggle to gain control of defendant and place him in hand restraints. Neilly was arraigned by Magistrate Todd and remanded to jail on $25,000 bail.
Charges (18) 3934 (A) Theft From Motor Vehicle (M1) (18) 3925 A Receiving Stolen Property (M1) (18) 5104 Resisting Arrest (M2) Location: 80 Boylston Street, Bradford, PA 16701
Cylone, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation McKean County Maintenance announces the following work schedule for the week of June 12 – June 16, 2023, weather permitting. Motorists should travel with extra caution in these and all work areas. Motorists should be aware that due to the nature of highway maintenance and emergency work, crews could be working on any highway at any time of the day or night.
McKean County 0250
Sign Repairs and Upgrades:
Various State Routes throughout the County
Bridge Repairs:
Various State Routes throughout the County
Mowing:
State Route: 6 (Ludlow to Port Allegany)
State Route: 219 (Elk County line to New York State line)
Patching:
State Route: 646 (Rew to SR 346)
State Route: 6 (Hazel Hurst)
Crack Sealing:
State Route: 6 (Ludlow to Kane)
Pipe Replacement:
State Route: 246 (Looker Mountain Trail)
State Route: 4007 (South Ave., Bradford)
State Route: 321 (Sugar Run Rd, Corydon)
State Route: 1002 (Champlin Hill Rd., Turtlepoint)
Pipe Flushing/Inlet Repair:
State Route: 446 (Main St., Eldred)
State Route: 44 (Ceres Rd, Shinglehouse)
Ditching:
State Route: 346 (Red Rock to Prentisvale)
The following work is scheduled to be completed by contractor, weather permitting:
L.C. Whitford- Bridge Replacement
State Route: 1011 (Barnum Road)
Traffic control: Roadway closure near the bridge beginning June 6, 2023 and detour will be in place using SR 346, SR 546, Township Rd 45 and NY State Route 16.
Jefferson Paving–Roadway repairs
State Route: 146 (Red Mill Road)
Traffic control: Contractor will be utilizing flaggers on SR 146 during work hours to control the flow of traffic
Motorists are encouraged to “Know Before They Go” by checking conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Subscribe to PennDOT news in Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Juniata, McKean, Mifflin, and Potter counties at www.penndot.gov/District2.
For more information, visit www.penndot.gov or call 814-465-7754.
District 2 is hiring for a variety of positions, including CDL Operators, Mechanics, and Highway Maintenance Workers. Apply online at www.employment.pa.gov
Representatives from the PA Route 6 Alliance and its partners joined business owners and community leaders in both Erie and Crawford counties on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 30-31, to celebrate the successful culmination of the PA Route 6 Façade Program in the Great Lakes Region. The Alliance and its partners, which included Visit Erie, Visit Crawford, Preservation Erie, Crawford County Planning, and the Oil Region Alliance, gathered to recognize the 26 businesses that received program funding that resulted in over $274,000 in façade improvements throughout the two-county region.
BRADFORD – Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) is again offering area veterans the opportunity to work with a representative from the American Legion to ensure they get the services and support they need.
Due to changes initiated by the American Legion, appointments in the Bradford and Kane offices will be conducted virtually via a tablet.
Appointments are required for meetings with the Legion representative, whether they are in person, by phone or by tablet. The schedule is as follows:
Bradford office: Wednesday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Bradford office is located at 78 Main St., first floor. Please call 814-362-4400 to schedule an appointment.
Kane office: Wednesday, June 28, from 9 a.m. to noon. The Kane office is located at 54 Fraley St., Suite 2. Please call 814-837-0880 to schedule an appointment.
Assistance is available with issues such as compensation, education, pension, health care and death benefits. Veterans need not be a member of the American Legion to participate.
Bradford, PA –The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is alerting area motorists that a pipe replacement project along Route 246 (Looker Mountain Trail) in McKean County will cause a daytimeclosure anddetour on June 14 and 15. Route 246 will be closed between Route 46 (South Kendall Avenue) and Route 646 (Summit Road).
The detour will be in place on Wednesday and Thursday, June 14 and 15 between 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM using Route 46 and Route 646 (Summit Road). The detour will be lifted each night, once pipe work is complete for the day. PennDOT will re-open the road earlier than 4:00 PM if work progress allows.
A crew from McKean County PennDOT Maintenance will perform this work, replacing a large pipe across the road to improve drainage in the area. Residents along this section of Route 246 will be able to access their homes.
Motorists are encouraged to “Know Before They Go” by checking conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 6/08/2023 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Wyalusing Twp, Bradford county. CSL 401 – PROHIBITION AGAINST OTHER POLLUTIONS – Discharged substance of any kind or character resulting in pollution of Waters of the Commonwealth.
The highlight of the 81st Annual Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival in Wellsboro is the coronation of the 2023 Pennsylvania State Laurel Queen on Saturday, June 17.
While in Wellsboro, the 27 Laurel Queen candidates will enjoy a full weekend of activities.
At noon on Friday, June 16, they will gather on the Tioga County Courthouse steps for the official welcome. The young ladies will then go to Colton Point State Park to visit the West Rim and see the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon followed by a picnic lunch.
At 4:30 p.m. on Friday, the band Yetsu will open the Pennsylvania Laurel Queen’s Preview on the Deane Center’s outdoor stage at 104 Main Street. The 2022 Laurel Queen Regan Regina and this year’s queen candidates will be introduced to the public at 5 p.m. and the band will close the event with great music. Bring lawn chairs. The rain location is the Deane Center’s Coolidge Theatre.
Saturday afternoon, June 17, the candidates will ride on floats in the 2 p.m. Laurel Festival Parade. Also featured will be the Pennsylvania Bucktails, drum and bugle corps, bagpipers, high school marching bands, vintage cars, floats and more.
That evening at 6:30 p.m., the coronation of the 2023 Pennsylvania State Laurel Queen will be on stage at the Wellsboro Area High School Auditorium at 227 Nichols Street. Coronation tickets are available at the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce office at 114 Main Street in Wellsboro and at the door.
There will be a free concert a day Monday through Friday, June 12-16.
The juried Arts and Crafts Fair and International Streets of Foods will be open with 95 vendors from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 16 and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 17. The festival concludes Sunday morning, June 18 with the 10:30 a.m. Union Church service on The Green.
Miss Mady Goodrich is representing Coudersport Junior-Senior High School and her community as a Pennsylvania Laurel Queen candidate.
She is the daughter of Brooke Goodrich of Coudersport and Matt Stiles, also of Coudersport.
All four years of high school, Miss Goodrich sang soprano in the school choir; was a French Club member and participated in Mock Trial. Active in church for 12 years, she volunteered for church service projects and suppers all through high school.
As a sophomore, junior and senior, Miss Goodrich was a Coudersport varsity cheer squad member every winter, earning the sportsmanship award as a sophomore and junior and lettering as a junior and senior. As a freshman, sophomore and junior, she was a member of the “Coudersport Show Choir Fire” and, as a junior was a mentor and choreographer.
As a junior and senior, Miss Goodrich was on the varsity football cheerleading squad, lettering both years, and as a junior was awarded “Most Spirited”
As a junior, she successfully presented her case to administration as to why the school should add a competition cheer team. In her senior year, the program was added and she proudly participate
Miss Goodrich was a Future Farmers of America member as a junior and senior; and on distinguished honor roll as a freshman and high honor roll as a senior.
She was accepted by the Coudersport Rotary Club to be an international exchange student to France during her junior year but the program was canceled due to Covid.
Miss Goodrich was employed throughout her high school years. Every summer, she worked at the Penn-York church camp, as a freshman at Kaytee’s Family Restaurant and as a junior and senior at Rite Aid as a sales associate, She also worked with the Coudersport Music Department as secretary her junior year.
Her hobbies include reading, writing, painting, photography, swimming, and ice skating.
After graduation, Miss Goodrich plans to attend Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., where she was awarded a prestigious scholarship. She will double major in Secondary Education and English with the career goal of becoming a successful high school English teacher.
Miss Port Allegany Olivia Schott
MISS PORT ALLEGANY
Miss Olivia Schott is representing Port Allegany Junior-Senior High School and her community as a Pennsylvania Laurel Queen candidate.
In 2006, her cousin, Vanessa Kabes (née Kirby), represented Canton Area High School as a Laurel Queen candidate.
She is the daughter of Christa and Daniel Schott of Port Allegany.
During all four years of high school, Miss Schott was on high honor roll; on the Smethport girls’ varsity golf team (co-captain as a senior, four-year letterman, in district championship tournament every year and team’s MVP every year; on Lady Gator’s Soccer (lettered as a sophomore, junior and senior, league all-star as a junior, won the biggest heart team award as a senior, and four-year scholar athlete); in Drama Club (major role in school play or musical every year); was a peer helper; in French Club (parliamentarian as a junior and senior) and Varsity Club; Gator News writer and editor; in her school’s enrichment program, participating in academic events such as the Quiz Bowl, Mock Trial, the Shakespeare Monologue Competition; and did altar-serving and cantering for church services at her local parish.
As a sophomore, junior, and senior, she was on the track team and a district meet qualifier (in district championship meet as a junior) and a chamber singers member.
Miss Schott was a National Honor Society member as a junior and senior (vice president as a senior) and a jazz choir member (qualified for district chorus) as a senior. She won the 2022 Bausch & Lomb Science Award as a junior.
The summer before her junior year, she worked at Schott Associates Eye Care, doing inventory, cleaning, filing, and other minor office work.
She enjoys sewing, baking, reading, and running.
After graduation, Miss Schott will attend Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa. seeking a degree in forensic science. She hopes to obtain her Ph.D. in forensic science, and work in either a lab or as a university professor.
Miss Smethport Kaylee Swanson
MISS SMETHPORT
Miss Kaylee Swanson is representing Smethport Junior-Senior High School and her community as a Pennsylvania Laurel Queen candidate.
She is the daughter of Rebecca and Tor Swanson of Smethport.
All four years of high school, Miss Swanson was on high honor roll; varsity volleyball team spiker and four-year letterman; was in concert band, a student council member (co-president as a senior); and a stage crewmember for theater productions (stage manager as a sophomore, junior and senior).
Inducted into the National Honor Society as a sophomore, she was a member as a junior and senior and a three-year blood drive volunteer.
As a freshman and sophomore, she played left field for the softball team, and was a marching band member. As a freshman and junior, she Class of 2023 president.
As a senior, Miss Swanson was a member of the yearbook club, Youth Inclusive Leadership Club and prom committee, and a McKean County Fairgrounds volunteer. As a freshman, she was a member of DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) and placed second in the state fashion show.
Miss Swanson has been employed at the Smethport Drive-In all four years of high school, working after school, weekends, and summers.
She enjoys photography, drawing, and hiking.
This fall, she will attend Penn West Edinboro in Edinboro, Pa. and major in Accounting.
LIST OF NAMES OF ALL 27 2023 LAUREL QUEEN CANDIDATES AND THEIR TITLES:
On June 10 at 4:30 Jay Twp. Fire and Bennetts Valley ambulance were dispatched for a atv roll over crash at the John Wesleyan church in Benezette with two patients
At 11:20 AM on Saturday, Jay Township Fire & Bennetts Valley Ambulance have been dispatched to the area of 22918 Quehanna Highway for a motorcycle accident. 2 riders were on the motorcycle.
Courtney Marie CLARK, 33, of Shinglehouse, PA, died Friday, June 2, 2023.
Friends may call at OLNEY-FOUST Funeral Homes & Cremation, Crowell Chapel, 296 North Main Street, Wellsville, NY on Saturday, June 10, 2023 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 3:00 – 5:00 PM. A prayer service will be held at the conclusion of visitation at 5:00 PM.
Elijah M. “Eli” Mihalko, 17, of Kennedy St. Bradford, PA passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Erie County Medical Center, in Buffalo NY.
Born July 25, 2005, in Bradford, he was a son of Tabatha A. (Root) Mihalko, and Timothy M. Mihalko, both of Bradford.
He was a 2023 graduate of Bradford High School.
Eli enjoyed riding his bike, roller blading, wrestling with his nephews and niece, playing Fortnite and Rocket League, and just hanging with friends and family.
Surviving in addition to his parents, are four sisters, Ashley Root, Courtney Root, Kenza Mihalko, and Starlette Mihalko, two brothers, Kolorado Banks, and Joshua Mihalko, paternal grandmother, Erma Cox, his maternal grandfather, Jefferey Root Sr, three aunts, Tasha Root, Hannah Krouse, and Andrea Krouse, two uncles: Jefferey Root Jr., and Jason Root, four cousins, Angel Bryer, Tiffany Bryer, Douglas Floyd, Cory Floyd.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, June Root, paternal grandfather, Michael Krouse, one aunt, Starletta Lucas, one uncle, Joshua Krouse, one cousin, Dylan Floyd.
Family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc., 33 South Avenue. At 7:00 pm funeral services will be held with Rev. Barbara “Shelly” Floyd officiating. Burial will be in Willow Dale Cemetery.
Memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
Dr. Martin L. Beller, of Gaines, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home during the night of June 6, 2023. He was 99 years old.
Marty was predeceased by his wife of more than 70 years, Wilma Kjelgaard Beller, who passed away in 2020 at 102 years old.
He is survived by their three children, Alan, Trixie (Bob) and Peter (Adriane), ten grandchildren (Elizabeth, Ruth, Tim, John, Ned, David, Jake, Melanie, William and Hannah), seven great-grandchildren (Lauren, Clementine, Henry, Leslie, Marielle, Francis, and Bruce), his sister Barbara and numerous nieces and nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
Marty was undeniably brilliant, a gifted surgeon, professionally successful, a loyal friend and an important contributor to his profession and community. He was a devoted and loving husband to his dearest Wilma, a wonderful father, a doting grandfather and great-grandfather. He was a distinguished professional partner and an important force for good with all whom he touched. He served faithfully, and with distinction, for many years on the vestries of Trinity Memorial Church in Center City Philadelphia and St. Paul’s Church in Wellsboro, Pa. Accolades aside, Marty had a well-developed, and at times wicked, sense of humor. For Marty, telling jokes and hearing them and laughing together with family and friends was an important part of life. His impact and influence on those who knew him have been wide, deep and long-lasting.
