The Potter County Farmers Market for May 10 is cancelled due to continuous  rain forecasted. 

We will look forward to  seeing you next Friday on the square.

The Potter County Farmers Market will be outdoors on the square across from the county jail, every Friday from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The next market will be this Friday, May 10th. Below is a list of who plans to be there and what they plan on bringing to the Market:

The outdoor market is held each Friday from May through October (weather permitting).  November, the Farmers  Market goes indoors for the winter market.

 *  Market times have been established after many trial times over the years.  If you are not able to visit us and would like something particular from one of the vendors, please contact them directly.  They are willing to try to accommodate your request.

 *  If you are interested in joining the market this year or have any questions please contact …. Netra Baker, 814-544-7313 netrabaker@hughes.net]

GRUBBY TOES PRODUCE will be at the market with locally grown beautiful herbs, vegetables and plants.  We will have succulents, flowers, herbs, rhubarb, asparagus and vegetable plants. Come to the market and enjoy all the vendors! We accept cash, checks, PA Farmers Market Checks and cash app. For more information, contact Stacey @ 8142037235 or message the grubby toes produce Facebook page! 

CARING CRAFTS will be attending this week’s Market! We will be bring a variety of Homemade Travel Pillows! Along with our Plastic Canvas Magnets/Ornaments! Our selection of both is very wide and unique! Don’t forget to like us Facebook! If your not able to stop by or would like to place an order please contact Jess at 814 203 2482! Caring Crafts excepts Cash or PayPal (cowgirl_jess16915@yahoo.com) payment! Hope to see everyone there! 

THORNY BUSH FARM will be at Fridays  market with fresh delicious goat milk fudge, luscious herbal honies, perennial plants, and a variety of crafts. We accept cash or checks. We look forward to seeing you.

MOUNTAIN VIEW SHEEP FARM will be attending the farmers market May 10, weather permitting. With hand woven wool blend shawls and scarves .   Also  lovely delicate designed, scented and fragrance free handmade sheep milk soaps  all from our own sheep.  Pa preferred and Juried. We accept cash, check and cards. Follow us on Facebook @mountainviewsheepfarm Or contact by email@ mountainviewsheepfarm@yahoo.com  

CARRIAGE HOUSE RUGS will be at Friday’s Farm Market. Stop by and see my rugs…freshen up any room with a one of a kind, colorful, loom woven rug! Many sizes available. Cash & checks accepted. For custom orders, email cherylbrown52@icloud.com 

BLUE MARBLE FARM will be at the market with local, organically grown beautiful produce and plants rain or shine.  We will have spinach and herbs plus vegetable and black raspberry plants.  We accept cash, checks and credit cards. For more information, contact Lisa at bluemarblefarm@outlook.com, 814-320-1308 or bluemarblefarm.weebly.com 

JOANIE’S APIARY will be at market this week with Raw Local Honey, along with beeswax products, hand cream, wood polish, and candles. I will also have corn heating pads. At the same table will also be TOM AND LUCILLE’S creamed honey and cinnamon creamed honey. Cash, checks or credit cards are accepted. You can always buy my honey at the Artisan Center or from my home. 814-697-7586

ME AND MY BOYS SOAP will be there on Friday. We have a selection of hand made goat milk based products. The milk that we use comes from our herd of goat. We have soap bars, shampoo bars, lotions, lotion bars and bath bombs. We accept cash or card payments. 

BLACK CATS AND PAPERCRAFTS is planning on being there with a variety of handmade crafts including quilled paper art, wall hangings, hair accessories, embroidered fabric patches, crazy quilt hand bags and embroidered bracelets. For more information, or to make a custom order contact Leon at blackcatsandpapercrafts@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page at https://facebook.com/@blackcatsandpapercrafts 

QUIET ACRES will be at market May 10th with our selection of Haldeman Mills products – NEW Stauffer’s cornmeal, Teff Flour (African Ivory and Dark) and buckwheat flour for the gluten sensitive, Buttermilk and Buckwheat Pancake Mixes, Shortcake/Cobbler Mix, Funnel Cake  and Soft Pretzel Mixes as well as Brinser’s Best Cornmeal.  On the craft side: NEW rope coasters, trivets, trinket bowls and baskets. We will also have upcycled braided rugs/runners/mug rugs of all sizes as well as aprons for kids and adults including summer sports teams.  Orders are welcome. We accept cash payments. You can contact us at QuietAcresPortAllegany@gmail.com 

CARD CREEK BAKERY will be at the market on May 10th. I will bring some of the breads and sweet treats that have been requested. My pleasure. I will also have jams and jellies made from local fruit. Fresh eggs from our hen house will be in the cooler. Each week a greater amount of items and those you request will be available. netrabaker2@gmail.com 814-544-7313 Or text 814-598-0649

Cameron County Chamber of Commerce is continuing to accept registrations for the Town Wide Yard Sales on Saturday, May 18. A map will be created of those sales and available starting Monday, May 13.  The date was selected to coincide with the annual Ridgway Chamber of Commerce yard sales.  “This creates a Route 120 treasure hunt,”  according to Tina Solak, executive director of  Cameron County Chamber of Commerce.

A separate Facebook page has been created so that people can see where the sales are planned and what items may be offered for sale.  The page is named Cameron County Town Wide Yard Sales.

RIDGWAY – The North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission (North Central) announces a new in-person training course focusing on local road maintenance issues through PennDOT’s Local Technical Assistance Program.

Erosion and Sedimentation Control will be hosted by Brookville Borough from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, June 26. The meeting will be held in the large meeting room in the borough’s complex located at 18 Western Ave., Brookville.

The course is designed to educate municipal employees on erosion and sedimentation control, with a focus on post-construction stormwater management. Topics covered in the course will also include erosion and sedimentation control measures and installation procedures. Examples of those control measures will also be discussed. The course will also focus on the municipality’s role in how to monitor post-construction stormwater management and the steps involved in developing erosion and sediment plans.

The McKean County Collaborative Board held their bimonthly meeting on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at the Hamlin Library in Smethport. Members of the Collaborative Board include community stakeholders whose vision is to develop collaborative solutions that strengthen well-being for all. The Board Chairs, Dan Wertz on McKean County Department of Human Services and Stephanie Eckstrom of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, and the Convener, Jenn Douglass of The Guidance Center, work in conjunction with the Steering Committee to develop the meeting agendas and arrange guest speakers.

The mission of the McKean County Collaborative Board is to identify and respond to community needs by providing opportunities for collaboration. The Collaborative Board meets bimonthly on the first Wednesday of the month. The purpose of these meetings is to share relevant information, opportunities, requests, and/or resources amongst Collaborative Board Members – with the broader purpose of strengthening our communities.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., May 9, 2024 – UPMC is hosting Safe Sitter® babysitting classes across north central Pennsylvania. Classes prepare students ages 11 through 16 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting. Students learn life-saving skills such as how to rescue someone who’s choking, and helpful information like what to do if there’s severe weather. The lessons are filled with fun activities and role-playing exercises. Students even get to use CPR manikins to practice choking rescue and CPR.

Upcoming classes:

• Thursday, June 6, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  UPMC Community Life Center, 641 Walnut St., Williamsport
• Wednesday, June 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  UPMC’s Coudersport Wellness Center, 1001 E. 2nd St., Coudersport
• Wednesday, July 10, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  UPMC Community Life Center, 641 Walnut St., Williamsport
• Thursday, July 25, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  UPMC Wellsboro, Cedar Conference Room, 32 Central Ave., Wellsboro
• Thursday, Aug. 1, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  UPMC Wellsboro, Cedar Conference Room, 32 Central Ave., Wellsboro

Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) placed a radar-controlled speed display board yesterday on Route 219 in Lafayette Township, McKean County. The board will be apparent to drivers traveling North into a bridge preservation work zone where the speed limit is currently reduced to 45 miles per hour. It is intended to remind drivers to obey the posted speed limit and aid in curbing speeding in the work zone.

Preservation work on the Staff Sergeant Carl Enis Memorial Bridge, which spans Kinzua Creek approximately three miles south of the intersection with Route 59, started Monday, April 22. The contractor is maintaining two open lanes while completing this work. However, the contractor has reduced the width of these lanes to accommodate construction crews. A speed limit reduction to 45 miles per hour will enhance safety through this work zone and will be actively monitored. The radar-controlled speed display board will remain in this location until project completion, which PennDOT anticipates in July.

​Montoursville, PA – Motorists are advised a two-year bridge rehabilitation project continues next week on Routes 6 and 2005 (Main Street) in Tioga County.

The Week of Sunday, May 12
Night work will begin on Route 6 between North Academy Street and Railroad Street and on Main Street between East Main Street and Route 1002 (East Elmira Street).

Work includes utility relocation and drainage improvements. Motorists can expect single lane conditions with flagging where work is being performed. Work will be performed between the hours of 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM.

Work on the ADA ramps throughout the business district will continue. Work will be performed between the hours of 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM. There will be minimal impact to traffic while work is being performed at these locations.

Future Detour
A westbound detour for bridge work is anticipated to be in effect Monday, June 10, 2024, through mid-August 2024.  Eastbound traffic will continue to travel through the work zone. Work in the central business district will be completed during the overnight hours.

Did anyone find a pickup truck bed cover on Dingman Run Road last weekend? If yes, please call or text 814 558 8280. Thank you!

On a beautiful Wednesday afternoon with temperatures in the 80’s, electrical power was lost to 63 West Penn Power customers along Main Street in Roulette.

Calls to West Penn indicated it was a transformer problem in State College and that a crew was on scene working on it so it shouldn’t be off for long. Next indication was that it was awaiting investigation and restoration was estimated AT 6:30 pm.

Two of us are dependent on home oxygen here.

And of course, our emergency power generator would not start when we needed it.

Fortunately, our son and son in law came to our rescue. They hooked an extension cord to the inverter in our van and were able to get the oxygen generator to produce a limited amount of oxygen so we could breath.

Wi-Fi, internet, and darn near everything else was not available. Cell phones were spotty on 4G, only giving partial service. Our son in law brought us his generator before it got dark.

After getting a final email from West Penn that the outage was extended to 10:30 PM, the power finally came back on at 8:30 PM as West Penn Crews finally arrived in Roulette to manually reset the circuit.

As a result, our news posting today is running behind and we’re trying to catch up.

Scanner reports on Wednesday morning indicated that a Ridgway man whose lifeless body was found next to the Dickinson Apartments on Mill Street was the victim of a homicide. Subsequent investigation revealed that the man had fallen from a 6th-story window.

Late Wednesday afternoon, Elk County Coroner Michelle A. Muccio-Krise released the following information in regards to a death that occurred in Elk County on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in the borough of Ridgway.

Timothy A. Towne, 58, was found deceased outside the N. Mill Street apartment complex in the borough of Ridgway.   Mr. Towne was pronounced dead at the scene by Elk County Coroner Michelle A. Muccio-Krise and following the investigation, it was determined that Mr. Towne fell from a sixth-story window.

An autopsy was completed early this afternoon and the cause of death is multiple blunt-force injuries consistent with a high-level fall.

This death appears to be accidental in nature and complicated by drug and alcohol use.  There is no foul play and the investigation continues by the Elk County Coroner’s Office, the Ridgway Borough Police and the Pennsylvania State Police.

Ed. note: This story was delayed by a 6 hour West Penn power failure at our Roulette office.

Roulette Township

May 9, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.

80 Railroad Ave., Roulette, PA, Potter County

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