NEWS

Penn College has scheduled Information Sessions for their upcoming LPN course beginning in September. When you enroll in the full-time Practical Nursing program, you’ll be on your way to a fulfilling career in just one year. With skilled faculty, hands-on learning labs, 1,546 hours of instruction, and access to Penn College student services, you’ll be confident and ready to take the Practical Nursing licensing exam (NCLEX-PN), and if you want to advance your career, we have pathways to get you there.  

To learn more, attend one of the Information Sessions that are scheduled for Thursdays, January 16 or February 13, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at Penn College/Wellsboro, 22 Walnut Street, or live via Zoom at the Education Council’s Coudersport office at 5 Water Street. Registration is required. For more information or to register for an Information Session, call Wendy Joachim at (570) 724-7703.

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will open its 2025 scholarship application process on January 31.

Students can apply through the online scholarship portal at cattfoundation.org/apply-for-scholarships.

By completing the universal application, students become eligible for over 100 scholarship opportunities tailored to various interests and career goals.

In 2024, CRCF awarded $312,853 in scholarships to 172 students across 249 awards, including continuing payments for multi-year scholarships.

Scholarships are available to students throughout the region, including, depending on the criteria of each fund, Cattaraugus, Allegany, Chautauqua and McKean (PA) counties for a multitude of career aspirations.

 On Monday, January 13, 2025, the Coudersport Area Lions Club presented Coudersport Senior Center volunteer, Nancy Lent, with a check for $250.00.  The Lions Club made this donation during the Senior Center’s well-attended and delicious Soup and Bake Sale.  The Lions hope the donation will help the senior center as they provide vital information,  interesting speakers, games, and activities for the seniors of our community.

The Coudersport Senior Center is located at 200 Chestnut Street. It is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8 AM – 2 PM.  A lunch is served, which needs to be pre-ordered.  New members and volunteers are always welcomed.  Stop by the Senior Center for a copy of the monthly lunch menu and activity schedule, or call 814-274-7887.

The Coudersport Area Lions Club meets the first Monday of each month at 3:30 PM in the Ambulance Hall located at 122 E 2nd Street.  The Lions Club is a volunteer organization that supports our local community through service projects.  If you are interested in finding out more about the Lions, please feel free to join us at one of our meetings, or call 814-203-3664.  

I got up this morning to a temperature of 11 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold, you say? For some, perhaps, but for others, it’s a matter of perspective. Why is that? Why does a person’s perspective play a great part in how they see things?

A quick look at the long-range forecast shows that it will get much colder, with a couple of days at 0 degrees Fahrenheit or below. Yet some take it in stride and prepare differently, while others will view it as one of the worst couple of days of the new year. Me? I’ll take it in stride and enjoy it. Why? As I said before, it’s always a matter of perspective.

Williamsport, Pa., January 15, 2025 – Ganga Ranasuriya, M.D., UPMC Pulmonology in North Central Pa., has been honored with the 2024 Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) Everyday Hero award. Dr. Ranasuriya was nominated by a patient and selected for exceptional dedication and outstanding care. 

PAMED’s Everyday Hero Award is designed to showcase talented physicians who don’t view themselves as heroes, but to patients and colleagues they are. The award aims to highlight physician members who go above and beyond in their daily practice to provide exceptional care to their patients. 

Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library’s First Beef on Weck Fundraiser is Here!

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Emporium, PA — Ready to beef up your lunch game? The Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library is cooking up something irresistible—our first ever Beef on Weck Fundraiser! Sink your teeth into the king of sandwiches while supporting your favorite library.

          BRADFORD, PA – Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC), a Kaleida Health facility, proudly announces it has achieved accreditation through Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for the services of laboratory.

            Accreditation is a process through which healthcare organizations demonstrate compliance with national standards. Accreditation by ACHC reflects on an organization’s dedication and commitment to meeting standards that facilitate a higher level of performance and patient care.

!! BEWARE OF A RECENT SCAM !!

Bradford Township Police issue the following warning:  A recent scam has been showing up in many states. A “brushing” scam is when someone receives an unexpected gift or item not ordered in the mail from a place like Amazon or other company. Examples of gifts we’ve seen include rings, bracelets, necklaces, Bluetooth speaker, etc. The gift will have the recipient’s address but will not include the sender’s information or be from a known retailer.

When the recipient opens the package to see what it is and possibly who sent it, there is a QR code to scan to find out who sent the gift. Once the code is scanned, all the information from that phone will be sent to scammers. They receive all access to the phone. All personal and financial information is accessible to the scammers and often the victim’s bank accounts are drained. The gift QR code should NOT be scanned for any reason. QR code scams are nothing new. These scams show up in all places, including parking meters. Inform your family members about the scam and avoid scanning any unknown QR codes included in packages.

There will be a Supervisor seat up for election this year (6 year term). Interested candidates will have to get a petition from the County Elections office and collect 10 signatures of registered voters in whichever party they are running. Petitions may be circulated February 18 and must be turned in by March 11. Requirements are that you are at least 18 years old, a registered voter, and have lived in the Township for at least 1 year.

WELLSBORO, PA – There are new sweet treats on the market that carry the iconic Pennsylvania Wilds logo, thanks to a new partnership between Highland Chocolates and the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship.

“Bigfoot is a popular character in the region, and we enjoyed working with the PA Wilds Center team to create these whimsical chocolate figures that can bring joy to people exploring the region and its communities,” said Erin Roupp, Operations Manager at Highland Chocolates.

The team at Highland Chocolates has developed two different PA Wilds branded products to date, with one recently hitting the shelves at the PA Wilds Conservation Shop location at Kinzua Bridge State Park, as well as the Highland Chocolates very own shop location.

A solid 1-ounce milk chocolate bigfoot wrapped in special PA Wilds-themed packaging is now available for $2.95. 

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, including Hanley Library, will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

The Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center located on Marilyn Horne Way in downtown Bradford will be closed, but the café in Horne Hall will be open that day from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Regular hours for the museum are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The café’s regular hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. 

The Game Commission is asking for the public’s help finding turkey flocks to trap for ongoing projects.

Pennsylvanians are encouraged to report the location of any turkey flocks they see across the state. Information is being collected online at https://pgcdatacollection.pa.gov/TurkeyBroodSurvey now through March 15.

Among other things, visitors to that webpage are asked to provide the date of the sighting, the location, and the type of land (public, private or unknown) where birds are seen.

Game Commission crews will assess sites for the potential to trap turkeys. Just like the last five winters, the Game Commission will put leg bands on male turkeys statewide. Turkeys will not be moved; they’ll simply be leg-banded and released on site. In four Wildlife Management Units – WMUs 2D, 3D, 4D and 5C – female turkeys, hens, also will be leg banded and about 130 hens also will be outfitted with GPS transmitters, then be released back on site, to be monitored over time.

Have you ever had the drinking water from your well, spring, or cistern tested for lead and other health-related pollutants?  If not, here’s your chance!

Over 8,600 households in McKean County get their drinking water from a private source.  These residents are voluntarily responsible for testing and treating their own water.  About half of the private water systems in Pennsylvania fail at least one drinking water standard, but many pollutants have no obvious indicators.  The only way to be certain that water is safe to drink is to have it tested routinely by an accredited laboratory.