State Police and PEMA are on the scene assisting local first responders and PA Secretary of Transportation and his team are en route to assess the situation and address traffic needs.
Lt. Governor Austin Davis and I are closely coordinating with partners in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and the federal government and we will share more information as we have it.
For now, please avoid the area and follow the direction of the first responders on the scene.
David Gatesman, MBA, RT, will oversee the multifaceted UAHS physician practices located throughout the twin tiers as the new executive director of practice management.
BRADFORD, PA – Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS), parent company of Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), announce the appointment of David Gatesman, MBA, RT, as the executive director of practice management. In this role, Gatesman will be responsible for the oversite of UAHS’ physician practices that employs more than 30 medical providers across multiple specialties and hundreds of physician practice employees.
Gatesman’s healthcare experience spans over 25 years in various vice president and director roles in organizations across the nation. His most recent position was at Wellspan York Hospital located in York, PA where he held the title of Director of Operations Perioperative Services and Patient Transport.
“His clinical experience in a multitude of roles as well as his leadership capabilities make David a perfect match for the needs in our physician network,” said Jill Owens, MD, president, UAHS. “Our physician recruitment efforts have been a high point over the course of the past few years. I know David is the right person for continuing the job of recruiting new providers and specialists, along with removing access barriers and improving patient experience.”
This is a homecoming of sorts for Gatesman who grew up in Bradford, graduating from Bradford Central Christian High School and even got his start in healthcare at BRMC when he attended the BRMC School of Radiography.
“It’s great to be back! I can’t wait to continue helping turn the needle in a positive direction with providing quality healthcare for our Bradford and Olean communities,” said Gatesman. “The progress made at UAHS in the last year has been impressive and is what drew me back to the area. I wanted to be a part of the progress and help to improve the healthcare experience for our patients, their families, our team members, and our providers.”
Gatesman earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Houghton College, Houghton, NY and received his master’s degree from University of Phoenix in business administration.
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.
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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:
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.
Offers Key Tips to Help Identify Legitimate Sales Agents and Avoid Deceptive, Misleading or High-Pressure Marketing Pitches
HARRISBURG – As in-person sales and marketing activities increase across Pennsylvania – driven by warmer weather and continuing fluctuations in energy prices – the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today is offering consumers key tips to help identify legitimate door-to-door energy sales agents and avoid potential scams.
“Pennsylvania has clear rules regarding energy sales practices, and the PUC encourages consumers to understand these important protections,” said Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, PUC Chairman. “PUC regulations provide consumers with essential tools to help recognize deceptive sales practices and avoid falling victim to unscrupulous sales agents.”
Tip #1: Always #CheckForID
Pennsylvania’s regulations for energy sales and marketing require agents who conduct door-to-door activities, or appear at public events, to wear badges that clearly identify themselves and the supplier they are working for.
Identification badges for energy sales agents must include the following:
Accurate identification of the supplier, including its trade name and …
Do dry times like these make you wish you had stored some rainwater?
The Tioga County Conservation District is holding a Rain Barrel Workshop on Friday, June 30 at 4 p.m. at the Tokishi Building located at 124 Nypum Drive in Wellsboro.
This is a free event and the first 20 people to call and RSVP by Thursday, June 22 will receive a barrel and a DIY rain barrel kit.
Watershed Specialist Tyler Upham will give an educational presentation on non-point source pollution and how rain barrels can aid in its reduction. Following his presentation, Upham will lead the group in building their own rain barrels.
To register, call the conservation district office at 570-724-1801. Supplies are limited, but people can still participate in the workshop if they don’t receive a barrel.
Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
There will be two more opportunities for people to see “Grit and Mirrors,” Gale Largey’s inspiring film about Wellsboro’s first and only movie star.
Showings are at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, June 9 and at 8 p.m. next Thursday, June 15, in the Deane Center’s Coolidge Theatre at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro. Admission is by donation.
Kathryn “Kitty” Moran was born in Wellsboro and went on to become a movie star known as Kathryn Crawford during the 1920s and early 1930s. She appeared in 18 feature films alongside Hollywood stars such as Buddy Rogers, Robert Young, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, The Three Stooges, Carole Lombard and others of that era.
Despite turmoil throughout her Iife, she survived and thrived. “Thanks to her sheer grit and a belief in the American dream, Kitty refused to be a victim of past experiences,” said Largey.
He Iives in Wellsboro and is a retired MansfieId University sociology professor who enjoys presenting films about interesting people from this area.
Largey did the research for “Grit and Mirrors” and is the writer and director. Mark Polonia is the editor and Bernadette Chiaramonte did the graphics.
Anne Acker of Wellsboro is Kitty’s voice and Kevin Thomas, owner of KC101, is the voice of “Radio Man.”
“Many other local residents volunteered their talents for the production for voice-overs and provided assistance,” said Largey.
For more information, contact the Deane Center at 570-724-6220.
