Sabrina D. Webster, 56, of 32 North Street, Bradford, PA
Sabrina D. Webster, 56, of 32 North Street, Bradford, PA passed away Friday, April 26, 2024, at Mercy Hospital, in Buffalo NY.
Born November 2, 1967, in Bradford, she was a daughter of the late Mark Ralph and Elizabeth (Baliski) O’Rourke, Sr.
She was a 1985 graduate of Bradford High School and received a degree from DuBois Business School in 1987.
On July 13, 1987, in Bradford, she married Bill Webster who survives.
Sabrina was employed at Corning Glass, Bradford Electronics, and for the last 24 years at Allegheny Bradford Corporation.
She enjoyed bowling, fishing, going to bingo and to the Allegany Casino, but her greatest joy was being with her granddaughter Myla.
Roland C. Cleaveland, 90, of Emporium, PA
Roland C. Cleaveland, 90, of Emporium, PA passed away at Veterans Administration Hospital, Altoona, PA on Friday (April 26, 2024) morning following a lengthy illness surrounded by his family. He was born June 16, 1933 in Waterford, Maine a son of the late Horace Lowell and Hazel Bennett Cleaveland. On December 4, 1957 in South Portland, Maine he married the late Elsie I. Marston.
Roland attended school in Maine before joining the US Air Force and serving during the Korean Conflict. He was a POW for 6 months, also a recipient of two purple hearts and numerous other service medals. He then served with the US Coast Guard for a few years. He went to school in Maine to become a furnace burnerman and worked in that capacity for several years. He later worked at the Shirley Basin in Wyoming mining uranium. Roland enjoyed antique cars, steam locomotives, hunting, fishing, and playing his harmonica. He also loved eagles, watching westerns, and most of all spending time with family and friends.
PA Permit Violations Issued
| PA Permit Violation Issued to ROULETTE OIL & GAS LLC in Hebron Township, Potter County |
| Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 4/17/2024 to ROULETTE OIL & GAS LLC in Hebron Township, Potter county. OGA3220(A) – PLUGGING REQUIREMENTS – Failure to plug the well upon abandoning it. |
| Incident Date/Time: 2024-04-17 00:00:00 |
| Tags: PADEP, frack, violation, drilling |
Penn College spotlight on sports: Men’s lacrosse playoff preview
Even though his second-seeded team is coming off Saturday’s 23-9 win over Keystone College, Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s lacrosse coach Jordan Williams said he is taking nothing for granted entering Tuesday’s 7 p.m. home contest against No. 3 seed Keystone in a United East Conference semifinal.
Headed to the playoffs for the fourth straight season, the Wildcats enter the game with records of 4-1 in the UE and 9-8 overall, while Keystone is 3-2, 6-9.
“We can’t just assume that the same thing is going to happen. We’ve got to prepare like we’re playing for the national championship every single week. If we do what we’re supposed to, we’re going to have a good opportunity to move forward to the championship,” Williams said.
Cast Announced for Summer Musical “Joseph”
Hamilton-Gibson Productions announces the cast for their big summer musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This all-singing first musical by theater greats Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice will be presented at Straughn Auditorium on July 5 at 7:30, July 6 at 2:30 and 7:30; July 7 at 2:30 on the Commonwealth University of Mansfield campus.
George R. Brown, 41, of 4206 Rte. 305 South, Cuba, NY
George R. Brown: Father, Son, and Brother
George R. Brown, 41, of 4206 Rte. 305 South, Cuba, NY passed away unexpectedly, Friday, April 26, 2024 at home.
Born on September 16, 1982, in Olean, he was a son of Edward Brown and Laurie A. Rought Kelley.
George attended Cuba-Rushford School. He had worked as a farmhand for various farms, Davis Auto in Cuba, was a self-employed mechanic, and was currently working for A-1 Rental in Olean.
He enjoyed gardening and spending time with his children.
George is survived by
Letter To The Editor
On September 18. 2023 the Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee held a hearing on automated traffic enforcement. When you hear the elected officials endorsing cameras, rather than gathering comments, it says a lot. Only a few pro-camera people were allowed to speak, and submitting written comments was not intuitive.
As expected, the testimony said how great ticket cameras are. Why not, the cameras can bring in a lot of money for various people and entities. Ticket volume must be kept high in order to keep the cameras operating and fund everything. The problem is that you need to dig deeper. If you pull up the written testimony from Jay Beeber and the 3 others grouped with him, you start to get a clearer picture. Beeber went in-depth addressing speed cameras and stop-arm cameras. He did not get into red-light cameras in-depth, but the same concepts may apply. He took on all the programs and refuted everything the pro-camera speakers said. He had reams of data too, and his testimony was 19 pages long. Nobody else had this level of preparation, since the facts were on Beeber’s side.
Pennsylvania has seen various cases of higher crashes near ticket cameras, tickets issued in error, an FBI investigation, whistleblowers, etc.
With best-practice engineering and enforcement, tickets would be rare, and crashes would also be rare. That would not pay for the cameras, grant programs, etc., though. Making average drivers into scofflaws is bad. Engineers how to properly setup the roads, time to start now.
District III Meeting Notice
District III Legislators have scheduled their district meeting for Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the Independence Town Hall, 887 Marietta Ave, Whitesville, NY.
This meeting is being held for general discussion of mutual problems and interests. If there are any specific topics you would like to have addressed, please let one of your District III Legislators know, and they will try to provide a speaker for a future meeting.
Please give notice of this meeting to your town and village board members, as well as to members of the public, and encourage everyone to attend. Everyone is welcome to attend even if they do not live in District III.
District III Legislators:
Adam B. Cyr
Dwight Fanton
Debra Root
Silent Sky Offers History and Humor
The cast of Silent Sky is gearing up for their opening night performance on Friday May 10 at 7:30pm in the Coolidge Theater in Wellsboro.
The play is based on real-life astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, and chronicles various points in her life through the many ups and the downs. With the guidance of director Jessie Thompson, all of the actors bring both poignancy and humor to their roles. “I’ve seen a few versions of this play, and I noticed that those presentations emphasized the scientific work and historical nature of the play,” says Jessie. “I wanted us to try and show them as whole people with both talents and flaws, how they find joy and cope with struggles in their lives, and to make sure we made lots of room for humor through it all.
PennDOT Potter County Maintenance Work Schedule for the Week of April 29
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the following schedule of maintenance activities in Potter County the week of April 29. PennDOT performs year-round maintenance in its mission to provide a safe, efficient transportation system, and the scope of work in Potter County for the coming week is as follows:
Manual Patching
- Route 4012 (Oswayo Street) from the intersection of Route 44 and Assembly Park in Shinglehouse Borough. Monday, April 29. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
- Route 4017 (Oswayo Street/Sunny Side Road/Shay Town Road) from Academy Street in Shinglehouse Borough and the McKean/Potter county line in Sharon Township. Monday, April 29, through Thursday, May 2. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
- Route 4019 (Horse Run Road) from the intersection of Ceres Street in Shinglehouse Borough and the New York border. Tuesday, April 30, through Friday, May 3. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
- Route 4015 (Bells Run Road) in Sharon Township. Friday, May 3. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
Most permanent pothole patching is completed in the spring/summer when temperatures stay consistently above freezing. If maintenance crews were not repairing potholes, the road surface would break up further and require more expensive corrective measures.
PennDOT McKean County Maintenance Work Schedule for the Week of April 29
Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the following schedule of maintenance activities in McKean County the week of April 29. PennDOT performs year-round maintenance in its mission to provide a safe, efficient transportation system, and the scope of work in McKean County for the coming week is as follows:
Bridge Maintenance & Cleaning
Anthony A. “Tony” Young, 93, a resident of Pinecrest Manor and formerly of Penn Road, St. Marys, PA
Anthony A. “Tony” Young, 93, a resident of Pinecrest Manor and formerly of Penn Road, St. Marys, PA passed away on Friday, April 26, 2024 with his family by his side following a brief illness.
He was born on February 20, 1931, a son of the late Nicholas and Matilda Smithbauer Young.
On May 26, 1962, in Sacred Heart Church, he married Jane Rigard, who survives. Together they were blessed with nearly 62 years of marriage.
Tony was a lifelong resident of the area and graduate of Central High School, class of 1949. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954, and then went on to earn an Associate’s Degree from Penn State DuBois in Drafting and Design Technology. He retired from Keystone Powdered Metal Company after more than 36 years of dedicated service. He was a member of the St. Marys Sportsmen’s Club, the Knights of Columbus, and the American Legion. He was a faithful and dedicated member of Sacred Heart Church, where he also very active as a volunteer over the years.