Ghosts, goblins, princesses, and monsters are invited to the Cameron County Halloween Sidewalk Parade on Saturday, October 28. Emporium Food Market and the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce teaming up for the event. Prizes will be given to the scariest, prettiest, most original, and funniest in three age categories 5-10, 11-14, and 15 and over.

Cameron County Fireworks blast off each July during Weekend in the Wilds. Fundraising for the event kicks off this week with a raffle. Smoker Logging has donated two dump truck loads (2 cords) of firewood to be raffled. The winner will be drawn during Shop Small Saturday, November 25. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at Sunnyside Boutique or the chamber office.

The fireworks are a signature event for the county. “People book hotel rooms, pack their camps and plan vacation around the event,” according to chamber executive director Tina Solak. The chamber phones have already begun to ring with people asking for the date which is Saturday, July 6.

Please call 814-362-8288 or email Gkelley@brmc.com to RSVP!

The registration fee is $30.00.

*This includes tea, sandwiches and desserts. There will be some vendors there doing Rieke, Reflexology, Massage, Chair Yoga, and Paraffin Hand.  All these vendors, relax your body, mind, and soul!

The new owner of the floatation in Bradford will be there to talk with you about any questions you may have. Fran Charles will be at the event and will have special things planned! We will have some of our departments like X-Ray, Oncology, Cath Lab, Upbeat, and SMART there to talk with you and check blood pressure.

You will get to experience it all!!

Our HeartStrings Gift Shop will be open in case you would like to check out the unique items we have in there!

All proceeds will support our Sabrina K. Goode Imaging Service Fund!!

Between 5:30 p.m. and 5:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31, the Wellsboro Halloween Parade will form at Packer Park on Queen Street in Wellsboro.

Beginning at 6 p.m. children and adults in costume will walk from Packer Park along Queen Street to Main Street. The parade will end on Main Street at Central Avenue.

Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., explore the waterfalls along the lower Turkey Path on your quest to unlock the geologic secrets of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.

“This is a repeat of the popular hike we offered in June. The response was so good, we wanted to offer it again,” said Natural Resource Program Specialist.

TIm Morey. 

The one-mile round trip hike up about 400 vertical feet, halfway up the Turkey Path, will be led by both park staff and professional geologists from DNCR’s Bureau of Geological Survey, weather permitting. If weather becomes an issue, the hike will be canceled. 

The Hamilton-Gibson Women’s Project is holding open, in-person auditions for its production of “Holiday Shorts & Sweets” at 1 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 15, and at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16 in the Gallery at the Warehouse Theatre at 3 Central Avenue in Wellsboro. 

There are three 10-minute plays with roles for 12 females and 3 males and six holiday letters to be presented by one male and five female performers. No experience is necessary to audition. All genders and races are welcome.  

This coming Monday, Oct. 16 through next Friday, Oct. 20 is Fall Cleanup Week in Wellsboro Borough. Residents can put items at the curbside on their regular garbage pickup day. 

Items acceptable for cleanup week collection include leaves in bags or boxes, trash, old furniture, mattresses and springs wrapped in plastic, old tires (2 per household), lawn rakings, paper, magazines, litter, brush, small tree limbs, and shrub clippings. Like items must be bundled together. 

Not collected will be demolition and construction materials, scrap metal, and appliances, which can be disposed of for a fee at the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority’s Tiadaghton location at 10455 Route 6, Wellsboro. For information and pricing, call NTWSA Tiadaghton at 570-724-0145.

The borough does not pick up nor does NTWSA Tiadaghton take electronics of any type. Find out who does this by calling 570-724-0145.

For more information about cleanup week, call the borough office at 570-724-3186. 

This year’s Halloween Path is being held outdoors, rain or shine, along the Walnut Street driveway at UPMC Wellsboro (formerly Soldiers + Sailors Memorial Hospital) from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28. It is free and open to the public. 

Families are encouraged to join in by dressing in costume. The theme is “Family Movie Night.” Trick-or-treaters will visit different stations along the path where they will receive special goodies and themed trinkets and be greeted by characters from different movies, such as “Frozen,” “Scooby-Doo,” “Wizard of Oz,” “Barbie,” “Monster Inc.,” “Lion King,” “Willy Wonka.” “Shrek.” “Moana,” “Super Mario,” “Minions,” “Elf,” “Adams Family,” and “Toy Story.”

For more information, contact Karen Huffman at 570-723-0100 or Faith Preston at 570-723-0191

Alfred Station, NY, October 4, 2023 – The Allegany-Cattaraugus-Chautauqua Fund for Women (ACC FFW) announces its year-end fundraising campaign, including an in-person event on November 12th. Funds raised during this period will support the ACC FFW’s grant-making activities in 2024, benefitting women seeking financial assistance for long-term financial health.  Since 2018, the ACC FFW has awarded more than $14,000 in grants to women across the three counties, helping them on their path toward sustained self-sufficiency.