The Bradford Era

Posts
County ordinance ‘not exclusionary, it’s protective’
Local News
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
October 29, 2025
Nearly 18 months after Swift Current Energy first proposed its sprawling Black Cherry Wind project for McKean County, commissioners drafted a county-l...
Read More...
Norwich Twp. adds solar, battery storage rules
Local News
Expands wind energy ordinance
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
October 24, 2025
CROSBY — Norwich Township supervisors repealed the municipality’s Wind Energy Facilities, Ordinance 43, at their meeting Tuesday — replacing it with a...
Read More...
Commissioners quietly end public call-in access to meetings
Local News
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
October 16, 2025
McKean County residents will no longer be able to listen in on commissioners’ meetings via conference call — a public access tool that has been in pla...
Read More...
Law says ‘Can’t ban it,’ residents say ‘Don’t want it’
Local News
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
October 10, 2025
SMETHPORT — Pennsylvania law protects private property rights by preventing municipalities from completely banning a legitimate type of land use from ...
Read More...
County to weigh wind rules, seeks public input
Local News
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
October 7, 2025
Interested residents can help shape the final version of McKean County’s wind energy ordinance at a public hearing to be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in th...
Read More...
Bill would override local control, fast track energy development
Local News, PA State News
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
September 25, 2025
Pennsylvania House Bill 502 of the 2025-26 session, part of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Lightning Plan, would centralize energy project siting decisions under...
Read More...
McKean County solar project encompasses 681 acres
Local News
Permits in place, project in compliance
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
September 19, 2025
CLERMONT — In a southcentral portion of McKean County, 681 acres of Pennsylvania Wilds have been cut, chopped, sawed and scraped to the bare earth. Th...
Read More...
‘Pack your bags and go’; residents push back on wind project
Local News
Residents push back on wind project
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
September 17, 2025
CROSBY — No punches were pulled during a public hearing held by Norwich Township supervisors Tuesday evening to consider a meteorological (met) tower ...
Read More...
Gears are turning now
Local News
Commissioners take up windmill matter 
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
September 12, 2025
SMETHPORT — Now that Swift Current Energy has submitted its permit applications for meteorological (met) towers in Norwich Township, McKean County com...
Read More...
Local & Social