agriculture

With spring coming around the corner, many gardeners are beginning to think about the season ahead. For Bob Rusiewski, from the North Central Pennsylv...

KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum, scheduled for April 5, will feature Dr. Jean-Martin Lussier of the Canadian Forest Service, who will share insi...

GARDEN: Look out the window. In just a couple short months that snow will be melting and those bare trees will begin showing signs of new life. An art...

SMETHPORT — Makayla Gould, 15, is a member of the McKean County Wranglers and the Teen Council, and she is the featured 4-H member for spring 2018. He...

When I was a youngster at this time of the year, things would get busy around our house. At home the seed catalogs were beginning to stack up getting ...

State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, went to the White House on Tuesday, where he attended a conference geared toward removing barriers to success...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Staff at Canticle Farm report the all-natural farm continues to do well this winter despite the weather. Sister Melissa Scholl, presi...

COUDERSPORT — Three events will be held this month and next to offer opportunities to learn more about weed, insect and other pest management. A Potte...

VETERANS SQUARE: Sally Costik, curator of the Bradford Landmark Society, shared these words that appeared in The Bradford Era on May 9, 1879. It seems...

The Borough of Coudersport in Potter County is reinventing itself as it continues to recover from the loss of its biggest employer about a decade ago ...

SMETHPORT — It was a cold, damp morning last week when Donald “Corky” Hull jumped out of his full-size pickup truck and took a brisk walk up the hill ...

LAND WORK: Jody Groshek of the McKean County Conservation District shared some advice for people doing work on their land before the snow flies. Jody ...

DUKE CENTER — Otto-Eldred High School students were recognized Friday at the McKean County Conservation District's 2017 Awards Luncheon held at the sc...

The Northern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to conduct a small wood demonstration/ research project on the Kane experimental...

SMETHPORT — For the past 20 years or so, the biodynamic gardeners of Evergreen Elm have taken home ribbons from the McKean County Fair for vegetables ...

Workers could be seen setting up rides for the McKean County Fair over the weekend, which kicked off Saturday and Sunday with Ag Weekend. The fair con...

COUNTRY FAIR: With the 38th annual Crook Farm Country Fair and Old Time Music Festival coming up Aug. 24-27, we thought it was a great time to share s...

TURTLEPOINT — At least one blueberry picker was waiting early Saturday in a car parked in the Bozberry Farms parking area before the gates opened at t...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson Monday announced a $30,000 federal grant to help combat a fungal disease that is killing bats in Penns...

Editor’s note: The first stormwater bills will be arriving soon in the mailboxes of property owners in Bradford City. To answer the questions that man...