agriculture

PARK: We recently asked if readers could tell us anything about a Kennedy Park that was in Bradford. A caller said he remembered a small park with pic...

FAIRS : With many taking the Father’s Day weekend to enjoy the outdoors, we thought it was a great time to talk about this resource for summer fun. Tr...

For the past several years, motorists on U.S. Route 219 in Bradford have been spoiled by the sight of a colorful roadside garden containing roses, ger...

Molly Lindahl walked gingerly along the steep slopes of Oak Hill Cemetery Monday, stopping here to pick up a plastic candy wrapper, and there to kick ...

PITTSBURGH — Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania fell by four cents this week to $2.644 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. T...

SMETHPORT — The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners will hold a plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 20 at the Penn State Extension Office, 17129 U....

The newly incorporated McKean County Community Foundation (MCCF) will build a path to our collective tomorrow. Its establishment has been spearheaded ...

ARBOR DAY: The Arbor Day Foundation was quite busy this year, appearing for events across the country on Friday in honor of the tree-planting celebrat...

SMETHPORT (EC) — The McKean County Conservation District celebrated Arbor Day Friday by sponsoring the "My Growing Tree" program for first graders at ...

SMETHPORT — The Farm Bureau could be one of agriculture's best kept secrets. Chris Hoffman, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau vice-president, who spoke Tuesday...

PORT ALLEGANY (EC) — The McKean County Conservation District celebrated Arbor Day by sponsoring the “My Growing Tree” program with the assistance of E...

RIDGWAY — The Conservation Districts of Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter, Tioga, and Warren counties, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Sustainable For...

SMETHPORT — With spring comes time to work on the land, build, create driveways and conduct other land-clearing activities. The McKean County Conserva...

WARREN — The Allegheny National Forest is planning several prescribed burns in the coming weeks. The goals of the planned burns are to improve habitat...

SEE AMERICA: Donald Neal of Bradford shared this ode to small town America. “See America” I have seen the snow capped mountains, And marveled at the f...

HARRISBURG — Applications are now available for federal grants to help Pennsylvania’s rural communities better guard against the threat of fires in fo...

RIDGWAY — The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau wants to make sure government regulations aren't inhibiting farmers from providing safe food for families. Duri...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday announced applications are being accepted for federal grants to help Pennsylvania’s rural communities better guar...

SMETHPORT — Garrett Cooper is a member of the New Idea Livestock 4-H Club in Smethport and the Smokey Meadow Riders 4-H Club in Cuba, N.Y., and he is ...

TOMATOES: We recently shared gardening tips from fellow master gardener Donald Comes of Smethport. He’s since passed along a couple of gardening-relat...