News, Round the Square
May 16, 2025
IVY: “Leaves of three, let them be.” We’ve likely all heard that old saying about poison ivy. Farmers Almanac Editor Peter Geiger wrote an important a...
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May 12, 2025
JOHNSONBURG — Rolfe Beagle Club, an active bird dog and sportsmen’s group in Johnsonburg, completed another important piece of its wetland improvement...
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May 06, 2025
Now that temperatures are consistently in the 60-degree range it is finally time to weed, edge and mulch our perennial borders and foundation shrubs. ...
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May 02, 2025
SMETHPORT — On April 25, Arbor Day, the McKean County Conservation District held a celebration with a tribute to Conservation District Director Blaine...
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May 02, 2025
When one thinks of a school open house, sights that come to mind might be models of planets, or working volcanoes. Next Thursday, when the Otto-Eldred...
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Apr 25, 2025
I always look for my forsythia bush to be some of the first flowers of spring. Blooming during Eastertide caused the shrub to be known as the Easter T...
National News, News
Apr 22, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit's eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the c...
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Apr 22, 2025
Today is Earth Day. Interested in planting a garden or supporting pollinators this year? Two local libraries have just what you need to get started. W...
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Apr 17, 2025
The long-range weather forecast gives us hope that May will be the spring weather for which we have all been waiting. Our spring bulbs are blooming, t...
News, Round the Square
Apr 16, 2025
MAYFLOWERS: Joe Cucuzza called us from Lewis Run to tell us the mayflowers are blooming behind the old Valley Hunt Club. His family has an annual trad...
Lifestyles, Local News, News
Apr 08, 2025
In McKean County, spring weather is always a rollercoaster. Sunshine and 70 degrees one day and 30 degrees and snow squalls the next. After a long har...
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Apr 01, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — While we’ve had a lot of snow and ice in Pennsylvania this winter season, we haven’t had consistent snow-covered ground and have alr...
News, Round the Square
Mar 26, 2025
MARCH: March is filled with symbols that remind us of renewals. “The cheerful bloom, the daffodil, symbolizes new beginnings and hope, while the aquam...
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Mar 25, 2025
At our house no flower is more welcome than the early spring snowdrop. They are the first flower to appear in my garden often pushing their way up thr...
News, PA State News
Mar 24, 2025
SHANKSVILLE (AP) — Officials say it will take decades to replace and revitalize trees at the national memorial in western Pennsylvania to the crew and...
News, Round the Square
Mar 20, 2025
SPRING: Spring is here! The snow and ice are disappearing, and soon the beautiful colors of nature will be everywhere. Sure, by about September we’ll ...
News, Round the Square
Mar 19, 2025
YELLOW: When you think about harbingers of spring, does the lovely yellow forsythia bush make your list? It does for the Farmers Almanac.”Forsythia ar...
Lifestyles, Local News, News
Mar 13, 2025
I have always been curious about plants called the Christmas rose and another called the Lenten rose. They are herbaceous (die back to the soil and re...
Local News, News
Mar 04, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — For those deciding where to start their garden or orchard, Penn State Extension is offering a webinar, “Living on a Few Acres: Soil ...
Lifestyles, Local News, News
Feb 18, 2025
Native plants are those plants that occur naturally in our environment. Wildlife as well as people need these native plants to create a healthy enviro...
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May 16, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...
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May 16, 2025
Tuesday is the primary election. This year, many of the offices up for election have no candidates on the ballot, meaning write-in votes are likely to...
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May 16, 2025
OLEAN, N.Y. — Bradford, Pa., native Tonie Westlake describes balancing school, work and her personal life as “pure chaos.” It’s understandable. In add...
News, Round the Square
May 16, 2025
IVY: “Leaves of three, let them be.” We’ve likely all heard that old saying about poison ivy. Farmers Almanac Editor Peter Geiger wrote an important a...
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May 16, 2025
(Editor’s note: Additional elections coverage can be found on page A-3 of today’s edition. Potter County elections information appears in today’s Clas...
