News, Round the Square
May 24, 2018
SIGNS OF LIFE: Whether in their backyards or high on a mountain, it’s almost certain Pennsylvanians will encounter young wildlife this time of year. W...
News, Round the Square
May 22, 2018
BEES: A third of the world’s food supply exists because of the support of pollinators such as bees, according to Connie Schmotzer, Penn State Extensio...
News, Round the Square
Dec 01, 2017
INSECTS: Ever found a creepy-crawly in your yard and wondered what it was? For many readers, you’ve lived in the area most of your life and spent a ma...
News, Round the Square
Nov 02, 2017
SPRUCE GOOSE: Today is the 70th anniversary of the first and only flight of Howard Hughes’s prototype for a huge wooden flying boat. The H-4 Hercules,...
News, Round the Square
Nov 01, 2017
CATERPILLAR: Jonathan Pomeroy of Kane found this wooly caterpillar Sunday in Kushequa. “Not sure what this woolly caterpillar portends, never saw a co...
Local News, News, Online Features
Oct 07, 2017
KANE — The impact of the spotted wing drosophila fruit fly, an invasive insect from Southeast Asia, on soft fruits, shrubs and tree fruit crops and th...
Columns, Outdoors, Sports
Aug 10, 2017
The crackle and popping sounds of small stones being compressed under the wheels of my vehicle was a familiar sound. It was one that was most welcomed...
Local News, News, Online Features
Aug 07, 2017
KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum will host two speakers on Oct. 5 at the Kane Country Club. Speakers will present the latest information on an in...
Local News, News
Aug 01, 2017
EMPORIUM — All families are encouraged to attend the 2 ND Annual Youth Conservation Night Aug. 9 at the Cameron County Fair. New this year, the name o...
Entertainment, Lifestyles
Jul 27, 2017
OLEAN, N.Y. — The Citizens Action Network of Southwestern NY and the Concerned Citizens of Cattaraugus County are sponsoring a film on the recent shar...
Local News, News, Round the Square
Jul 14, 2017
WASP: Carol P. Christensen of Port Allegany shared a photo of what she called the cicada killer wasp. It was in her yard on July 1. We looked the wasp...
Local News, News, Round the Square
Jul 03, 2017
TIDBITS: Andy Heffner of Ormsby called to talk about fireflies and springs. Last week he let his little dogs out in the yard, and they started to make...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jun 12, 2017
As of press time Sunday, a power outage on Welch Avenue caused by bees remained unresolved. According to Lt. Greg Lewis of the Bradford City Fire Depa...
Round the Square
May 23, 2017
GOT BEES?: The North Central PA Beekeepers Association may be able to take them. “It is the Honey Bee Swarm season again,” the association writes. “Be...
Local News, News
Apr 25, 2017
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has begun aerial spraying on more than 1,600 stream miles in 37 Pennsylvania coun...
Local News, News
Mar 22, 2017
Ash trees in the Allegheny National Forest are declining and dying due to the presence and spread of the emerald ash borer. To conserve ash on the ANF...
Round the Square
Jan 23, 2017
WOOLLY BEAR: So, we were walking along the Crook Farm Trail on Saturday, taking advantage of the unusually warm January weather, when a fellow walker ...
Family, Health, Physical Health
Jun 01, 2016
When it comes to mosquitoes, humans are actually lucky. Not all of the 3,500 mosquito species around the world have a taste for humans, or at least no...
Lifestyles
August 3, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I recently reconnected with a woman I dated briefly in the 1980s and haven't seen since. She's around my age. We both were married one year...
PA State News
August 2, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...
Business, Nation & World, PA State News
August 2, 2025
(TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...
Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
August 2, 2025
Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
Round the Square
August 2, 2025
EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
