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What was once a small, simple, family-run dairy farm has become a destination business that has more than 400 employees, nearly one for each of the 50...

Women can learn how to protect themselves, make an iron keepsake in a blacksmith shop or pound plants to create stunning artwork during the 2017 Creat...

The pleasant melodies of the Twin Tier Community Band are expected to kick-off the first week of July during a performance at 2 p.m. Sunday on the gro...

It was a fun and sometimes frustrating spring gobbler season. On days where you’d expect the birds to sound off, they remained silent. Other times the...

Staff at Friendship Table have plenty to be thankful for these days following announcements they will receive a $1,250 grant from Walmart Supercenter ...

A group of youngsters will be fiddling around on stage — literally — Sunday when the “Western New York Fiddle Kids” perform at the University of Pitts...

For the past five years, kayak and canoe enthusiasts with the “We Gotta Regatta” benefit have floated their boats down the Tunungwant Creek for a day ...

Spring at the historic Crook Farm on Seaward Avenue not only has flowering bushes and trees thick with leaves, but also packs of school children runni...

SMETHPORT (EC) — Chris Hoffman, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau vice-president, will be the guest speaker at the McKean-Potter Farm Bureau's spring banquet a...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Residents are invited to join the Pfeiffer Nature Center for a guided tour through the maple trees and sugaring operation at Sprague...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. —Cold nights and above-freezing temperatures during the day are a recipe for a good run of maple sap this time of year. By the looks o...

SMETHPORT (EC) — Laura Isadore, McKean County prothonotary and clerk of courts, has announced her candidacy for re-election on the Republican ticket i...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — In the 10 years that Sister Joyce Ramage of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany has served as president of Canticle Farm, the all natu...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has named Christine L. Tyler as its new assistant director for annual giving. Tyler is a 2016 graduate of Pit...

With Thanksgiving behind us and more snow on the horizon, residents are planning the Christmas season ahead. For some of the craftier ones, this may m...

SMETHPORT (EC) — This year Penn State Extension celebrates 100 years in McKean County. Many people associate extension with agriculture or the 4-H pro...

We’ve all heard it before: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. It’s a well-known idiom, and for good reason—there’s a great deal of truth to it. App...

Oh, deer! In 2015, a total of 33 reported deer-related vehicle crashes occurred in McKean County, 25 in Elk County, 10 in Potter County and five in Ca...

Just a few generations ago, the question of farm transfer and the fate of family farmland – a complex and often divisive issue today – was a much simp...

Before semi-trucks and interstate highways, before trade treaties and cargo ships, people ate food that came from much closer to where they lived. The...