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    Getting that garden summer ready
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    Getting that garden summer ready
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    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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    The versatile and hardy forsythia
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    The versatile and hardy forsythia
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    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...
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    Conservation district’s no-till drill available for rent
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    Conservation district’s no-till drill available for rent
    Apr 23, 2025
    SMETHPORT — In 2022, the McKean County Conservation District purchased a no-till drill for McKean County landowners to rent. During the past two years...
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    Human urine may be a new secret weapon for growing food
    News, World
    Human urine may be a new secret weapon for growing food
    Apr 22, 2025
    (TNS)—Scientists may have found a new tool for growing crops — and it’s something we flush away every day. The Cool Down reports that scientists have ...
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    Grow your own using seed libraries
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    Grow your own using seed libraries
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    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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    The garden’s unsung hero
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    The garden’s unsung hero
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    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...
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    Don’t start that garden cleanup just yet
    Lifestyles, Local News, News
    Don’t start that garden cleanup just yet
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    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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    Agricultural conservation assistance applications open
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    Agricultural conservation assistance applications open
    Apr 03, 2025
    The McKean County Conservation District announced the following application dates for the Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP) for fund...
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    ‘Round the Square: March and renewal, part 1 of 2
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: March and renewal, part 1 of 2
    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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    Snowdrops herald renewal
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    Snowdrops herald renewal
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    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...
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    Lenten rose among earliest bloomers
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    Lenten rose among earliest bloomers
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Gardener 
    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...
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    Webinar on soil fertility, garden layout
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    Webinar on soil fertility, garden layout
    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 ...
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    New online course to focus on agronomic pest control
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    New online course to focus on agronomic pest control
    Feb 27, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension is offering a new, online, self-paced course to teach pesticide applicators about the latest updates in agronom...
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    Tree, small fruit production the topic of Penn State Extension webinar
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    Tree, small fruit production the topic of Penn State Extension webinar
    Feb 09, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — For those with trees or berry plants or those starting a small orchard, Penn State Extension is offering a webinar, “Living on a Few...
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    McKean County winter farmer’s meeting
    Local News, News
    McKean County winter farmer’s meeting
    Jan 28, 2025
    The McKean County Conservation District will partner with Penn State Extension, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency to...
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    Herb garden a pleasant winter project
    Lifestyles, Local News, News
    Herb garden a pleasant winter project
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    Jan 03, 2025
    The amount of daylight is slowly getting longer. My African violets are all in bloom, my rabbit’s foot fern has put up a new frond and my paperwhites ...
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    Paperwhites lend a touch of spring
    Lifestyles
    Paperwhites lend a touch of spring
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Gardener 
    Dec 26, 2024
    A nice little project for the days and weeks after the holidays is planting paperwhite bulbs. Planting these lovely flowers is good for those quiet da...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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