At 11:53 PM on Saturday, Derrick City Fire Rescue and Bradford Ambulance have been dispatched to 485 Bolivar Drive in Foster Township for a vehicle into a structure.
Derrick City Volunteer Fire Department
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At 5:52 PM on Saturday, Roulette Ambulance & Medic 6 have been dispatched to Brophy Avenue for a person unresponsive.
Two vehicle accident- one a Ford Taurus, other one an SUV/Crossover type-unknown make-pulling a small utility trailer on Route 549 just across the Tioga/Bradford County Line in Bradford County on the S Curve by TMT Gravel Pit.
I came across it at just before 3pm. No known injuries.
Both Daggett Fire Dept and Millerton Fire Dept on scene.
Boinski
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At 3:14 PM on Saturday, Shinglehouse Fire Rescue & Ambulance have been dispatched to a one vehicle crash located 1 1/2 mile south of the Millport bridge on Route 44.
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SWN PRODUCTION CO LLC Reports Drilling Started (SPUD) in Liberty Twp Township
SWN PRODUCTION CO LLC reports drilling started on 2015-11-22 00:00:00 at site LEPLEY 3H in Liberty Twp township, Tioga county
Tags: PADEP, frack, spud, drilling, gas, unconventional
At 1:45 AM on Saturday, several police agencies and 2 ambulances from Port Allegany Ambulance Service have been dispatched to Shooters Bar on Main Street in Port Allegany for injuries from a bar fight and a possible alcohol overdose. Police report 3 persons in custody.
At 2:15 AM--Roulette Ambulance has been dispatched in place of Port Allegany.
Port Allegany Police officer arrested Dallas Ray Craft, 21, of Eldred, PA. Craft was arraigned before District Judge William Todd and committed tot he McKean County Prison in lieu of $50,000. cash bail.
At 12:08 AM on Saturday, Wellsville, Allentown and Alma have been dispatched to a one vehicle crash in front of 1710 Alma Hill Road with entrapment. One patient is reported unconscious.
Allentown Volunteer Fire Department
At 12:02 AM on Saturday, Westfield, Harrison Township and Ulysses have been dispatched to a motor vehicle crash in front of 2596 Rt. 49 East.
At 9:40 PM on Friday, Rew Fire Dept. has been dispatched to an area across from 619 South Kendall Avenue for an unknown type fire.
Recalled--Controlled burn.
James F. Holleran
James F. Holleran, 91, of 794 King St., Northumberland, formerly of 11 Dennis Lane, Bradford, PA, passed away, Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
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At 8:00 PM on Friday, Port Allegany Fire Dept. & Ambulance have been dispatched to the area of 840 Two Mile Road for a one car accident with 2 injuries.
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At 3:17 PM on Friday, Ludlow, Kane, Lafayette and Sheffield Ambulance have been dispatched to a house fire at 2284 West Chappel Fork Road in Hamilton Township.
Additional manpower needed at scene. This is a camp.
At 2:49 PM on Friday, Knoxville Fire Department and Clymer Ambulance have been dispatched to the area of 10670 Rt. 249 for a pickup truck fire.
Birdsall Chief issued RECALL. Fire is out.
At 2:40 PM on Friday, Birdsall Fire & Ambulance have been dispatched to an ATV accident near 8971 County Road 16 south of Birdsall where a person is reported injured. Amedical helicopter has been summoned to land at the fire hall.
Andrew S. Bartas
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Goodies For Our Troops packaging event for Valentine’s care packages is on Friday and Saturday ONLY, December 11 and 12, from 1-5 p.m. at 87 Main Street in Downtown Wellsboro.
During this season of giving, Goodies asks folks of all ages from little kids to senior citizens to open their hearts and wallets to donate goodies, funds, and/or loan “helping hands” to help wrap goodies. No donation is too small whether a half hour of time, a pack of M&Ms, or 25 cents from a youngster’s piggy bank. All donations are tax deductible and sincerely appreciated by our troops.
Photo is of Kimberly Smith, holding 2-month-old Daniel, while watching 4-year-old Lily and 2-year-old Elizabeth paste name labels on drawings kids made for our heroes.
At a time when many similar organizations around the country have disbanded, Goodies For Our Troops continues to ship year-round care packages, thanks to the support and prayers of so many hundreds of generous folks over the past 10 years plus 5 months.
J. Loveland emailed to Rep. Matt Baker: “Good morning Representative Baker. I am from North Central PA and am currently deployed overseas. I am in charge of taking care of the various technology needs here. Today I installed a few computers in one of our doctor’s offices and I looked up and saw a notepad with your name on it. I smiled, and thought, wow, here I am overseas and I see a little something from back home. I just wanted to say thank you for your thoughtfulness and prayers. I don’t know how long ago this was sent or who it was sent to, but I know God had a hand in me seeing it today. Again, thank you for putting a smile on my face!” Goodies For Our Troops obtained Mr. Loveland’s address and added him to our list for year-round care packages.
To add troops to Goodies care package list or for more information, email Goodies@PTD.net or call 570-662-5601.
Goodies For Our Troops is an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Tax deductible donations can be mailed to PO Box 383, Wellsboro PA 16901.
Our packaging event flyer and mail from our troops are attached.
FMI Goodies@ptd.net 570-662-5601
We wish you all and your families a joyous holiday season and are so thankful to you for your continuing support of our heroes and Goodies For Our Troops!
Please keep our heroes, our veterans, their families, and the families of our Fallen Heroes in your prayers!
At 2:19 PM on Friday, Wellsboro Fire Dept. & EMS have been dispatched to a Commercial Rescue at 230 Old Tioga Street. A person there is reported to have a finger impaled with a sewing machine needle.
At 2:06 PM on Friday, Shinglehouse Ambulance has been dispatched to North Lincoln Street for a man ill.
At 1:58 PM, Emporium Ambulance has called for a landing zone at the high school for a medical helicopter for a male who fell from a roof in Shippen Township.
2:08 PM--Helicopter cancelled. Patient refused flight.Patient being transported to Penn Highlands, Elk.
At 1:50 PM on Friday, Shinglehouse Ambulance & Olean 10 have been dispatched to Chapman Brook Road for a medical emergency. EMS on scene has asked for lifting assistance from Fire Dept.
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WELLSBORO—The Hamilton-Gibson Children and Youth Choirs will present their annual Dickens of a Concert on Friday, December 4 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Central Avenue in Wellsboro.
The four choirs will open the concert with “Hodie,” a rousing fanfare featuring trumpet and conclude it with “God Bless the Master,” a traditional folk carol. R. Vaughan Williams composed “Hodie” and arranged “God Bless the Master.”
In between, each choir will sing songs individually and with other choirs.
Under the direction of Laureen Davis, Choir, TOO, Hamilton-Gibson’s training choir composed of second through fourth graders, will sing “Snow” and other selections. They will join with the Children’s Concert Choir fifth through eighth graders to sing “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Poet Robert Frost wrote the text.
The Young Men’s Choir will sing the moving “Scots Nativity,” a traditional Scottish carol; the traditional Spanish carol “Riu, Riu, Chiu;” and “You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” The Young Women’s Choir will perform “White Christmas” and a spoof of “The 12 Days of Christmas,” among others. Both choirs are composed of ninth through twelfth graders.
Other combined choir numbers are “Past Three O'Clock,” arranged by Cary Ratcliff, and the African “Baba Yetu.”
Hamilton-Gibson is committed to making sure that every family that wants to be involved with the H-G Choir program can be, regardless of financial situation. To enable eager young singers to participate, find out about contributing to the George H. Putnam and the Katherine Brennan Scholarship Funds by calling Hamilton-Gibson at 570-724-2079 or emailing hamgib@gmail.com.
Admission to the concert at the door is $8 for adults and $4 for students and children. For more information call Hamilton-Gibson at 570-724-2079.
At 1:17 PM on Friday, Ridgway Fire Department has been dispatched to the area for 109 Ridgway Drive for an outside fire behind the residence.
At 1:14 PM on Friday, Wellsville EMS & Rescue dispatched to a 2 vehicle accident near Tops on the Bolivar Road. One injury is reported.
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| Barbara Most of Rose Valley, Trout Run is among the artisans who will be displaying their works at the Vesta Art and Craft Show & Sale at the Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center in Wellsboro. She is holding her handmade grapevine wreaths and baskets. |
2015 totals continue to outpace previous year’s.
Hunters during the third day of Pennsylvania’s statewide bear season harvested 223 bears, raising the three-day total to 2,487 – an increase compared to the 2,289 bears taken during the first three days of the 2014 season.
Archery and other early bear season harvest data still is being entered into the Game Commission’s database, and is not available at this time.
Bears have been harvested in 54 counties during the statewide season so far.
The top 10 bears processed at check stations by Wednesday were either estimated or confirmed to have live weights of 616 pounds or more.
One bear taken on Tuesday joined the state’s top 10.
John Gilpin, of Newfoundland, Pa., harvested a male estimated at 629 pounds Tuesday in Greene Township, Pike County.
Two 713-pound bears remain tied for the heaviest among those harvested during the statewide season. A 713-pound male, was taken in Granville Township, Mifflin County, on Monday by Gregory A. Wilson, of Lewistown, Pa.; and another male estimated at 713 pounds was taken Nov. 21 in Blair Township, Blair County, by Richard A. Watt, of Gallitizen, Pa.
Other large bears taken in the season’s opening day include: a 685-pound male taken in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, by Dustin J. Foust, of Orrstown, Pa.; a 649-pound male taken in Limestone Township, Warren County, by Matthew B. Stanga, of Tarentum, Pa.; a 648-pound male taken in Brush Creek Township, Fulton County, by Andrew D. Fischer, of Crystal Spring, Pa.; a 640-pound male taken in Weatherly Township, Carbon County, by Kenneth J. Mehlig, of Weatherly, Pa.; a 618-pound male taken in Blooming Grove Township, Pike County, by Brad D. Losito, Hamburg, Pa.; a 617-pound male taken in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County, by Glenn P. Pyeritz, of Markleysburg, Pa.; and a 616-pound male taken in Shrewsbury Township, Sullivan County, by Wesley W. Sznaider, of Sugar Run, Pa.
Hunters harvested a total of 3,366 bears during the 2014 season – the seventh-largest harvest in state history. The state’s largest bear harvest – 4,350 bears – happened in 2011, when preliminary three-day totals numbered 3,023.
The preliminary three-day bear harvest by Wildlife Management Unit was as follows: WMU 1A, 15 (9 in 2014); WMU 1B, 58 (73); WMU 2A, 1 (0); WMU 2B, 2 (0); WMU 2C, 171 (211); WMU 2D, 147 (122); WMU 2E, 40 (43); WMU 2F, 307 (232); WMU 2G, 606 (546); WMU 2H, 58 (60); WMU 3A, 91 (138); WMU 3B, 198 (186); WMU 3C, 71 (64); WMU 3D, 226 (163); WMU 4A, 112 (89); WMU 4B, 82 (87); WMU 4C, 79 (59); WMU 4D, 198 (175); WMU 4E, 25 (28); WMU 5A, 0 (3); and WMU 5C, 0 (1).
The top bear hunting county in the state after three days of season was Lycoming County, with 222. It held off Clinton County, where hunters took 202 bears the first three days of the season.
Three-day harvests by county and region are:
Northwest (402): Warren, 116 (87); Forest, 70 (37); Venango, 69 (55); Clarion, 58 (48); Jefferson, 52 (48); Butler, 16 (19); Crawford, 11 (21); Mercer, 6 (4); and Erie, 4 (13).
Southwest (204): Somerset, 61 (77); Fayette, 44 (78); Armstrong, 36 (30); Cambria, 24 (11); Indiana, 19 (17); Westmoreland, 19 (20); and Allegheny, 1 (0).
Northcentral (1,070): Lycoming, 222 (201); Clinton, 202 (142); Tioga, 118 (176); Centre, 104 (84); Clearfield, 103 (64); McKean, 84 (76); Cameron, 73 (70); Elk, 70 (72); Potter, 69 (102); and Union, 25 (29).
Southcentral (291): Huntingdon, 82 (62); Bedford, 57 (54); Fulton, 34 (21); Blair, 27 (32); Juniata, 20 (14); Franklin, 18 (11); Mifflin, 18 (29); Perry, 17 (35); Snyder, 14 (9); and Cumberland, 4 (3).
Northeast (472): Pike, 107 (77); Luzerne, 60 (43); Monroe, 57 (37); Bradford, 47 (53); Wayne, 44 (31); Sullivan, 37 (47); Carbon, 27 (25); Wyoming, 26 (25); Susquehanna, 23 (31); Lackawanna, 21 (12); Columbia, 19 (8); Northumberland, 3 (2); and Montour, 1 (0).
Southeast (48): Dauphin, 22 (16); Schuylkill, 20 (25); Lebanon, 3 (1); Lehigh, 2 (1); Berks 1 (3); and Northampton, 0 (1).
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Lester James Jordan, Sr.
Smethport - Lester James Jordan, Sr., 89, of Smethport, PA, died Thursday (November 26, 2015), at his residence in Smethport.
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Marcia E. Majot
“beloved mother, grandmother and sister”
SHINGLEHOUSE, PA----Marcia E. Majot, 70, of Shinglehouse, passed away with her loving family by her side at the home of her son and daughter-in-law on Thursday, November 26, 2015, after a long illness.
Born on October 26, 1945 in Coudersport, PA, she was a daughter of Donald F. and LeOtta Prince Phillips.
Marcia was a graduate of Oswayo Valley High School in Shinglehouse. She attended beauty school in Buffalo, NY and also completed a course of study certifying her to be a dietary manager at the former St. Francis Hospital in Olean and the Olean General Hospital.
In 2001, along with her son and daughter-in-law, she purchased Carlow’s Tavern which became the Roadside Restaurant and Bar in Shinglehouse.
She loved to cook and cater events. She loved animals, but her greatest love was her family.
Surviving are a son, Michael M. “Mickey” (Sandy) Majot of Shinglehouse; two granddaughters, Torrey L. Majot and Kiersten R. Majot, both of Shinglehouse; a brother, Donald A. Phillips, Sr. of Shinglehouse; and two nephews.
Marcia was predeceased by her parents.
Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, 118 South Union Street, Shinglehouse, where funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Becky L. Edwards, pastor of the Shinglehouse United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in East Sharon Cemetery, Shinglehouse.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Potter County Hospice, 269 Route 6 West, Coudersport, PA 16915 or to the Lakeview Senior Care and Living Center Patient Activity Fund, 15 West Willow Street, Smethport, PA 16749.
To express condolences or share a fond memory of Marcia, please visit www.virgillhowardfuneralhome.com
Washington, DC –U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05) today released the following statement, encouraging consumers to support small, and local, businesses this holiday season as part of “Small Business Saturday”:
“Small businesses are the majority of employing firms in this country, supporting people with good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and enabling individuals to play essential roles in their communities.
“Small Business Saturday” lets us recognize the role entrepreneurs play in our economy. Small businesses are the result of innovation, risk taking, and countless hours of hard work. Our nation's small business owners have my continued commitment to facilitate an environment where they have access to capital and a regulatory structure that will promote growth and job creation."
Marcia E. Majot
Marcia E. Majot, 70, of Shinglehouse, PA passed away with her loving family by her side at the home of her son and daughter-in-law on Thursday, November 26, 2015, after a long illness.
Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, 118 South Union Street, Shinglehouse.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced with a full obituary.
Peace and Serenity
by Pastor B.J. Knefley
Is there anyone that does not want a little peace and serenity? I suspect not. Yet it is often missing in the lives of many people. Why is that? Is there any thing that we can do to change to bring more peace and serenity into our life? There is an answer to that question, but it does not come easily. Much of what affects our peace and serenity has a direct correlation to our own actions and the actions of others. To the first we have power over, but to the second our power is limited.
Often our choices are much like squeezing the toothpaste tube; once it's done you can't undo it. We don't think through our choices to their full conclusions. We are blinded by immediate gratification and don't see that there is a price to pay on the other end. One of the reasons that people get into financial difficulty is because of easy credit. Although buying is easy, payment still must be made. Psalm 1 speaks of the joys that belong to the one who does everything the Lord desires. Yet if you were to read the Book of Job you would soon learn that even doing everything right isn't a guarantee that life will be free of problems. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. So if all of this is true then how do we walk in peace and serenity?
James says that when trouble comes our way, to let it be an opportunity for joy, (James 1:2). When Paul wrote the Epistles he wrote them from prison, yet they are letters of encouragement. He doesn't write out of despair or doom and gloom, but rather of hope. The way we respond or react to life is the result of our beliefs. In other words, how I view life will affect how it affects me. Do I see things as happening to me or for me? Do I see these events as things that will help me grow and will ultimately work for my benefit or do I see them as a hindrance and an obstacle to getting the things I want? Did you know that we can have peace and serenity even in the midst of the storm. The key is that we have to choose it and that’s not always easy. Perhaps then our lack of peace and serenity is a matter of our own choice. Think about it.
At 7:01 PM on Thursday, Kane police have called for Kane fire Department to quell a possible wildfire going into the woods at Janeway & Yarnell Streets.
At 6:04 PM on Thursday, Roulette Ambulance & Medic 6 have been dispatched to Card Creek for a medical emergency.
At 5:23 PM on Thursday, Ulysses Fire Dept. has been dispatched for a smoke investigation.
5:28 PM--RECALL--Controlled burn.
James F. Holleran
James F. Holleran, 91, of 794 King St., Northumberland, formerly of 11 Dennis Lane, Bradford, PA, passed away, Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com
At 11:58 AM on Thursday, Coudersport Ambulance has been dispatched to Rt. 6 West for a medical emergency.
At 10:05 Am on Thursday, Lafayette Fire Rescue and Mt. Jewett Ambulance have been dispatched to Westline Road for a car versus deer accident with one minor injury.
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