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Terry Wankel | July 30, 2010
Gloria L. Oleksa, 81, of 39 Euclid Ave., passed away, Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at her residence. Born November 2, 1928, in Bradford, she was a daughter of the late Amos and Martha (Yount) Shaffer. On October 16,1948 in St. Francis Church with Msgr. G. Carlton Ritchie presiding she married Joseph Oleksa who survives. Mrs. Oleksa [...]
Terry Wankel | July 30, 2010
Helen G. Giddings, 101, of 599 Interstate Parkway, passed away, Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at The Pavilion at BRMC. Born August 8, 1908, at Marsh Creek, PA, she was the daughter of the late Amasa C. and Mary E. (Smith) Gee. On November 10, 1939 in Wellsboro she married Richard A. “Dick” Giddings who died on [...]
Terry Wankel | July 30, 2010
Concetta “Connie” Rose Bango, 85, of Smethport, died Friday (July 30, 2010) in the Bradford Regional Medical Center, Bradford. She was born March 2, 1925 in Punxsutawney, a daughter of Angelo and Josephine Polito Strano. On Sept. 14, 1946, in Punxsutawney, PA, she married Joseph Louis Bango, who died February 9, 2003. Mrs. Bango was [...]
Terry Wankel | July 30, 2010
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has finalized its plan for managing the state’s whitetail population for the next 10 years. Want to see what’s coming and where we’re going? Then check out the plan. The deer plan is now on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), all 148 pages of it. To access it, click on “White-Tailed Deer” [...]
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
If you want to discuss local topics, or just have a conversation with other local residents, check out ThatForum.
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
Fifty teenagers from 34 Pennsylvania counties have been invited to learn about state police operations at the Commissioner’s Honor Camp next week at the State Police Academy in Hershey, Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski announced today. Pawlowski said the cadets, ages 13-18, were selected from among more than 1,500 boys and girls who participated in 26 [...]
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
The following information is an update for PennDOT’s Hospital Avenue/Dixon Avenue realignment project in DuBois for the week of August 2. All work is weather dependent. • Beginning Tuesday, August 3, South Main Street, near the intersection of Grove Avenue, will be restricted to one lane to remove the existing roadway and install new pavement. [...]
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
PennDOT issues the following travel update for the Route 219 Bradford Bypass project in McKean County. This update is for the week of August 2. All work is weather and schedule dependent. Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. of State College is the contractor on this $28 million job. • Work on the Route 219 southbound ON-ramp [...]
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
At 2:35 pm, an MVA was reported near Ormsby, PA. The accident occurred on Route 59, at the railroad overpass between Ormsby and the Bradford Regional Airport. Lafayette Township FD and Hilltop FD were dispatched to the scene along with Priority Care Ambulance. Other details were unknown at the time of dispatch.
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
At 2:28 pm, an MVA was reported in Derrick City, PA. The accident occurred in front of the Derrick City Fire Hall. The accident involved a car and a motorcycle. Bradford City Ambulance and Derrick City FD were dispatched to the scene.
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
Last night, a documentary was screened at the Coudersport Public Library. The documentary was about the struggles that a teen faced being gay in a small town. Much ado was made over the documentary, most of it from the activist group that created, and is showing the movie “Out in the Silence”. The activists behind [...]
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
Click the link below to see the actual Bradford City Police Log for 7-28-2010 in .PDF format. 7-28 Police Log
Terry Wankel | July 29, 2010
From Potter County Today The Potter County Fair returns for its 74th running on Sunday (Aug. 1) and continues through next Saturday night, Aug. 7, at the Millport fairgrounds. Once again, there is no gate admission charge and no parking fee. As always, there will be rides, exhibits, refreshments, animal displays and entertainment and more. [...]
Terry Wankel | July 28, 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 709 PM EDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS [...]
Terry Wankel | July 28, 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * [...]
Terry Wankel | July 28, 2010
A Bradford City man is free on $25,000 bail after giving officers several problems at 2 am on June 25th. Matthew L. Simonds, 30, of Bradford, PA, was spotted doing 50 m.p.h. in a 25 m.p.h. zone on West Washington Street. Police observed Simonds crossing the center line and swerving back and forth. When police [...]
Terry Wankel | July 28, 2010
At 4:40 pm, officers received a report of criminal mischief in Bradford, PA. A caller reported that a plate glass window, at Hull Electric, on the corner of Williams and Kennedy Streets, was smashed sometime today. The caller also reported that a rock had been thrown through the window. Bradford City Police Officers responded.
Terry Wankel | July 28, 2010
Dr. Yong-Zhuo Chen, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford professor of mathematics presented a paper at the American Mathematical Society’s Eastern Sectional meeting at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, N.J. Chen’s paper, “Some Contractive Type Mappings and Their Application to Difference Equations,” used a new method to solve a type of difference equation. [...]
Terry Wankel | July 28, 2010
DJ services available in the Bradford area. This includes Bradford, Mount Jewett, Smethport, Limestone, Olean, Eldred, and other towns in the area. Modern rock, classic rock, country, and more available. Custom playlists can be created as well. $100 for 4 hours of continuous playing.
Terry Wankel | July 28, 2010
The annual Italian Festival will once again be held in downtown Bradford. August 12th-14th, downtown Bradford will be packed with visitors to the festival.
