Around The County

Cranberry Place The Cranberry Place Older Adult Center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Lunch is served daily at 11:30 a.m. for a…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer Seventieth birthdays are meant to be celebrated with gusto, even if you have to travel thousands of miles…

The Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad will run the Fall Folliage rides from Wednesday, Oct. 3, to Sunday, Oct. 21.  The rides will depart at…

The Oil City High School marching band led the Oil City homecoming parade down West First Street to the Central Avenue plaza Thursday and then…

From staff reports Area motorists who experienced punctured tires when metal shavings spilled out of a truck on Sept. 10 are being redirected to an…

From staff reports The Oil City High School guidance department has scheduled a financial aid night at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in the high…

From staff reports The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has received a $20,624 Orphan or Abandoned Well Plugging program grant to close two oil wells in the…

By SARAH TITLEY Staff writer Field trips, teacher conferences and extracurriculars were on the agenda for Valley Grove School Board members at their work session…

The Webelos den of Cub Scout Pack 97 and the Batson family retired 35 faded and worn American flags Saturday at the Batson home in…

From staff reports The Forest County 4-H program held its annual Round-Up Sept. 8, at the Forest County 4-H Center. The 4-H members participated in…

A new business specializing in collectibles has opened in downtown Oil City. Collect 76, located at 110 Center St., is owned and operated by Anthony…

The Tarbell house will hold a series of fall tea parties at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, Oct. 26, Nov. 16 and Dec. 14.  The…

National Association of Certified Quilts judge Stacey Koehler, of Pittsburgh, looks at an entry to judge it on workmanship, design and overall appeal at the…

Mathew Rudolph, a Venango County 4-H member, competed with his horse, Fritz, at the District IX 4-H horse show at the Crawford County last weekend….

Cranberry Place The Cranberry Place Older Adult Center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Lunch is served daily at 11:30 a.m. for a…

From staff reports The Cranberry Mall will hold its annual Boo Bash to celebrate the Halloween holiday from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24….

From staff reports A collection event for household hazardous waste and electronics will be held in the back parking lot of the Cranberry Mall from…

From staff reports The City of Oil City has scheduled a tire recycling collection for city residents from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at…

From staff reports Twelve area youths – seven girls and five boys – are vying for the 2018 Cranberry Festival king and queen titles. The…

The “In and Amongst the Tombstones” tour at Oil City’s Grove Hill Cemetery drew more than 160 people on Saturday despite the rainy weather. The…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer At age 15, Guy Emanuele from Cedar Avenue in Oil City was driving trucks filled to the brim…

The Cranberry Festival will be held at Morrison Park of Seneca from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15.  Pre-festival events will be held…

From staff reports National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. is warning northwest Pennsylvania customers of a recent phone scam. Scammers are contacting customers via a local…

From staff reports IA Construction will resume paving streets in Franklin today and Friday, weather permitting. Paving is scheduled for Pearl Street, the 1100 block…

From staff reports Cub Scout Pack 37, of Franklin, will hold a sign-up event for the Family Scouting program at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the…

Cranberry Place The Cranberry Place Older Adult Center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Lunch is served daily at 11:30 a.m. for a…

From staff reports A tire recycling collection event, sponsored by Venango County, will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, in…

From staff reports Here is a look at this week’s PennDOT maintenance schedule in the area: Venango County Bridge repair and brushing – Petroleum Center…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer In a promise that “some of these stories are quirky,” two local history-related organizations will hold a “In…

The production of the Red Eye Theater Project will take place from 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, until the performance 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15,…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer Four adults and three children were located Thursday morning after being lost in the woods overnight during a trail ride…

From staff reports A dispatcher with Venango County 911 said Wednesday evening’s storms led to at least nine fallen trees, four accidents, traffic light outages…

From staff reports Work to rebuild more than 500 feet of the Route 62/Route 8 (Allegheny Boulevard) retaining wall in Sugarcreek Borough is on schedule…

Cranberry Place The Cranberry Place Older Adult Center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Lunch is served daily at 11:30 a.m. for a…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer Oil City Fire Department Captain Derek Long knows all too well the needs of emergency responders during a crisis. That’s…

From staff reports The Franklin, located at 1340 Liberty St. in Franklin, ceased operations last Thursday. In a letter sent out to groups and individuals…

The Associated Press MEADVILLE (AP) — As spectators approached the grandstand at the Crawford County Fair, they were greeted by the unmistakable — and inescapable…

From staff reports After serving five years as the executive director of the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce, Emily Altomare has announced her resignation. She…

By SARAH TITLEY – Staff writer An evening watching a 67-minute documentary about medicine doesn’t sound like a typical night at the movies. However, filmmaker…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer There is so much to mentally process at this time of year – end of vacation spurts, opening…

The Route 8 (South Franklin Street) bridge in Titusville is now open following a bridge rehabilitation project. Final milling and paving of the roadway approaches…

Cranberry Place The Cranberry Place Older Adult Center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Lunch is served daily at 11:30 a.m. for a…

From staff reports Milling and paving in Franklin will be done Friday, Saturday and Monday by IA Construction. Work will start in the 1200 block…

The Venango Fatherhood Initiative will hold the first meeting of the 24/7 Dad: Fatherhood Program from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at the…

By MARISSA DECHANT Staff writer As the upcoming school year approaches, Franklin Area School Board members continued to discuss at their Monday meeting the logistics…

From staff reports Venango Fatherhood Initiative’s Family Fishing Day was held Saturday, Aug. 18 at Two Mile Run County Park. More than 70 people attended….

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer School bells will be ringing soon, but one group of local residents with a long history in the education…

Two recovery awareness events, designed to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance abuse disorders, are coming up next month in Venango and Crawford…

Drake Well Museum and Park will hold its biennial Drake Day Circus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 25. The circus is a…

From staff reports Veteran’s Memorial Bridge in Oil City will be closed to vehicles beginning at 1 p.m. today through the evening for BridgeFest. Seneca Street will…