Exchange student from Iceland joins her 1966 Cranberry mates
By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer Seventieth birthdays are meant to be celebrated with gusto, even if you have to travel thousands of miles…
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Fall Foliage rides start in October
The Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad will run the Fall Folliage rides from Wednesday, Oct. 3, to Sunday, Oct. 21. The rides will depart at…
Oiler Spirit
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…
Tire issue calls need to go to insurance firm
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…
Financial aid night planned at OCHS
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…
Conservancy receives grant to close oil wells
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…
Rocky Grove baseball champions will be honored in Harrisburg
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…
Cub Scouts retire 35 faded flags
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…
Forest 4-H program holds Round-Up
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…
Collectibles store has opened in OC
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…
Students to serve fall teas at Tarbell
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…
Quilts on display in Scrubgrass
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…
4-H members compete at horse show
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….
Senior centers set schedules
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…
Boo Bash set Oct. 24 at mall
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….
Household hazardous waste, electronics collection set
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…
Oil City schedules tire recycling collection Friday
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…
12 area candidates are vying for Cranberry Festival royalty
From staff reports Twelve area youths – seven girls and five boys – are vying for the 2018 Cranberry Festival king and queen titles. The…
Cemetery tour draws crowd despite rain
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…
Lifting last load-L.C. Emanuele Co. calls it quits after more than 63 years in the wholesale fruit and vegetable business
By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer At age 15, Guy Emanuele from Cedar Avenue in Oil City was driving trucks filled to the brim…
Cranberry Festival has lots to offer
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…
National Fuel warns of phone scam
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…
Franklin paving will resume today
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…
Cub Scout Pack 37 will hold sign-up night Monday
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…
Senior centers set schedules
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…
Venango County sets tire collection event
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…
PennDOT Maintenance Schedules
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…
Oil City Heritage Society, Venango County Genealogical Club sponsor tombstone tours
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…
Barrow-Civic Theatre preparing Red Eye Project
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,…
Family safely returns to ranch after getting lost overnight in woods
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…
Storms cause some damage
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…
Allegheny Boulevard retaining wall work remains on schedule
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…
Area senior centers set schedules
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…
Oil City firefighters provide schools with emergency kits
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…
The Franklin has ceased operations
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…
Logging competition makes the cut at county fair
The Associated Press MEADVILLE (AP) — As spectators approached the grandstand at the Crawford County Fair, they were greeted by the unmistakable — and inescapable…
Altomare steps down from Titusville chamber
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…
Homeopathy movie to screen; filmmaker to be on hand
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…
Almanac says we’re in line for a warmer winter
By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer There is so much to mentally process at this time of year – end of vacation spurts, opening…
Titusville bridge open, Rockdale span closing
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…
Senior centers set schedules
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…
Milling, paving work coming up in Franklin
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…
Fatherhood Initiative sets meeting for new program
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…
School security officers remain in discussion stage in Franklin
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…
Family Fishing Day held at Two Mile Run
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….
First-day-of-school celebration is a chance to ‘come and kibbitz’
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…
Events to focus on mental, substance abuse disorders
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…
Biennial circus returns to Drake Well
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…
Bridges to close for festival
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…
Night kayak event will ‘Shine a Light on Suicide’
From staff reports Venango County Suicide Prevention Task Force will hold its first night kayak event at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Two Mile…