A short rain shower on Saturday afternoon didn’t spoil St. Mark’s 2nd Annual Parish Festival. Thankfully, the weather held out for the rest of the fantastic event, allowing the fun to continue for all throughout the day. Parents brought their children for lots of different games, including bingo, dunk tank, giant slide, and many more. […]

Jurors Need Only Minutes To Find Chapman Guilty

    Amanda Jones Echo News Editor Jurors in Cameron County returned a speedy verdict in the retrial of a man who committed crimes against a child several years ago. Joseph William Chapman, age 31, formerly of Emporium, Austin and Coudersport, was found guilty of a first-degree Felony charge of Indecent Deviate Sexual Intercourse with […]

Shippen Township Grading Work Halfway Completed

    Amanda Jones Echo News Editor Shippen Township Supervisors announced that grading is currently being done on township roads, and projects are about halfway completed, according to Road Supervisor Garrett Ramsey. Ramsey also stated that they have received a lot of positive feedback from residents where work  has been completed. Additional grading work will […]

Borough Approves Agreement To Continue Water Withdrawal

    Members of the Emporium Borough Council approved an agreement with Keystone Clearwater Solutions for the continuation of water withdrawal operations from the Driftwood Branch from Caldwell Corporation property. For the next five months, Keystone can withdraw water between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., but must coordinate with Emporium Borough Police […]

Wandering Aimlessly

  Hooded Warblers   They are strikingly gorgeous, hyperactive, energetic, and add great pleasure to my woods walks as I peer through my binoculars trying to identify them.  These brightly colored, active birds comprise the family called warblers and are generally smaller than sparrows. Hooded Warblers are small migratory songbirds that breed across the eastern […]

Ten Bugles

    This area has something very unique for the east coast:  A wild elk herd. Although I understand and share in its popularity, it is still amazing how popular elk viewing has become.  Seeing a couple of bull elk in rut is truly inspiring and an awesome sight that is usually reserved for Westerners […]

Mountain Lines

  by Nelson Haas   This time of the year, the fields of goldenrod are visited by thousands of pollinators, mostly bumble bees. They seem to be absolutely frenzied in their harvest, completely ignoring me as I plow through them.

CCHS Football Team Beaten at Ridgway

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity football team traveled to Ridgway for their second game of the season but were beaten by the Elkers, 42-8.  Ridgway quarterback Ben McDonald ran for one hundred fifty yards, had an interception and scored three touchdowns to lead the […]

Lady Raider Volleyball Team Falls In League Opener

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity volleyball team traveled to Ulysses to take on Northern Potter High School last Thursday night in their North Tier League opener but was swept by the Lady Panthers 25-20, 25-10, and 25-17.   Demi Youse had thirteen points […]

Junior High Raiders Drop Opener

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High School Red Raider football team traveled to Brockway last Wednesday for their first game of the 2014 season but were defeated by the Rovers, 27-14.   

Storm JVs Drop First Two Games of Season

    by Rich Summers The Cameron County Storm JV team has played two games this season but has yet to break into the win column.  In their opener two weeks ago the Storm was beaten by St. Marys Red 39-6. Dylan Reider scored the lone Cameron County touchdown on a record breaking 98 yard […]

CCHS Red Raider Golfers Suffer First Loss

    by Rich Summers The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity golf team had one non-league match last week and was defeated for the first time this season.  On Tuesday, CCHS traveled to the Ridgway Country Club and fell to the Elkers 193-242. Paul Etchepare shot a 35 to collect medalist honors for […]

Emporium Country Club News

    In Tuesday, August 26, Ladies League action, Barb Ostrum was low gross with a 49 and Pat Focht was low net with a 31.  Gini Schager continues to lead the league with 185 points, Barb Ostrum is in second place with 181 points and Meg Whiting is in 3rd with 175 points.

August Realty Transfers

    Following are the Cameron County secured real estate transactions for August: George W. Auten conveyed property in Gibson Township to George W. Auten for $1.00. Diana Reed Brooks; Portage Township; Neil E. Kinneer; $2,000.  

Weekend Programs at the Park

    Birds & Butterflies Migrating, Elk Bugling, Leaves Changing Color – So Much to See, So Much to Do at Sinnemahoning State Park this Fall! Elk Watch Volunteer Training Saturday, September 13th 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Park Office & Wildlife Center Calling all volunteers!  Sinnemahoning State Park is looking for volunteers to staff […]

Donations Needed For Senior Center Projects

    The Emporium Senior Center is faced with two projects and they are looking for financial help from our friends to help with those projects. Monthly utilities and other costs have risen to the point our normal means of raising monthly funds is inadequate and we are forced to delve into previous, generous, donations […]

Spinning Wheel Demonstration

    Robin Kuleck and Theresa Genaux will be at the Little Museum this Saturday, September 13, in Sterling Run to present an educational Spinning Wheel Demonstration with Live Alpacas from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.  

Temporary Road Closure Near Sinn. State Park

    Sinnemahoning State Park began working to repair the drainage pipes on Park Drive.  Temporary closures of Park Drive, the secondary road that runs parallel to Route 872, are to be expected.  The section of Park Road between the Park Office and the Campground at Sinnemahoning State Park will be closed for approximately two […]

Preschool Age Fun at the Library

    Parents of preschool age children, what are you doing Wednesday mornings?  Come to the Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library for Free To Be Three and Story Hour! Free To Be Three is from 9:00 to 9:45 and is for three-year-olds. Story Hour is for children ages 4 and 5 and is from 10:00 […]

Wall Saves Life at Cameron Co. Work Site

    Nate Wall of Superior Energy Resources in Brockway has to be prepared to deal with a variety of “predictable” events and situations on the various job sites he works on in the Marcellus Shale fields in north central Pennsylvania. “Unpredictable” is extra, but Wall, 19, of Ridgway, was prepared for that, too, earlier […]

Al-Anon Meetings Slated

Al-Anon Meetings Slated   Emporium- Al-Anon, a free support group for families of alcoholics and addicts meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday night at the Life Support Outreach Building at 301 Chestnut Street in Emporium.  Anyone with questions, call Vicky, 814-594-8442.      

First Responders Mass

  St. Mark Church will commemorate the 13th Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States at a special mass to be held on Sunday, September 14 at 10:30 a.m. Cameron County local and state law enforcement, fire and emergency medical service personnel, mountaineer search and rescue, military veterans and members of the […]

ABATE Fire Ring Winner

    A.B.A.T.E. Endless Mountain Chapter 34 winner of the fire ring filled with numerous donated items was Jim Quinn from Emporium. He signed up at the Chamber of Commece.    

Yard Sale

    Cameron County SPCA will be holding a Yard Sale on Saturday, Sept. 13th at the Emporium Firehall on N. Broad St. from 9 a.m. until ?  Rain or shine. CCSPCA, 814-486-0101.    

‘Thank You!’

  HMI would like to take this opportunity to thank the George and Margaret Mee Foundation for a recent grant awarded to Hometown Mentors, Inc. to finish the safe surface under the new equipment at the Prospect Park Playground and to continue improvements to the clubhouse at that site.  This  $6,524.83 grant is specifically earmarked […]

James Price

  (1926-2014) James E. Price, 88, of Route 607, Austin, passed away peacefully Wednesday (Sept. 3, 2014) at his home.

Lynda Pontzer

  (1947-2014) Lynda M. Pontzer, 67, of 500 Spruce Street, St. Marys, died unexpectedly on Thursday (Aug. 28, 2014) at Penn Highlands Elk.   

Marjorie Rees

  (1924-2014) Marjorie M. “Marge” Rees, 89, of Austin, passed away Thursday (Sept. 4, 2014) at Bradford Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.    

Nellie L. Brehm

  (1929-2014) Nellie L. Brehm, 85, a resident of Elk Haven Nursing Home, St. Marys, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 at Elk Haven Nursing Home.