RAIL TRAIL OFFICIALLY OPEN – Audra Stuart from the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce is shown presenting a certificate to Jeff Ream, the engineer who worked on the Rail Trail project. They are flanked by members of the West Creek Rail Trail Association, St. Marys Snowmobile Association, Cameron County Commissioners and Solveson Contracting.

Judicial Sale Results Changing the Look of Cameron County

    Amanda Jones Echo News Editor  A number of properties sold during the Judicial Tax Sale held this spring are slated for demolition, or have already been razed. Improvement work is being done on other purchased properties throughout the county. At Thursday’s meeting of the Cameron County School District’s Board of Directors, approval was […]

Nineteen Finish 50K Sinnemahone Ultra Marathon

    The second annual Sinnemahone UItra Marathon was held this Saturday, October 18. The race began at 7:30 a.m. on the West Creek Rail Trail at the corner of Broad and Third streets. Racers headed east through the borough and past the caboose on the east end, before heading across Route 120 into Shippen […]

Taxpayers Question Need For Additional School Principal

  Members of the Cameron County School District Board of Directors heard concerns from several parents, discussed and made changes to a number of policies and voted to approve the sale of three properties currently held in the county repository at their regular meeting held Thursday evening. The meeting did not begin until nearly 7:30 […]

Emporium To Celebrate 150th Anniversary

    The 150th Anniversary of Emporium’s Incorporation as a Borough and Cameron’s County Seat will be celebrated this Thursday and Friday at the Cameron County Vets Club located at 427 East Third Street. Thursday evening’s event, being held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., is by invitation and reservation only, but the same displays […]

Paul Pettigrew

  Paul G. Pettigrew, 89, passed away on (Oct. 15, 2014) in Houston, Texas.    

Leon Bundy Sr.

  (1931-2014) Leon R. Bundy Sr., 83, a lifelong resident of Austin, passed away with his loving family at his side on Tuesday (Oct. 14, 2014) in UPMC Hamot, Erie, after a short illness.      

Pauline Bollinger

  (1928-2014) Pauline M. Bernarduci Bollinger, 86, of Guy and Mary Felt Manor, died Wednesday night (Oct. 15, 2014) at Penn Highlands Elk, St. Marys.      

Larry Lutz

  (1938-2014) Larry S. Lutz, Sr., 76, of 1398 Cowley Hill Rd., Austin, died Wednesday morning (Oct. 15, 2014) at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.    

Eleanor Umbenhauer

  (1928-2014) Eleanor M. Umbenhauer, 85, of 110 E. 4th St., formerly of Medix Run, died Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 14, 2014) at Penn Highlands Elk, St. Marys.