Dear Customers,           Two things of note are happening this week!  On Thursday, the 22nd students of the Smethport Area School District report back for the start of the 2024-25 school year.  If you happen to be between the ages of 5 and 18, your stomach is probably cramping up a bit right now, either…

Dear Customers,           In this, the 33rd week of 2024, we welcome the 118th edition of the McKean County Fair to town.  Those 118 years aren’t a consecutive string, however.  The 1916 fair was cancelled due to a state quarantine and beginning in 1942 with the onset of World War II, there was a period…

Dear Customers, There are many ways to cook home-grown sweet corn.  I was reading an article the other day that said, two of the largest corn growers agreed on the best way.  To find any expert who agrees with another expert is a rarity.  However, both of these old-time farmers maintained that the best way…