Friday September 3, 2010 Five vendors had booths at the Canton Farmers' Market, August 28. Our two "anchor booths", Arla and Ken Moyer and Country Delights were present,  there was one other returnee, Mikayla Saunders, and there were two "first-timers" this year. Vanessa Bonnell and Justin Williams had garden produce: green and yellow snap beans, zucchini, squash,  melons and  cucumbers; and Brad and Sharo...

Friday September 3, 2010 The Bradford County Historical Society will host a free program entitled "Canton: Circus Capital of the East" scheduled for Friday, September 17 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Although the event is free, participants are asked to register by calling 570-265-2240 or by email at mailto:info@bradfordhistory.com">info@bradfordhistory.com. “Canton: Circus Capital of the East” covers...

Friday September 3, 2010 Folks who attended the Bluegrass Festival at Manley-Bohlayer farm had a wonderful time, in perfect weather....

Friday September 3, 2010 Dale G. Palmer, Alba, and his hammer collection is just one of the many exhibits featured at the PA Heritage Festival, September 18 & 19, at Alparon Park, Troy, PA. Dale has been collecting hammers for over 20 years, and to date has accumulated over 1500 different styles. Some of the more unique hammers are called: double-claw, triple-claw, multi-claw, and a "goat's head" hammer. The "multi-c...

Thursday August 26, 2010 Auditions To Be Held For "The Tortoise and the Hare" Missoula Children’s Theatre will be holding open auditions for students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade for their community production of “The Tortoise and the Hare”  on Monday, September 13 at 4:00 pm at the Troy High School Memorial Auditorium in Troy. Students wishing to audition should arrive a f...

Thursday August 26, 2010 On August 18, PennDOT released the news that a 3.7-mile section of State Route 3028 (Windfall Road, Cowley Road) in Canton and Granville townships will be upgraded by Talisman Energy USA starting August 19. Traffic will be restricted to a single lane in the work zone during daylight hours. Traffic flow will be controlled by flaggers. Outside of work hours, both lanes will be open. The work will t...

Thursday August 26, 2010 Rekindle the Spirit, Inc.  with help from the Chemung Canal Trust Company is excited to present an evening of blue grass music on Saturday, August 28th at the Manley/Bohlayer Heritage Farm in East Canton.  The evening features the well known group, Stained Grass Window playing from 7:00 to 9:30 PM under the tent in the back yard of the farmhouse.  A pulled-pork picnic will be cater...

Thursday August 26, 2010 At the August meeting Troy Borough Council, one of the topics discussed was the bulk water sales and Council reviewed the amount of the barn sale and water sale. Craig Havens thought that the water authority should be charged at least $1,000 a month plus interest to the borough seeing the money for the purchase of the Sale Barn was taken out of general funds. He also noted that the monthly paymen...

Thursday August 26, 2010 The Canton Borough Authority has sold millions of gallons of bulk water for gas well development over the past two years, 5.9 million in July, and there has been some concern over the impact such a large withdrawal of water might have on the Authority's wells. The withdrawal of water is done in accordance with permits from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, and the authority is allowed to wi...

Thursday August 26, 2010 Kids need the outdoors, and the outdoors needs kids!  On Saturday, August 28th, from 8 am to 4 pm, Mt. Pisgah State Park will once again host the 16th annual Bradford County Youth Field Day. This year’s event will include activities in trees, insects, lake stomp, Native American traditions, search-n-rescue, trapping, .22 shoot, building habitat homes, scavenger hunt, survival, archery,...