i had to cut through your street the other day. I didn't have to go far, but I had to get there in a hurry. I was running late.


Little did I know that on your little one lane street, you residents park on BOTH STINKING SIDES.

so as i pulled around a car on the left, and a car on the right, another car on the left had left about 4 feet of room between it and the next car on the right..

my big ole duct taped van will NOT fit in a four foot place...

i got stranded.. i couldn't back up.. (i don't have the talent to navigate through tight spaces backward..)

i couldn't drive forward..

and the street was TOO NARROW to turn the van around in between the cars.. i kept bumping the high curbs, and almost bumped the telephone poles and cars.... came really close to doing some damage.



so after a few minutes of back and forth, i called the Police.

They told me Monday was "Changeover Day"... and that it might be a good idea to avoid that street on that day... I asked if I could drive trough a yard to get out if i could get that far.. he said, "If that's all you can do.. just don't hit anything... if you can't get out in a few minutes, call and I'll come down and see what we can do."

SO i tried to drive through a yard, and couldn't get around.. utility pole made it just too tight.


so i looked at the offending car.. the one blocking off the traffic.. i asked all the neighbors (who i had drawn out with all my back and forth stuff.. all afraid that i would hit their cars.)

no one knew the offending car..

so i looked.. it was unlocked with the keys in it.


So to whoever owns that car..

sorry if it wasn't EXACTLY where you left it..
i had to move it.

and I made it to my destination "fashionably" late.
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The judge says that Bradford City Fire Cheif Bill McCormack was not guilty of harrassment in a hearing this week. The accusing parties say that McCormack was sitting across from the Priority Care Ambulance Facility.

No charges could be filed, because his presence was not a hazard, or a disturbance.

A Dump Truck Accident took two lives last Thursday.

Authorities said 49 year old Homer Jolly of Derrick Road, Bradford and 37 year old Michael Coder of Lewis Run were killed after a dump truck bucket came loose and struck them.

The men were taken to Bradford Regional Medical Center were they were pronounced dead a few minutes after the accident.

OSHA is investigating the incident.

The Department of Environmental Protection reports that a a neutralization system along the Sinnemahoning and Portage Creek has got the water's pH levels back to normal.

Nortfolk Southern has been using a citric acid solution at the site of a train derailment and sodium hydroxide spill to reduce the alkalinity.

As of late last week, the railroad removed 1150 tons of spilled cargo from the spill site.

State police at Kane say 44 year old Percy Doner of East Main Street Bradford failed to notify the authorities about his new address within 10 days.
Charges are being filed in District Judge Todd’s office.

Doner was placed in the McKean County Jail.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says it will begin accepting applications for regular antlerless deer license applications from resident hunters beginning Aug. 7, and non-residents on Aug. 21.

Rep. Martin Causer says that he has petitions in his office for anyone opposing the National Fuel Gas Company’s conservation surcharge.

The gas company is planning to charge customers who use less natural gas. The money is supposedly going to be used to raise awareness about energy conservation. Causer says, “charging customers more who use less, just doesn’t make any sense.”

Petitions and formal complaints to the Public Utilities office can be filed form his offices in Coudersport or Bradford.

A car accident Monday in Smethport took out power to the Smethport Borough and Keating Township for hours.

24 year olf Justin Stuck took out a telephone pole on South Mechanic Street in Smethport.

Police say charges are pending.

The McKean County Commissioners say they could see a saving of more than $25,000 dollars on it's utilities and telephone costs.
Chairman John Egbert presented the findings onf an investigation by Utili Tech Inc. at Tuesday's Commissioners Meeting.

No Free Parking in Bradford, Yet. City Councilman Tom Riel had proposed a resolution offering free temporary parking along Main Street in Bradford. Some Councilmen and the mayor want to take a closer look at the matter. Riel says he'll reintroduce the proposal after some fine tuning.

US Congressman John Peterson says he's dissapointed that a vote in the House fell short of the two thirds needed. The vote was to create a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Peterson says he believes marriage is between a man and a woman, and he's sorry that there weren't enough votes to keep the process moving.

Construction equipment and tools were damaged last weekend after an incident near Port Allegany. State Police report that 14 hundred dollars in damage was caused to Duffy Inc's equipment.

42 year old Stephanie Cramer pleaded guilty to taking betweeen 50 and 100 thousand dollars from Orchard Apartments.

Cramer was employed by Bradford man, John Kohler, at the time, and allegedly stole from him directly as well.

Cramer will have to repay the money. She's still in McKean County Jail in lieu of bail.

State Troopers in Kane say that someone lifted two propane tanks from a property on Route 321 in Lafayette Township.

Two 100 pound tanks were taken from the property of Jamestown resident Abraham Rosenberg.

Burglary charges against 43 year old Duke Center man, Mark Sullivan were dismissed. Wednesday in District Court.

Assault charges from an incident involving hi ife Kathy Sullivan wll be bound over to McKean County court, though.

The Gas company is generating some heat, but not from furnaces. In fact, it's the fact that furnaces have not been running that prompted them to institute a surcharge if National Fuel's Customers usage goes down. The increase could burn customers out of another 9.95 per month.

750 complaints were filed with the Public Utilities Commission regarding the surcharge.

Now customer's that have weatherized their homes, and made other concessions to try to save on gas usage will see the part of the amount they hoped to save, tacked on their bill.

State Legislators and citizens are trying to put a stop to the surcharges.

WHAT: A ceremony honoring World War II veterans from the 67th Legislative District. Veterans will receive medallions and certificates honoring their service and sacrifice during World War II. The event is open to the public.

WHO: Rep. Martin T. Causer, veterans and family members.

WHEN: Saturday, July 15.

TIME: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Bromeley Family Theatre, University of Pittsburgh at
Bradford, Campus Drive, Bradford.

An Eldred resident will be on probation for 5 years after a recent court appearance.

20 year old Francis Yeaples was convicted of attempted burglary, after entering Angee's restaurant in Olean, with the intent to commit a crime. Yeaples also has to perform 200 hours of community service.

An assault was reported on Indian Creek Road on the evening of July 9th. According to State Troopers, a known 17 year old girl was involved in an incident when she allegedly kicked 35 year old Gerald Fowler in the chest, and pushed a 16 year old Eldred girl. Fowler was taken to BRMC for treament. Charges are pending.

HARRISBURG - Samples collected from wells in the Gardeau area of the Norfolk Southern train derailment do not exceed acceptable pH levels for drinking water, according to a statement released by Norfolk Southern Corp. Tuesday. Read the complete story in the Bradford Era Online.

The City of Bradford's firing of garbage man James Taylor will hold up, according to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Court.

Taylor was fired by the city after taking money from a woman's purse he found while collecting garbage. The Teamster's Union took the case to Judge Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter, whose 19 page summary rules that the termination was justified.

Attorney Anthony Clarke is representing the former secretary of retired District Magistrate Barb Boser.

42 year old Frances Paul of 9 Lake Circle Drive in Bradford is charged with 16 counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds and 16 counts of misapplication of entrusted property and property of government or financial institutions.
State police Trooper Brian Hamilton filed the charges that Paul failed to deposit about 13 thousand dollars between Jan. 2, 2003, and Aug. 19, 2005.

We told you earlier this week about a tractor accident near Ludlow... we regret to inform you that the victim in the accident died.

State Police in Kane report that Martin Niklas, 40, of Wetmore Road died when he was run over by a tractor.

The Police report indicates he was ejected from the tractor as he was operating it, before it ran over him and took his life.

Rescue crews were dispatched at about 9 Sunday night. The accident occured at about 7:45.

The police say that as Niklas was traveling along the road, he went off the roadway and into a wooded area, where the accident occured.

A Warren woman is facing traffic charges after a crash last week on Route 6.
State Police say
24 year old Nicole Watson was speeding when her Hyundai went across the
road while going around a curve. She swerved back into her own lane, when
she lost control and spun off the road, rolling the small car over. The
vehicle came to rest against a building owned by Margaret Fox. Watson
recieved minor injuries in the crash.

The Department of Environmental Protection says area residents should not
fish or swim in the Sinnemhoning-Portage Creek in McKean and Cameron
Counties as biological assessments continue.

48 thousand galons of sodium hydroxide, or "lye" was poured into the creeks
when the Norfolk Southern Railroad train went off the tracks near Gardeau.

Children, and pets should be especially monitores, because concentrated
isolated pockets of the chemicals are still around.

Most of the stream ph levels are back to normal, but elevated bacteria
levels are possible because of the number of fish that were killed.

The Annual Sky Diving Boogie and Pig Roast is set to take place on August 11
at the Ceres Airport. Jumping will Start on August 10 at 4PM. Spectators are
welcome to watch for free.

http://www.freefallozskydiving.com/

In Otto Township, a patient was flown by Mercy Flight after an accidnet off
Route 46 at around 2PM on July 9th after an inident on an ATV.

An ATV Accident on Sherwood Hollow in Liberty Township called out the Star
Hose Company and resulted in a helicopter flight for the victim as well.

A Saturday ATC crash in Norwich Township occured as well.

A Motorcyclist was injured on Pithole Road Sunday Night in Cyclone. Hilltop
Volunteer Fire Department responded and sent the victim to BRMC in Bradford.

An accident near Ludlow Sunday Night drew out the Kane Volunteer Fire
Department. A Person was reportedly trapped beneath a tractor on Forestry
Route 133. The person was treated at a local hospital. No further
information is available.

An accident involving three motorcycles near Warren sent five people to the
hospital. State Police say that one of the cyclists had to be flown to Hamot
Medical Center in Erie.
The accident along Heart's Content Road was caused by a deer in the road.

A group effort and quick response is needed in all serious accidents, but is even more critical in the remote regions of Alaska, as Gates of the Arctic National Park Ranger Seth McMillan, a son of Mick and Lynn McMillan of Bradford, knows well.
On June 21, McMillan, with the help of his community, responded quickly to save the lives of a couple who were involved in a floatplane crash in a spruce bog outside of Bettles, Alaska. McMillan said Bettles is a small, remote community north of the Arctic Circle with only about 30 people in the village.

Read the Complete Story in the Bradford Era Online.

The judge who presided over the original trial of Timothy Williams - the man convicted of killing Kane Borough Police Officer Steven Jerman - has theorized that Williams would be found not guilty if he was granted a new trial even though he still believes Williams to be the shooter.

Read Sandra Rhodes Complete Article in the Bradford Era Online.

BRADFORD, Pa. - It was a military funeral that could have turned ugly but instead turned into a beautiful tribute from a caring community.
Friday’s funeral for U.S. Army Sergeant Thomas Maholic, who was killed in Afghanistan on June 24, was one that had local police agencies mustering together to keep the peace. The reason for concern was attributed to the fact that a small, radical religious group from Topeka, Kansas attended the event at St. Bernard Elementary and Middle School to protest the funeral

Read the REST of Kate Day Sager's article in the Olean Times Herald Online.