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Era File Photo Festival-goers enjoy the fireworks display at the last night of the 2018 Festa Italiana.
Festa Italiana is back! BY MARCIE SHELLHAMMER
The countdown is underway for the 2022 Festa Italiana, back at full strength and flavor Aug. 11 to 13 after a COVID-induced hiatus. Last year, the flavors of Italy returned — without the fanfare, fellowship and frivolity — with Festa To Go, with some of the popular foods available on a to-go basis. This year, the extremely popular Bradford event will open at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 11. And back again to kick off the festival is Stan Pecora, who will start the ceremony, followed by the Parisellas, who will sing the “The Star-Spangled Banner,” a cappella. The first musical act of the festival — The OCTaves, a 17-piece big band from Olean, N.Y., that plays from 6 to 9 p.m. — will perform the Italian national anthem.
As for culinary delights, Mary Ann Colestro of the Festa Italiana committee said all the old favorites will be back — meatball sandwiches, rigatoni, sausage sandwiches, pasta fasul, Italian wedding soup, Zuppa toscana, muffuletta sandwiches, eggplant parm sandwiches, pepper salad, flavored coffees, fried dough and the desserts – oh the desserts. “The La Stella Auxiliary will start a week from today making cookies, pizzelles,” Colestro said, explaining the tradition of working together in the kitchen of the Italian Club is being passed down through generations, keeping the rich history alive. “It’s really something to see,” she said. “These ladies have been doing this for years and years. They work from sunup to sundown.”
When asked to guess at quantities, she laughed and said, “We make as much as we can!” By the time the festival arrives, the ladies will have made specialty treats to sell at booths – “these are some really neat items you just can’t get anywhere else.” Colestro said the beer tent will be open starting Thursday evening, so people can enjoy a drink, some food and some good music. Festa weekend is a time for people to come home, for class reunions, for visiting family, for enjoying all that is special about the region. “We’ve heard some people haven’t been home in a couple years because of what’s been going on in the world,” Colestro said. “This is the perfect weekend to come home. We’re really excited to come
Pipeline explosion sets off wildfire in Clermont on Tuesday SMETHPORT — A portion of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline, located in Clermont, reportedly exploded Tuesday evening. Information is limited as of press time, however, what is known is that McKean County Commissioner Tom Kreiner was on-scene and, at that time, reported no injuries and that the fire was under control. He also stated there was a representative from Tennessee on scene and other personnel were enroute. According to reports, calls to fire departments
across the region start going out before 5:30 p.m. to an address on Wilcox Road. Stations were asked to provide manpower, UTVs, and other assistance for a “large wildfire.” The calls for assistance continued to sound throughout the evening. As of the time of this report, approximately five acres had burned in the fire. Later, after 7:45 p.m., reports were confirmed there had been an explosion along the Clermont section of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline. Calls to the parent
company KinderMorgan were not returned before press time. Early reports indicate the following fire departments assisted on Tuesday: Clermont Volunteer Fire Department, Hamlin Township Volunteer Fire Department, Norwich Volunteer Fire Department, Eldred Volunteer Fire Department, Mount Jewett Volunteer Fire Department, and Smethport Volunteer Fire Department. More information will be provided as details emerge.
back.” There will be activities for children, too, with bouncy houses and games and characters to take photos with. The entertainment schedule is full, with some new acts for this year. At 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11, DJ Benzo will take over with entertainment, and will continue until midnight. On Friday, entertainment begins at 11 a.m. with Jim Ronan and Dana Jared, who will perform until 2 p.m. Taking over at 2 p.m. will be JD Casper, who will perform until 5 p.m. The band Marshmellow Overcoat will perform from 5 to 9 p.m., and Two for Flinching will entertain from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. On Saturday, Kokomo Time Band will perform from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by Billy
and the Neptunes from 2 to 5 p.m., Vinny and the Mudflaps from 6 to 9 p.m. and Rockmaninov from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. This year also means the return of the Festa Italiana fireworks at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13. Colestro said there’s a point that she and the committee want to make sure people understand about the event — at its heart, it’s a fundraiser. “When you go to a booth and you are waited on, those people are all members of local groups and organizations,” she said. “That’s where all the money raised goes. Usually we have 30 or up to 50 groups that help us, from set up to tear down and clean up. We’ve tapped pretty much every resource we can.” She added that the committee can’t thank people enough for all the hard work put
into the festival. “Our committee is only about 10 people,” she said. And yet with so much generous help from the community, the event turns out to be a huge success year after year. Local businesses have donated to support the fireworks display, and many donations come with a personal note saying how the festival is such a happy memory for them. “We’re always so proud to be Italian that weekend,” she said. Then again, everybody’s a little bit Italian during the festival, and can show that with new merchandise for Festa Italiana, Bradford, Pa. Colestro added that anyone interested in volunteering should reach out through the group’s Facebook page, “The Official Festa Italiana in Bradford, PA Page.”
Major renovations at Ridway Sheetz to begin Monday
RIDGWAY — Project managers for Sheetz have informed Ridgway Borough Manager Mike Handley that contractors and materials were prepared to begin work on planned major renovations to the Sheetz store located on North Broad Street on Monday, July 18. Public Relations
Manager for Sheetz, Nick Ruffner explained the purpose of the remodel, which appeared to be a new store design which would include more of a “restaurantstyle experience,” including selfservice kiosks and additional seating both inside and outside the location. Also according
to Ruffner, since the remodel will have the doors of the Sheetz location in Ridgway closed for months, employees of the Ridgway store have been offered positions at other Sheetz locations. The store’s renovations are expected to be completed by December of this year.
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Updates on broadband Bradford man jailed for alleged sex assault projects given at McKean Co. commissioners meeting BY MARCIE SHELLHAMMER
BY MARCIE SHELLHAMMER
Broadband in McKean County was a central topic at the meeting of the McKean County Commissioners on Tuesday. Commissioner Carol Duffy said that broadband was identified as an area of focus this year by the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, and introduced Bob Veilleux, county economic development liaison, for an update. “The Eldred project is underway, with a goal of having it completed in Fall 2022,” Veilleux said. “It is projected to reach just over 1,000 structures including portions of Eldred Borough, Eldred Township, Otto Township, Keating Township, Ceres Township and Annin Township.” The Route 6 project, between Smethport and Hazel Hurst, is being funded through a grant that SkyPacket Networks has received from the PA Unserved/ Underserved grant program. It will be used to install equipment. “SkyPacket is an ISP that is currently using the county’s network to deliver service to customers,” Veilleux said. “They are in the process of finalizing the tower sites and determining the best location for a microwave relay point. SkyPacket hopes to have this project finished by Spring 2023 and it will service approximately 360 structures between Smethport and Hazel Hurst including the Irons Hollow, Bloomster Hollow and Kasson areas.” Portions of Keating, Hamlin and
Sergeant townships are included. Veilleux said the county has been collecting data related to broadband availability. “To date, two surveys have been administered,” he said. However, neither garnered much response. The first survey was done in 2020 with 243 respondents, the second was in 2022 and despite being mailed to 8,000 property owners, only 108 survey responses were received. “ T h a t ’ s disappointing, only a one percent return,” said Commissioner Cliff Lane. Veilleux said the survey data has been aggregated to determine whether respondents who included speed test results for their services are considered unserved, underserved, or served. According to new Federal and State guidelines, service of 100 mbps download and 20 mbps upload are considered “served,” service of less than 100 mbps download and 20 mbps upload are “underserved,” and service of less than 25 mbps download and 3 mbps upload are “unserved.” Based on these speed tiers, 15 of the respondents were “served,” 65 are “underserved” and 159 are considered “unserved.” Veilleux said that some data by ZIP code showed a broad range of service levels sometimes within the same provider. As an example, he mentioned Bradford, where service ranges from 290 mbps download and 41 mpbs upload to 2.9 mbps download and 2.2 mbps upload — and it’s all within the same provider.
Bradford is served by Atlantic Broadband. Duffy mentioned that the speed can be impacted by issues both at the provider level and at the consumer level, relating to the equipment and configuration at the consumer’s site. Veilleux said, “The county will share data it has been collecting with the state as Pennsylvania develops its Statewide Broadband Plan. It will also provide the county with data to compare and if needed, challenge the (National Telecommunication and Information Administration) Broadband Map.” He said the map is currently being developed by the NTIA is expected to be released for review later this year. With the local data in hand, county officials will be able to compare the maps with local test results “so that we can challenge areas that we feel may be categorized incorrectly,” Veilleux said. Duffy said, “The more data we are able to gather, the better we are able to make decisions.” Also at the meeting, Commissioner Chairman Tom Kreiner mentioned that work is underway at the courthouse, but added that the facility is still open and accessible to visitors. Duffy mentioned there is a new strain of COVID-19 called the BA.5 variant. “It seems to be a summer breakout,” she said, and urged everyone to continue to take precautionary measures to stay healthy. The next meeting of the commissioners will be held at 10 a.m. July 26.
Shinglehouse man charged with insurance fraud shape, Disney says
BY MARCIE SHELLHAMMER
A Shinglehouse man was arraigned Thursday on allegations of insurance fraud for trying to report the same damage on his vehicle twice. Steffan J. Sisson, 32, of Route 44, is charged with filing a false insurance claim and theft by deception for creating a false impression, both thirddegree felonies. According to the criminal complaint, Geico Insurance referred the case to the Office of the Attorney General Insurance Fraud Section. In December of 2021, Sisson filed a claim with Geico through its online app stating that he had backed out of his driveway and struck a pole, causing
damage to the vehicle and the rear tail light. Geico conducted an investigation and determined that Sisson had reported an accident on July 7 in which all the damages appeared to be the same, except for the damage to his rear tail light. For the prior claim, he had been issued a check for $6,961.54, the complaint stated. The investigation showed that Geico had paid Sisson, but he
didn’t fix the vehicle. When he damaged the car a second time, he attempted to get paid again for the damage from the first crash as well as from the second, the complaint stated. Sisson was arraigned Thursday before District Judge Bill Todd and released on $25,000 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 25 before Todd.
A Bradford man was arraigned early Thursday on allegations that he had indecent contact with a 6-year-old girl. Joshua M. Mihalko, 23, of 2 Bushnell St., is charged with corruption of minors, a third-degree felony, and indecent assault on a person less than 13, a first-degree misdemeanor. According to the criminal complaint, at 12:27 a.m. Thursday, Bradford City Police were dispatched to a
residence in the city for a sexual assault. When the officer arrived, Mihalko was laying in the front yard of the residence, bleeding from his mouth. A group of people in the yard told police to get him out of there. The officer tried asking Mihalko what was going on, but he responded “shoot me, just kill me,” the complaint stated. Witnesses said Mihalko had been found in a bedroom on top of a 6-yearold girl, pulling his pants up while the girl was naked from
the waist down. Police said both Mihalko and the girl were transported to Bradford Regional Medical Center for treatment, the complaint stated. Police noted that Mihalko was “assisted by the family out of the residence,” the complaint read. Mihalko was arraigned before District Judge Dom Cercone and remanded to McKean County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 21.
Era file photo Gilbert Reservoir is one of three bodies of water that supplies the Bradford City Water Authority system.
Bradford’s water system remains in good shape, Disney says BY MARCIE SHELLHAMMER
While the dry weather of late is starting to impact some municipalities, Bradford remains in good shape. Roulette Township in Potter County is experiencing low water levels in one of the wells used to supply the municipality’s water system. According to Bradford City Water Authority Executive Director Steve Disney, that’s not how the city’s system works. “Bradford’s raw water is supplied with three large surface water reservoirs — Heffner, Marilla and Gilbert,” he said. “Combined, when water levels are at the top of the spillways, they have 1.088 billion gallons at full pool levels.” Disney said, “The water levels at all three reservoirs just recently stopped going over the spillways over the last couple weeks. The main reservoir, which
is Heffner, is currently six inches below the spillway.” That’s a far cry from where it was a few years back when drought conditions were impacting everyone. “In 2020 we saw the Heffner reservoir reach over 11 feet below the spillway,” Disney said. “It has been unusually dry over the last several weeks, which has perked our interest and we’re taking notice of weather conditions and monitoring the precipitation outlook. “Due to similar conditions in 2020, the Authority reviewed and updated our Drought Contingency Plan at that time, so everything is fresh in our minds.” He added that steps had been taken in 2020 to alleviate problems from low water levels. “On a positive note, we took some precautions stemming from those conditions in 2020. During low reservoir level
conditions, the water treatment plant on West Corydon Street has the capability of turning on a low water service pump that helps supplement low head pressure from the reservoirs and supplies the water treatment plant with an adequate supply of raw water,” he explained. “The Authority replaced the motor for that pump and now has a spare motor and a spare pump on-hand should anything happen to the current equipment.” It’s ready should it be needed, but we’re not even in that ballpark today. “We are in no current danger of having to turn on that low water service pump, reservoir levels are still in good shape,” Disney said. “We will continue to monitor our reservoir levels, but no water conservation requirements or notices are currently planned at this time.”
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Foster Township Supervisors accept Dexter’s resignation BY DANIELLA LANGIANESE
The supervisors of Foster Township accepted the resignation of Police Officer Andrew Dexter and hiring of a full-time officer at their monthly meeting held Monday night. The new hire, approved by the supervisors for the Foster Township Police Department, is full-time officer Shayne Miller. Other motions passed during the meeting included a distribution application with McKean County Liquid Fuels and approval of a grant
extension and Labor Solicitor Gabriel Fera concerning the bridge projects on Harrisburg Run and Fairview Heights. Shannon Morgan, treasurer, provided the treasurer’s report while Chief Tom Munn provided the police report, Mark Grassi the zoning and building code report and Kevin Shaffer provided the report for code enforcement. In addition to the regular meeting agenda, motions were added to approve the sale of property on Summit
Road and the second motion denied the sale of property on RewBradford Road. The supervisors also approved two resolutions. The first to change their Business Mileage Fee to match the new Federal mileage rate of 62.5 cents and the second was to accept the annually received Impact Fee Revenues into the ACT 13 Fee Fund. The next meeting of the Foster Township supervisors is scheduled to be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at 1185 E. Main Street.
Era file photo A representative from a local winery pours a sip of wine for two women during a previous Wine Walk. Wineries from across the region will return to downtown Bradford’s hostbusinesses on Saturday, July 23 for this year’s Wine Walk. Tickets are going fast.
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It seems to be a trend this year, everything is starting to come back as it was before the pandemic. One more event to add to the growing list this summer is the annual Wine Walk which will have patrons strolling through the local businesses of historic downtown Bradford from 3:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 23. “We are very excited this year. It is one of our biggest wine walks, with 12 wineries. We have two wineries rejoining us after a few years of missing out due to COVID and we have two brand new wineries,” said Michelle Baxter, chair of the Wine Walk and head chair of the Downtown Bradford Business District Authority (DBBDA). There are a limited number of tickets available and are all sold via presale at $20 each. Participants can choose a start time from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. with times staggered 30 minutes apart, in order to keep a good pace for the stroll.
Grab tickets in person at Michelle’s Flair for Hair, 104 Main St., or online: https:// w w w. e v e n t b r i t e . com/e/331829891137. The wineries who have rejoined are Allegany Cellars Wines and Presque Isle Wine Cellars. She added that the two new wineries on hand are Rich Valley Wines from Emporium and Little Mountain Vineyard out of Duke Center. “We also have two new hosts, one of which is a brand new business,” continued Baxter. In case anyone missed it, next to Slice of the 80s, a new business opened. Escape the 80s is a new game room and will be a host added to the list this year. The walk begins with registration and porter events at Michelle’s Flair for Hair. Participants must have proper ID at registration and must be at least 21 years or older. Then, with a special wine glass in hand, sip, shop and stroll through the following businesses of Bradford’s Historic
Downtown district: Julie’s Ever After, Wagon Wheel Wines Cummins Country Charm, Delong Shine Shakers with Triple Nickel Distillery Little Fabric Garden, Presque Isle Wine Cellars Main Street Mercantile, Winery at Wilcox Amish Works, Laurel Mountain Vineyard Bradford Chocolate Factory, Little Mountain Winery Magic Bean Cafe, Twisted Vine Winery BCPAC, Allegheny Cellar Wines Tin Ceiling Gift Shoppe, Uncle D’s Sassy Glass Winery Bradford Movie House, Bradford Brew Station Escape From the 80’s, Rich Valley Wines Katie Boser Photography, Deer Creek Winery “We just have so many new amazing things to come out for this year. It’s one Wine Walk you don’t want to miss!” Baxter exclaimed. “Rain or shine, we don’t let anything ruin our good time.”
Elk County Fair set for next month
KERSEY — The Elk County Fair is coming up next month, from Aug. 9 through 13 at the fairgrounds in Kersey. Events will begin at 4 p.m. on Aug. 9, with it being Senior Citizen Night. Admission for any adult 65 and over is $5, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Lottery. All other admissions are $8. Rides by American Amusement Rentals will be open from 5 to 10 p.m. From 5:30 to 6 p.m., best dessert registration will be held in building 1. At 6 p.m. will be the opening ceremony and queen crowning at the George A. Swanson Stage. At 6:30 p.m. will be judging for best dessert. At 7 p.m. will be musical entertainment of Elvis by Scott Allegretto. Fireworks will be held at 9:30 p.m. All week long, the fair will feature Charlie The Jester, First Bite Fishing, Glass Blowers, a Beautiful Baby contest and a cutest pet contest. On Wednesday, Aug. 10, it’s Family Fun Night, and all admission is $5 per person. The fair is open from 4 to 10 p.m., and the rides are open from 5 to 10 p.m. A Rock N Roll Pet Show will be held. From 5 to 6 p.m. is Power Wheels registration at Al Dietz Track sponsored by St. Marys Stone, Mulch and More. Pallet upcycling registration will take place during this time at building 1. At 5 p.m. Stagecoach Outriders, mounted shooters, will be at the 4H Horse Ring. From 5:30 to 6 p.m. will be homemade salsa registration in building 1. Power Wheels racing begins at 6 p.m. on the track. At 6:30 p.m. will be judging for pallet upcycling and new desserts, both at building 1. At 7 p.m., Mini Sprint Cars will be at the Al Dietz track, and the Stagecoach Outriders will be at
the 4H Horse Ring. On Thursday, Aug. 11, general admission is $8 per person. The fair is open from 4 to 10 p.m., and rides will be open from 5 to 10 p.m. From 5:30 to 6 p.m., PSACF Chocolate Cake Registration will take place at building 1, as will registration for the junior baking contest. At 6:30 p.m. the hay bale toss is scheduled for the barn area. Judging is set for 6:30 p.m. for the PSACF Chocolate Cake and junior baking contests. At 7 p.m. is the Keystone Mini Rod Tractor Pulls at Al Dietz Track. On Friday, Aug. 12, general admission is $8 per person. The fair is open from 4 to 10 p.m., and rides are open from 5 to 10 p.m. From 4 to 6 p.m. is mud bog registration at the Al Dietz track, with the mud bog to follow at 6 p.m. From 5:30 to 6 p.m. is the Blue Ribbon Apple Pie contest registration, followed by judging at 6:30 p.m. From 6 to 10 p.m., musical entertainment
will be provided by Average Joes on Nava Stage. On Saturday, Aug. 13, general admission is $8 per person. The horse show begins at 9 a.m. Rides are open from noon to 11 p.m. From noon to 4 p.m., musical entertainment will be provided by Grace Notes Studio Recording Artists. At 4 p.m. is an ice cream earring contest at the farm bureau booth, sponsored by the Elk County Farm Bureau. At 5 p.m. is the beautiful baby contest parade, with the winners announced at 6 p.m. From 5 to 6 p.m. is the registration for the demolition derby, followed by the derby at 7 p.m. From 5:30 to 6 p.m. is angel food cake registration, with judging at 6:30 p.m., all at building 1. At 6 p.m., musical entertainment will be provided by Midnight Revival at the Nava Stage. Events are subject to change.