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The Venango County Fairgrounds in Franklin will host the Memorial Day Mayhem 3 demolition derby at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Recovery is Community, Northwest Pennsylvania, is hosting a virtual conference series on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in June.

The 26th annual Swing for Susies memorial golf tournament will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Cooperstown.

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Forest County commissioners took another look at the ambulance service situation in the county during their meeting Monday.

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Lewis Lumber and Milling, a producer of unfinished hardwood wide plank flooring, cabinet moldings and components, is opening its first manufacturing operation in Pennsylvania and will create 100 new jobs in Clarion County.

Franklin School Board members will vote next week on a tentative budget for the 2022-23 school year that doesn’t include a tax increase.

A $3 million road restoration project along Pittsburgh Road and the 15th Street Hill in Franklin will start next month, according to a news release from PennDOT.

The PennDOT project to replace a 80-year-old bridge that carries Route 62 over Little Sandy Creek in Polk Borough is expected to start next week.

May 19, 2000

The Cranberry Economic Development Committee talked about some familiar topics — the property beside UPMC Northwest, broadband, and the Cranberry Mall — during the panel’s monthly meeting Tuesday.

Doug Mastriano, who captured the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor in Tuesday’s primary election, was also the clear favorite in the race among GOP voters in Venango and Clarion counties.

May 18, 2000

The Marienville Volunteer Fire Co. will hold its semi-annual Tour de Forest ATV/UTV/OHM ride on Allegheny National Forest roads Saturday and Sunday.

Titusville Summer Theatre is bringing its program back after a two-year hiatus and is offering auditions for its production of “Big Fish.”

Franklin Preservation will hold a program titled “A Tour of Franklin Ballrooms” at noon Saturday. Those who plan to attend should meet at the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce and be prepared to climb steps and walk at least a mile.

The nationwide baby formula shortage that has had parents desperately scrambling to locate the needed nutrition for their children is also being felt in the local area, as the Life Center in Franklin has especially been affected.

The Cranberry Economic Development Committee heard from three representatives of Child Development Centers at the committee’s monthly meeting Tuesday.

The Clarion First Presbyterian Church will distribute food bags Thursday, starting at 2 p.m. and continuing until supplies are gone.

Cranberry Class of 1960

BIRTHDAYS — Several residents at Sugar Creek Station in Franklin will mark their birthdays in June. They include: Eileen Montgomery, June 4; Bruce Rodgers, June 5; Elizabeth Monahan, June 7; Barbara Baker, June 8; Donna Shultz, June 9; Phyllis Osgood, June 16; James Anderson, June 27; and My…

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May 17, 2000

Members of the Venango County Economic Development Authority were updated on 100 Seneca at Cornplanter Square in Oil City and the eAcademy during the panel’s monthly meeting Monday.

Here’s a rundown of all the names on Pennsylvania ballots today in the races for governor, lieutenant governor and U.S. Senate.