If you're the yard-saling type, you should check out the Lawrenceville Community Mile Long Yardsale.  It's Friday July 10th and Saturday July 11th.

The Morris Rattlesnake Roundup is June 13th and 14ths.  Lots of fun! More...

Lori Zeafla was nice enough to pass on the 2009 Liberty Blockhouse Festival schedule of events. The Blockhouse Festival will be June 27th and 28th.  All the big stuff happens on the 27th.

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The PA State Laurel Festival in Wellsboro, PA is quickly coming up. The festival runs from June 13 through 21. If you're looking for lots of crafts, fun, food, and a great parade, then check out this festival. It has a lot going on. More...

So Wendy and I went yard-saling on Saturday at the Blossburg Community Yard sale.  We started a bit late, but we did end up picking up a couple of end tables that actually match and a Tioga County game that was produced by "THE FORCE" Baton & Drum Corp. in the '80s.  It's called Tioga County Trifles.   More...

The Blossburg Coal Festival Schedule of events.  For a full listing with more info and supporting advertisers, read a dead tree or visit their website (link at the bottom)

17th Annual Blossburg Coal Festival
May 20-23 2009

Gates open at 5 PM on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Gates open at 8 AM on Saturday, but things don't really get started over there until after the parade.
$3 for a pin at the gate which gets you in for the week.

The chicken BBQs:

Saturday
- Sleezy Chicken - 9 AM over at the Bloss Holiday. 
- Kiwanis Chicken - 11 AM over on the Island

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I've started a list of Tioga County businesses.  This is a very incomplete list and only lists businesses that have a website.  If at some point I don't feel totally and completely lazy, I may update it to include businesses without websites, but who would visit such a place???

Go to: http://www.tiogacountyonline.com/blog/page/Business-Listing.aspx

Just incase you live under a rock with no TV, radio, or Internet, Sen. Arlen Spector (R) is now a (D) for Pennsylvania.

"Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans."  More...

Update: I've uploaded a scan of the Blossburg Coal Festival 2009 flyer since they haven't updated their website with dates, times or events.  Check out the link below.  Also, check out the Fairs and Festivals page on the right.  More...

Well, after about 4 e-mails back and forth with Jason Przybycien, A Wellsboro Gazette reporter and their webmaster, I was able to finally get into the new e-edition.  Jason said they're still working out the bugs, but from what I saw, everything looks great.  It looks like they're going straight from their layout design software to a PDF format.  Each page is broken out into a separate PDF which is displayed inline in the e-edition section.  I give it 2 thumbs up and congratulate them on jumping into the 21st Century with a sustainable business venture.  Way to go newsies!