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!

And over on your left you'll see the Spring Junk'n Dates.  For those of you who don't know what Junk'n is, well read on...  More...

If you're passing through Blossburg and need to check your e-mail, stop downtown.  Blossburg has a small Freenet coving most of the downtown which makes it really handy for surfing the web at The Brick or checking your e-mail while having lunch. You can find out more at http://blossburg.org/wifi

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Well, it's official.  I received an e-mail today that the Gazette now offers a digital subscription.

"Thank you all for participating in the Wellsboro Gazette online. We are proud to say that the E-edition, digital paper version, of the Wellsboro Gazette is ready to begin. You should be able to subscribe to it online today. As part of the improvement, registration for the message boards will no longer be necessary. The account you created will be deleted, but you will still be able to post messages. If you are a current print subscriber, your free subscription to the digital edition can be easily accessed. Just log in with your account number (found on your renewal card) as a name and your last name, capitalized, as the password. Thank you for your patience and support."More...

This just in - The Wellsboro Gazette has made the jump to web 2.0 with a redesigned website with clean lines, flash, ajax, and the all important rounded edges.  Sadly, they still don't offer an electronic subscription to the full paper through their website. More...

So, yup.  The site was hacked a few months back and I haven't had time to put it back together, so now this holds a blog...  I've started work on a new site, but it's going to be a little while before it's ready.  I have a bunch of information to post on here, so keep watch.

Also, I'm always more than happy to post Tioga County, PA related news, stories, pictures, links, and whatnot.  Shoot me an e-mail at info at tiogacountyonline.com and I'll get it posted!

- Josh