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Kane Alumni welcomed back to town

Several storefront window displays along Fraley Street in Uptown Kane welcome home Kane Area High School graduates for the annual Alumni Weekend activities. As a Kane tradition, all class reunions are held the fourth weekend in June. 

Reigel Memorial Art Scholarship

Garrett Walters, a 2018 graduate of Kane Area High School, has received the $1,000 Elizabeth Ann Reigel Memorial Art Scholarship.

Grant covers new roof at KARE's Clay Street School

In 2017, with help from the estate of the late former Kane Borough Councilman John “G” Gentilman, the Kane Area Revitalization Enterprise acquired the former Clay Street School, located at the corner of Clay and Greeves streets.  

Military-bound graduates receive honors

Photo by Ted Lutz — Three 2018 Kane Area High School graduates who are entering military service have each received $500 Staff Sgt. Kenneth VanGiesen Patriot Awards and $100 from the James Uber American Legion Post 489 in Ludlow.

How Marilyn Blackmore built Art in the Wilds

When Marilyn Blackmore and her late husband, David, sat down in 2006 to organize an art show in Kane, it was a leap of faith. "We didn't really know what to expect," Blackmore said.

Mt. Jewett posts banners to honor Veterans

Large photos of military veterans adorn banners that are attached to utility poles along Main Street in Mt. Jewett.
Called "Mt. Jewett Salutes," the purpose of the banners is to honor veterans for their service.

Kane Alumni Weekend

During the Kane Alumni Weekend, the annual Pie and Ice Cream Social will be held on Friday, June 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church on Chase and Greeves street in Kane. The event on Alumni Weekend is open to the public.

Photo of the Week: VBS 2018

Young children crowd into the chancel area of the First United Methodist Church on Thursday for the closing program for the four-day Vacation Bible School in Kane. A picnic followed in the lower level of the church on Greeves Street. More than 125 children took part in Vacation Bible School.

Planners grant variance for Hamlin Township parcel

The McKean County Planning Commission has had a change of heart about a request for a variance in the county subdivision ordinance.
Commissioners last month denied a variance for a proposed subdivision on Kasson Road in Hamlin Township.

UPMC Kane blood drive

The Erie-based Community Blood Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York held a Blood Drive earlier this week at UPMC-Kane. Jessie Stebbins, right, an emergency department patient services representative at the hospital, is one of the donors at the blood drive.