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Former Tuna Valley Trail Association president Mike Glesk, Bradford Mayor Tom Riel, state Department of Community and Economic Development deputy secretary Clyde "Champ" Holman and Bradford Office of Economic and Community Development executive director Sara Andrews get ready to cut the ribbon on the Pine Street Bridge this afternoon. Not pictured is Julie Marasco, a president of Northwest Saving Bank, which was instrumental in completing the project. WESB photo To see more photos, go to our Facebook page, Facebook.com/1490wesb . To hear the remarks made during the ceremony, click here . The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Even a robbery at his store didn’t seem to dampen the spirits of the Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce Exemplary Business Award recipient. While accepting his award at Thursday's annual dinner and meeting, Save-A-Lot owner Bill Larson said the store was robbed last night . "It put us behind the 8 ball," he said, "but we still want to show that no matter what happens in business, we're still going to move forward. We're still going to move ahead."* Also Thursday, Mike Glesk accepted the chamber's first Director's Award on behalf of Leadership McKean. Deborah Pontzer Congressman Glenn Thompson's staff said Leadership McKean has become a model for other programs across the state. Earlier, she joked that she is from the Midwest (Wisconsin) and Fargo, North Dakota, only won the Toughest Weather City Tournament on "name recognition ... You people have got it ..." Ralph Rose received the Community and Spirit Award. Among other things, he w...

By ANNE HOLLIDAY WESB/WBRR News Director US Senator Bob Casey says he wants rural northwestern Pennsylvania to get the money it needs to spur economic development and job growth. “The worst thing we could do is have a recovery and get out of the hole, and move down the road … and then go back into the ditch because we didn't invest, we didn't build a strong foundation or we made other mistakes,” Casey told a panel of local leaders via video conference Monday morning at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Casey said the main focus of the gathering was to hear the concerns of local industries and governments, but he also wants to see “what’s in the pipeline now that we can move more quickly.” He said that although Pennsylvania's unemployment rate is improving "numbers don't mean a heck of a lot to real people." It doesn't matter to unemployed people in Pennsylvania that Michigan's jobless numbers are double what Pennsylvania's are, he said. But...