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US Senate candidate Sam Rohrer will hold a Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Masonic Center on South Avenue. The Republican is hoping to get the nomination and run against incumbent Bob Casey, a Democrat, in the fall. Rohrer, who is from Berks County, is a former member of the state House of Representatiaves. Before the event in Bradford, he will be at Hoss's Restaurant in St. Marys for "Coffee with Sam" from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Other declared Republican candidates are: Tim Burns, former business owner from Eighty Four; David Christian, a Bucks County businessman; Bedford County pharmacist John Kensinger II; Marc Scaringi, a lawyer and former Rick Santorum aide who's been running for about a year; former coal company owner Tom Smith, of Armstrong County; retired Army colonel John Vernon, of Tioga County; and Chester County entrepreneur Steven Welch. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

State Representative Sam Rohrer will formally announce his decision to run for governor during a statewide webcast at 6:30 this evening. The Berks County Republican will join Attorney General Tom Corbett and Congressman Jim Gerlach in seeking the GOP nomination. Democrats who have announced their candidacies are Auditor General Jack Wagner, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, former Congressman and Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel, Philadelphia businessman Tom Knox and Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty. Live updates will be posted at http://samrohrer.org Rohrer was in Bradford in August of 2007 for a House Game and Fisheries Committee hearing on deer management.