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Cranberry Festival Children’s Activities


The 8th Annual Cranberry Festival offers games and activities to area children at no cost to their parents and families. All festival events take place on Saturday, September 19th at Morrison Park in Seneca, unless otherwise noted. Prior to the festival, the Cranberry Mall will feature “Jungle Terry’s Traveling Zoo” on Tuesday, September 15th from Read More…

Maven or Connector?


During a meeting I attended today a reference was made to someone being a maven. A quick explanation reminded me of Malcolm Gladwell’s use of the term in “The Tipping Point”. You can check out the reference in Wikipedia for further explanation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maven. I’ve always had a bit of a tendency to seek out information Read More…

I Just Don’t Have Time! Not to…


I attended a Social Networking workshop this morning, coordinated by the Small Business Development Center and the Northwest Commission.  There were about 25 attendees and their experience ranged from beginner to very experienced.  OK, I admit that I count myself the latter. Even at that the amount of information exchanges was overwhelming.  I left the Read More…

Cranberry Festival Better than Ever!


The Venango Chamber is busy making plans for the Cranberry Festival on Saturday, September 19th. The festival committee is excited to offer some fun new events to this year’s festival. The 1st Annual Scarecrow Contest is being planned. This event is free to any area business, non-profits, families, or individuals.  Wooden mounting posts will be Read More…