25 years of fruit and veggies
It’s the ultimate “home-grown business.” Wenzel’s Hatch Patch grows it and for 25 years “they have come” from not only Warren County, but Jamestown, N.Y., and Forest, McKean and Elk counties. “People realize we have something unique and special here,” said owner Scott Wenzel. “It’s been very gratifying.” The Hatch Patch “started small and we have just kind of evolved from there,” said Wenzel. The Wenzel family has been farming in Warren County since Wenzel’s grandfather arrived in the predominantly German Dutch Hill community in 1863. Scott Wenzel’s father, Richard, returned home after World War II and “started small,” growing strawberries on rented farmland. In 1983, Warren State Hospital decided to sell surplus property in North Warren and the Wenzels were able to purchase the land on Hatch Run and the Hatch Patch was born. Compared to farming on Dutch Hill, said Wenzel, the prime, level land on Hatch Run “is like a piece of paradise. We were very lucky Warren State Ho
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Northwest Savings announces earnings
Northwest Bancorp, Inc. on Monday announced net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 of $14.4 million, or $0.30 per diluted share.
This represents an increase of $2.1 million, or 17.4 percent, over the same quarter last year when
Crossett Turns 80
Crossett, Inc. is celebrating 80 years in the petroleum transportation industry.
“We extend the utmost gratitude for the support and cooperation that all stakeholders, from employees to customers, have provided us throughout our history t


