Congratulations to Emilie Cole, 17, of Troy, who was crowned the 2018-19 Bradford County Dairy Princess during the pageant held May 26 at Athens Area High School. She will be joined by McKenzie Slater, 16, of Ulster, who will serve as the alternate dairy princess. For the next year, they will be promoting dairy products and the overall industry at events in Bradford County. Rep. Pickett served as emcee for the evening.

Rep. Pickett was one of several local officials to attend the May 11 annual meeting of the Northern Tier Regional Planning and Development Commission. Pictured with her (from left) are Daryl Miller, Bradford County commissioner; Roger Bunn, Tioga County commissioner; Brian Hoffman, Sullivan County commissioner; Elizabeth “Betsy” Arnold, Susquehanna County commissioner; Secretary Russell Redding, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; Wylie Norton, Sullivan County commissioner; and Mark Hamilton, Tioga County commissioner.