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Set stage for spring success this September
By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
September 15, 2025
September is the most beautiful month of fall and the best month for all those garden tasks. Everything you accomplish now will give you a head start ...
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Futures urges subminimum wage caution
Sara Furlong 
September 15, 2025
As national leaders reignite debate over disability wage reform, Bradford’s Futures Rehabilitation Center is asking policymakers to proceed with care....
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Gears are turning now
Commissioners take up windmill matter 
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
September 12, 2025
SMETHPORT — Now that Swift Current Energy has submitted its permit applications for meteorological (met) towers in Norwich Township, McKean County com...
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McElhattan waives arraignment in Jefferson Street shooting
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 12, 2025
SMETHPORT — The Bradford man charged with gunning down a woman in her Jefferson Street home earlier this year has waived arraignment in McKean County ...
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Bradford Boys win the Bradford XC Invitational
Local Sports
Charlie Vinelli wins again in the Middle School Cross Country Race
Jo Wankel 
September 15, 2025
Photo submitted The Bradford Cross Country team won the 22nd Bradford Invitational Saturday. Front Row, from left: Cavan Drake, Xavier Frontino, Nikol...
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Lady Owls win 5th straight Bradford Invitational
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
September 15, 2025
Photo submitted The Lady Owls won the Bradford Invitational Saturday. From left: Emma Herne, Madison Vinelli, Jennifer Bouquin, Joleen Weimer, Rylann ...
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Port Allegany celebrates Senior Night
Football, Local Sports
September 12, 2025
   Era Photos by Pam Fischer The PAHS Football Boosters celebrated Senior Night 2025 for the Gator Football Team, Cheerleaders and Band Members.  The ...
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HS Roundup: Port A rolls over Smethport, 68-6
Football, Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
September 12, 2025
Port Allegany 68, Smethport 6 Port Allegany celebrated Senior Night in style with a 68-6 rout of Smethport Friday. The Gators opened scoring less than...
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Local & Social
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Fox, Wintermantel exhibitions to open Sunday
Local News
As Quick Center starts 30th anniversary
Sep 15, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — As part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University, the Dres...
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Can legislation protecting parents restore childhood freedoms?
Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Sep 15, 2025
HARRISBURG — Did you grow up walking wherever you wanted? Were you a latchkey kid, home long hours on your own? Did your parents send you out of the h...
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DHS hosts Kinship Care Summit
Local News, PA State News
Sep 15, 2025
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) invited kinship families from across the commonwealth to attend the Kinship Care 2025...
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Best in Show
Gallery, Local News
Sep 15, 2025
Dean Truman of Allegany, N.Y., poses with his 1957 Corvette that won best in show at Sunday’s 29th annual Autumn Daze Car Show hosted by Street Dreams...
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Relief at pump bypasses Bradford
Local News
Sara Furlong 
Sep 15, 2025
Relief seen at the gas pump in Western Pennsylvania — and across the commonwealth — failed to register in Bradford. According to AAA East Central, pri...
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Knights embrace patriotism
Lifestyles, Local News
Sep 15, 2025
ST. MARYS — Ten brother Knights of Columbus from Council 403 in Bradford embraced the order’s fourth principle of patriotism, known as the Exemplifica...
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Fetterman urges Democrats to change gears on Trump, messaging
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
By BENJAMIN KAIL  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Sep 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman this weekend urged Democrats to change their tune when it comes to attacking President Donald Trump as an ...
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No shortage of need
Local News
Sep 15, 2025
Deb Wensel, manager of food supplies for the Kane Area Food Pantry, receives a check from McKean County Democrats represented by Suellen Snapp, a food...
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Buterbaugh charged in Potter County drug arrests
Crime, Local News
September 11, 2025
COUDERSPORT — A Johnsonburg man who served federal time for drug dealing in New York state was nabbed earlier this month in Potter County by the East ...
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Prescott’s hearing moved to October
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 11, 2025
The preliminary hearing originally set for Friday for Tyler Prescott has been postponed until next month. Prescott, 32, who has been incarcerated on $...
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DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Tri-County Fire School marks 60 years
Gallery, Local News, News
By JAY BRADISH news@bradfordera.com 
May 19, 2025
SMETHPORT — The Tri-County Volunteer Firemen’s Association Fire School celebrated its 60th anniversary this weekend in Smethport. The highlight of the...
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Can we ever have peace again?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
September 14, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Spanish Civil War is distinctive, even among other civil wars, for its barbarism, and in particular the personal nature of the ...
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The many monsters outing themselves online
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
September 14, 2025
The social media age has made it possible for any person, at any time, to broadcast and publish their thoughts to the entire world with the push of a ...
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How’s the Pa. suburban political experiment going?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
September 12, 2025
Suburban Philadelphia voters are in the midst of a political science experiment — and they may not even be consciously participating in it. Today, Dem...
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