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Easter events planned across region
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 26, 2026
Easter is arriving with more than just candy and baskets this year. Across the region, a full lineup of egg hunts, community events and seasonal tradi...
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Bradford Board of Health continues Petrolia Street nuisance appeal
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 25, 2026
The Bradford Board of Health on Tuesday voted to continue an appeal involving a nuisance property at 27 Petrolia St. for 90 days, requiring the new ow...
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City backs business growth with grants, loans
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 25, 2026
Fresh investment is making its way into downtown Bradford as local businesses receive both grant funding and low-interest loans to support improvement...
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Outdoors: Trout season is looming
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
March 26, 2026
Well, any respectable writer hates to sound like a broken record but, unfortunately, it’s impossible for me not to repeat something I’ve mentioned fre...
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Volunteers needed for habitat work April 3 on SGL 44
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
March 24, 2026
KANE — Volunteers are needed for wildlife planting and fencing at 9 a.m. April 3 on State Game Lands 44 in Elk County. Work is expected to conclude by...
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DUKE CENTER: Yingling named all-state
Local News
Mar 26, 2026
The Otto‑Eldred Music Department announced that senior clarinetist Ellie Yingling has qualified for the PMEA All‑State Wind Ensemble, which will be he...
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Pantuso to speak at Pitt-Bradford commencement
Local News
Mar 26, 2026
Peter J. Pantuso, the longtime president and chief executive officer of the American Bus Association and an international thought leader in transporta...
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Welcoming Otto-Eldred FFA
Local News, PA State News
Mar 26, 2026
Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, met with members of Otto-Eldred’s FFA program at the state Capitol this week for FFA’s State Legislative Leadership...
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Local oil purchasers hold prices
Business, Local News
Mar 26, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have held steady on the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Wednesday, American Refining Group and Ergon ...
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Kaleida closing dental clinic in Olean General Hospital
Local News, News
By JIM ECKSTROM news@bradforddera.com 
Mar 25, 2026
OLEAN, N.Y. — Citing losses exceeding $800,000 over the past five years, Kaleida Health will close the Gundlah Dental Center in Olean General Hospital...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Mar 25, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Tuesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pur...
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Police identify driver in hit-and-run
Crime, Local News
March 25, 2026
City of Bradford police have allegedly identified the driver who fled the scene of a two‑vehicle crash at South Avenue and Elm Street on Oct. 31, 2025...
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Coast, Ross charged with conspiring to retaliate
Crime, Local News
Sara Furlong 
March 23, 2026
Ray Coast, the Lewis Run man jailed on $3 million bail for hundreds of felonies relating to rape, child pornography and stalking, has been charged alo...
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Cold hampers Longfellow Ave. fire response
Gallery, Local News
January 26, 2026
Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at 8 Longfellow Ave. at 4:03 p.m. Saturday. First-arriving firefighters found a worki...
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Santa versus the Grinch
Gallery, Local News
December 19, 2025
The Grinch showed up at a Port Allegany High School wrestling match again this year, trying to get the better of Santa Claus. Scroll through the galle...
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An Old Fashioned Christmas
Gallery, Local News
December 15, 2025
The sights and sounds of Christmases past returned to downtown Bradford during Old Fashioned Christmas held Saturday. People enjoyed horse-drawn carri...
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Feds bought golf carts for $8.4 million
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
March 24, 2026
The federal government spent $8.4 million on purchases that included golf carts in fiscal year 2025, according to spending records obtained by Open th...
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