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Building owner looking into feasibility of short-term housing
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
December 10, 2025
Would it be possible to offer emergency housing for Destinations-Bradford's clients above the organization at 1 Main St.? Building owner Henry Sauers ...
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Work to continue on Jackson Avenue home, board of health rules
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
December 10, 2025
Work will continue on Harry Solarek's property at 183 Jackson Ave., the Bradford Board of Health decided Tuesday. Solarek agreed to meet deadlines to ...
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Bradford seeks to adopt fee structure for fire response
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
December 10, 2025
It costs a lot to operate a full-time fire department like the City of Bradford's. Day or night, during freezing temperatures of winter or blazing hea...
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Pathways to a winter wonderland
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
December 9, 2025
Get ready to explore a winter wonderland, courtesy of volunteers with Willow Creek Snowmobile Club. Thanks to months of preparation, the club’s trail ...
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KQDC posts deer raffle winners
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
December 10, 2025
Two hunters earned cash prizes in the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative’s annual raffle for bringing their deer to one of the cooperative’s two check st...
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Owls return experience, chase points on mat
Local Sports
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
December 9, 2025
Bradford High School boys wrestling will look to senior Jordan Thompson to lead a group featuring 11 returning lettermen into the 2025-26 season. Comi...
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Lady Owls ready to play as 2025-26 season begins
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
December 9, 2025
The Bradford Lady Owls, currently 1-1 on the season, are working hard on the court in practice and during game time. While the team is young, having l...
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Fretz boys beat Punxsy
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
December 9, 2025
Fretz boys basketball pulled off the sweep Tuesday night at home vs Punxsutawney. The 7th grade boys won 33-15. Leading the way for the Owls was Eli H...
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Willard Avenue house fire
Gallery, Local News
Dec 10, 2025
Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched at 5:55 Wednesday morning to a reported garage fire at 29 Willard Ave. Firefighters requested a second al...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Dec 10, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Tuesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pur...
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Rafter roams winter woods
Local News
Dec 09, 2025
Lisa Goodman of West Washington Street in Bradford spied this group of more than 30 turkeys in her yard. Turkeys gather in large groups — called flock...
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Who will enforce county ordinances?
Local News
Sara Furlong 
Dec 09, 2025
SMETHPORT — Residents might say “ordinance” is the word of the year in McKean County. As industrial developers like Swift Current Energy of Massachuse...
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Community mourns loss of local teen; GoFundMe, memorial skate organized
Local News
GoFundMe, memorial skate organized 
Sara Furlong 
Dec 09, 2025
When they say a person has “gone too soon,” this is what they mean. Aaron M. Forstner Walter, 14, died unexpectedly Friday at his Jackson Avenue home....
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High-impact initiatives
Business, Local News
Dec 09, 2025
Allison Centofanti, external affairs specialist with Pennsylvania American Water, presented a check for $5,000 to Michelle Palmer with the Kane Area C...
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Merry on Main
Gallery, Local News
December 8, 2025
The Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce staged its beloved annual Christmas Parade on Friday. The parade featured floats, music, holiday lights, the Bra...
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An intrepid quartet
Gallery, Local News
November 11, 2025
The intrepid quartet of the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and Dorothy enter the Haunted Forest on a quest for the Wicked Witch of the West...
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Appreciating the on-call workers
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
December 10, 2025
Imagine someone tells you to get out of your house — right now. A whole range of things can go through your mind. What can I grab? What about my hard-...
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Greene runs to anti-Trump embrace of ‘60 Minutes,’ CNN
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
December 10, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — If you tuned into “60 Minutes” Sunday night, you saw Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talk about her falling out with President ...
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An old-fashioned cure for fading trust in government
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CLIVE CROOK Bloomberg Opinion 
December 10, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why, exactly, does it matter...
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