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Disney: Deficiency notice on water bill not impacting water quality
Issue is timing of replacing cracked tubing
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
January 30, 2026
Customers of the Bradford City Water Authority had a notice on the back of their recent bill about a failure to correct a deficiency. However, Executi...
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Caring for communities
BRMC, OGH 2025 Year in Review
January 30, 2026
Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital (OGH), Kaleida Health facilities, are reflecting on 2025 as a year marked by...
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Eagle Scout places flag disposal boxes
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
January 29, 2026
Sean Storer, a member of Scouting America Troop 410 of Mount Jewett, has officially earned the rank of Eagle Scout after completing a community projec...
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HS Roundup: Port Allegany outscores Austin
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
January 29, 2026
BOYS BASKETBALL Port Allegany 60, Austin 19 Port Allegany’s Jarrod Funk scored 22 points and Isac Amell added 12 as the Gators defeated the Panthers T...
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Brady embraces high expectations as he succeeds McDermott as Bills coach
Football, Local Sports, National Sports, ...
By JOHN WAWROW - AP Sports Writer 
January 29, 2026
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Joe Brady did not dismiss the past while looking ahead to leading the Buffalo Bills into the future as their head coach . Before ...
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Outdoors: Squirrels and stone walls
Local Sports, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
January 29, 2026
The darkness began to lighten, gnarled oak limbs taking form, distorted, tormented shapes against the sky. Was it the devious Rhode Island ocean winds...
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Local & Social
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Barring the cold
Local News
Jan 30, 2026
Bob Burns took this photo of a beautiful barred owl near Marilla Reservoir on a cold January morning.
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PORT ALLEGANY: Souper Bowl of Caring almost here
Local News
Jan 30, 2026
PORT ALLEGANY — The annual Souper Bowl of Caring collection is coming up, with local volunteers gathering soup, crackers and cash donations to support...
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Fretz lists second-quarter honor rolls
Local News
Jan 30, 2026
FRETZ — Principal Melissa M. Merry has announced the honor rolls for the second marking period at Floyd C. Fretz Middle School. Students named to the ...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Jan 30, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...
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Pitt-Bradford inks 3+3 deal with Pitt Law
Local News
Jan 29, 2026
A new agreement allows qualified University of Pittsburgh at Bradford undergraduate students to complete both a bachelor’s and law degree in six years...
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Has to go somewhere
Local News
Jan 29, 2026
Many parking lots are a little more snug than usual this late January, so snow removal efforts are ongoing throughout the area. Heavy equipment dealt ...
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North Central seeks young voices for regional planning survey
Local News
Sara Furlong 
Jan 29, 2026
Do you know what this area needs? Well, do you? North Central wants to know. That goes especially for younger voices, according to ncentral.com/next-g...
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Court beat
Crime, Local News
Jan 29, 2026
Port Allegany man fails to register address A Port Allegany man pleaded guilty to failing to verify his address as required under Pennsylvania’s sex‑o...
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Charges bound to court in rape case
Crime, Local News
January 27, 2026
SMETHPORT — A Rew man will face charges including rape of a child in McKean County Court after a hearing Monday before District Judge Bill Todd. Shawn...
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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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America needs more reliable power
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
January 30, 2026
It doesn’t take artificial intelligence to deduce why so many power plants have shut down recently. Across the country, rising electricity prices are ...
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Pa. falling behind on hospital care
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By NICOLE STALLINGS, RAN STRUL and IGOR BELOKRINITSKY RealClearPennsylvania 
January 30, 2026
Health care access has put Pennsylvania into the national spotlight over the past few years — but for all the wrong reasons. Last fall, a national hea...
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Other Voices: Respect federal law
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
January 29, 2026
Retired Judge John Cleland’s recent letter to the editor claims President Trump is “criminally prosecuting and politically threatening” government off...
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