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Prom Promise drives home safety
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
April 21, 2026
As prom season approaches, local students will once again take part in the Prom Promise program, an annual event designed to highlight the dangers of ...
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Home Rule Study Commission shares findings, seeks input
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
April 20, 2026
(Editor's note: The following story has been edited to correct a previous misidentification. Jim Tingley is an elected member of the Government Study ...
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CLERMONT: Volunteers track woodcock survey routes
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
April 21, 2026
SMETHPORT — Clermont has long served as a hub for wildlife, timber activity and outdoor recreation, making it a natural home base for the U.S. Geologi...
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Rolfe Beagle Club honors Brian Winters
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
April 21, 2026
JOHNSONBURG — Brian Winters of Ridgway was a mainstay of the Rolfe Beagle Club for nearly 30 of the club’s 80 years. Known as the club’s “firewood guy...
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Superior Court affirms county ruling in drug case
Crime, Local News
Apr 21, 2026
SMETHPORT — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has denied Walter “Ghost” Dennis’ claim that his trial attorney was ineffective, affirming a McKean County...
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Vanderpoels celebrate 50 years
Lifestyles, Local News
Apr 21, 2026
Al and Roxie Vanderpoel celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise party thrown by their family and friends. The Vanderpoels were marri...
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Peffer named Student of the Week
Local News
Apr 21, 2026
Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center announced Cassidy Peffer, a junior at Northern Potter in her second year with the Welding program, is Stu...
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AMERICA250PA – Did you know?
Local News
Apr 21, 2026
(Editor’s note: America250PA - McKean County provided the material featured here, created by the McKean County Planning Commission — Chairman Gregory ...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Apr 20, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Monday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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Hotcakes for Heroes
Local News
Apr 20, 2026
Maura McCarthy of the Bradford Area Lions Club serves breakfast to Bradford City Firefighter Rob Brinsky, Lt. Mike Campogiani and Firefighter Jay MacK...
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Jamestown man sentenced for 2023 murder
Crime, Local News, News, ...
April 16, 2026
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A Jamestown man who was already behind bars for kidnapping an elderly couple in Warren County, Pa. has been sentenced for the shootin...
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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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Other Voices: The benefits of solar power
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
April 22, 2026
Renewable energy sources are the most cost-effective form of electricity generation. Solar power does not pollute air and water like fossil fuel-based...
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What is the war accomplishing?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By NED SEATON The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. 
April 22, 2026
MANHATTAN, Kan. (TNS) — It appears that the war in Iran is going to fail to accomplish a key objective: Getting rid of the murderous regime that runs ...
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Inflation puts squeeze on Trump, GOP
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
April 22, 2026
BOSTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump is the new Gerald Ford. Fifty-two years ago, President Gerald Ford came up with “Whip Inflation Now” (WIN) — a g...
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