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America250PA parade draws thousands downtown
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
June 22, 2026
Under sunny skies, thousands packed downtown Bradford on Saturday as the America250PA-McKean County Grand Celebration Parade brought together more tha...
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Luminite marks 100 years
June 22, 2026
Luminite Products Corp. celebrated its 100th anniversary with an open house Friday evening at its 148 Commerce Drive facility. Visitors toured the pla...
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Flags, floats and festivities
June 22, 2026
Era photographer Wade Aiken captured several celebratory scenes from the America250PA-McKean County Grand Celebration Parade held Saturday in downtown...
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Jeeps take on the mud and mountains
June 22, 2026
Jeeps leave the University of Pittsburgh on Panther Parkway Saturday morning for another day of trail riding. Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Depart...
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Pirates trade C Bart to Braves for RHP Stratton
Baseball, Local Sports, Sports
June 19, 2026
(TNS) — The Pittsburgh Pirates traded catcher Joey Bart to the Atlanta Braves for right-handed reliever Hunter Stratton late Thursday night. Atlanta d...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business News, Local News
Jun 22, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Monday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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ST. MARYS: Catholic Daughters award scholarships
Local News
Jun 22, 2026
ST. MARYS — Leadership from the local St. Marys Court of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas recently met with its 2026 scholarship recipients. Eac...
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New scholarship honors memory of Bo Ray Nunn
Local News
Generosity of caring community member helps family heal
Jun 22, 2026
Bo Ray Nunn, the daughter of Paul and Hanna Nunn of Bradford, was born on July 11, 2025, and tragically passed away on the same day. The family receiv...
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Car, motorcycle crash on South Avenue
Local News
Jun 22, 2026
Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department and Bradford City Fire Department ambulance were dispatched to a reported car-motorcycle accident in the 7...
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Assault suspect jailed after arrest
Crime News, Local News
June 17, 2026
A 33-year-old man is accused of assaulting another man and resisting arrest Saturday morning. According to City of Bradford Police, officers were disp...
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Camejo appeal denied by state Supreme Court
Crime News, Local News
Sara Furlong 
June 16, 2026
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied convicted murderer Frederick Camejo's latest request for appellate review in the 2022 fatal shooting of Edwa...
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Superior Court upholds Pysadee conviction
Crime News, Local News
June 15, 2026
SMETHPORT — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has denied the appeal of a former Rochester, N.Y., man convicted in the death of a Bradford woman in 2021....
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Fallen service members honored during Memorial Day observances
Gallery, Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
May 25, 2026
Cloudy skies hung over downtown Bradford Monday, but the rain held off as veterans, marching bands, first responders and community groups gathered for...
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Pitt-Bradford sends Class of ’26 on its way
Gallery, Local News
Honors alumni, community leaders 
Sara Furlong 
May 4, 2026
Nearly 200 students crossed the stage Sunday as the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford marked the end of the academic year with its Spring 2026 Comm...
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Fatal fire on School Street
Gallery, Local News
April 27, 2026
An individual, presumed to be the home owner or occupant, died as a result of a house fire at 106 School St. early Monday. This is a developing story ...
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Waste of the Day: DOJ did not claw back grants
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
June 22, 2026
The Department of Justice had $77.5 million worth of expired grant funds sitting in bank accounts and unavailable for use as of Sept. 30, 2025, accord...
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The farm crisis demands certainty from Congress — now
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ADAM MINTER Bloomberg Opinion 
June 22, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Something is breaking in farm country, and the warning signs are growing harder to ignore. The clearest indicator arrived this spring...
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Dissecting Pa.’s data center debate
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARK NICASTRE RealClearPennsylvania 
June 22, 2026
You cannot open social media, turn on the news, or read the local paper without hearing about data centers. They have captured the attention of the pu...
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Talking across the divide
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
June 19, 2026
How we see politics reveals a lot about who we are. But it is less akin to a Rorschach ink blot than one of those reversible images, like the drawing ...
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