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Winter has more in store
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
December 1, 2025
McKean County residents should not put away their snow shovels anytime soon. Following the roughly 14.5 inches of snow that blanketed the region over ...
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Causer bill would close loophole, better protect children
December 1, 2025
HARRISBURG – Responding to the tragic death of 2-year-old Oakley Hedlund in Bradford earlier this year, Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, has introdu...
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Saturday start reshapes traditions, expands opportunities
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
November 29, 2025
Since 2019, the Pennsylvania gun season has opened on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. Before 2019, the opener was always the first Monday after...
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Clermont solar developer has history of environmental infractions
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
November 28, 2025
Energix Renewables, developer of a nearly 700-acre solar array in Sergeant Township, McKean County, has incurred heavy fines for repeated environmenta...
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Keystone outscores Smethport girls
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
December 1, 2025
Keystone had two 28-point halves (13 in the first and fourth and 15 in the second and third quarters) to outpace Smethport 56-31 Monday. Keying Keysto...
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Owls have depth and experience for 2025-26 Season
Basketball, Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
November 28, 2025
Bradford has a full roster plus some for the upcoming season. In fact, some interested players had to be cut from the team this year - something first...
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Port United soccer players honored
Local Sports, Soccer
Jo Wankel 
November 28, 2025
Award winners for the Port United Girls and Boys Soccer teams are pictured (left to right) Coach Alexandra Strauss, Team Player Award - Delaney Stromb...
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North Country Trail highlights, goals for 2026
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
November 28, 2025
The Allegheny National Forest Chapter of the North Country Trail Association is celebrating a year of hard work and accomplishments along the North Co...
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Patriotic paint
Local News
Dec 01, 2025
A Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad engine with a new paint scheme celebrating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States rolls along south of Br...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Dec 01, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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KANE: Christmas Spirit Concert
Local News
Dec 01, 2025
The Kane Guitar Band will present its third annual free, family-friendly, Community Christmas Spirit Concert from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at General K...
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Q&A with the DA: Crimes involving counterfeit items
Local News
By STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER  McKean County District Attorney  
Nov 29, 2025
(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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Snowy square
Local News
Nov 28, 2025
Veterans Square, as seen from several floors up inside Marilyn Horne Hall, was blanketed in snow Friday morning.
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Former head of Bradford United Way charged with sexual assault in Warren
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
November 25, 2025
WARREN — The former head of Bradford's United Way has been charged in Warren County with the alleged sexual assault of a student in her computer class...
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DA seeking death penalty against Prescott
Crime, Local News
November 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer will seek the death penalty against Tyler Prescott, the Bradford man accused ...
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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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Stepping back in time
Gallery, Local News
October 20, 2025
Folks stepped back in time Saturday and celebrated the season at the Bradford Landmark Society's second annual Harvest Apple Festival at Crook Farm. T...
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Witchy whimsy, fall flair at Harvest Fest
Gallery, Local News
October 6, 2025
The “Sisters of the North Woods," a group of Kane women who dress as witches and perform dance routines to the delight of children, were just one attr...
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US needs more people in trades
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 1, 2025
As Ronald Reagan famously noted, if you subsidize something, you’ll get more of it. But when it comes to higher education, that’s only half the story....
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The cost of leasing cars for Congress
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 1, 2025
Taxpayers have spent $3.5 million since 2019 to lease cars for members of Congress and their staffers while also paying them up to $131,000 each for g...
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On the economy, we have nothing to fear but fear itself
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
December 1, 2025
We recently got word that consumer confidence is plumbing new depths, and in fact the numbers have long been stuck at a level of despondency that usua...
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What’s the state of warehousing in Pennsylvania?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MOIRA CONWAY RealClearPennsylvania 
December 1, 2025
Warehouses have been growing tremendously over the past decade in Pennsylvania. In our recent report conducted with support from the Center for Rural ...
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