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THINGS TO DO: Early holiday activities on tap
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
November 13, 2025
TOY AND DESIGNER PURSE BINGO will be held at noon and 5 p.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church, 79 Mechanic St. Toy Bingo begins at noon, but doors op...
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Bradford’s first Christmas party: The Festival of Trees
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
November 13, 2025
Feel the magic of the season beginning at the 24th annual Festival of Trees Auction. This long-running event has become Bradford’s unofficial start of...
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Bradford Tree Board back at it
Sara Furlong 
November 13, 2025
The Tree Board — responsible for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal or disposition of trees and shrubs in parks, along str...
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Fire destroys Foster Township house
November 12, 2025
A South Kendall Avenue home, across from the Dallas Morris Pipeyard, was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. The call of a working house fire at 18...
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Port Allegany’s Schott celebrates 54 career goals
Local Sports, Soccer
Jo Wankel 
November 13, 2025
Era Photo by Pam Fischer Alex Schott, a senior at Port Allegany High School, scored his 50th goal on Oct. 2 in a game at Kane High School.  He scored ...
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2025 Boys North UAVSL All-Stars
Local Sports, Soccer
Jo Wankel 
November 13, 2025
Era Photo by Pam Fischer The 2025 UAVSL Boys North All-Stars are shown. Front Row, from left: Owen Daniels, NOPO; Lillian Steele, NOPO; Julian Lanzel,...
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KQDC to operate two check stations
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Hunters get deer aged, weighed for free
November 13, 2025
The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) will operate two deer check stations this year on state routes 59 and 346 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 29 an...
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PORT ALLEGANY: Lifetime membership
Local News
Nov 13, 2025
Lynette Barney, president of Veterans Memorial Inc. (VMI) American Legion Auxiliary, presented Nancy Tenglund with a life membership to the group. Ten...
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Woman jailed for alleged burglary, assault
Crime, Local News
Nov 13, 2025
Breanna Wood, 31, is in McKean County Jail on felony charges of burglary and aggravated assault stemming from a Nov. 9 incident. At approximately 9:51...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Nov 13, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Wednesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil P...
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Nittany MinitMart raises funds for The Jared Box
Business, Local News
Nov 13, 2025
Locally owned convenience stores Nittany MinitMart recently wrapped up a campaign that raised $22,169.25 for The Jared Box Project, a nonprofit that d...
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Bradford Ecumenical Home receives training grant
Business, Local News
Nov 13, 2025
Bradford Ecumenical Home has received the 2026 LeadingAge PA Administrator-in-Training (AIT) Grant, an initiative that supports workforce development ...
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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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Take tariff rebate check and shove it
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
November 13, 2025
DETROIT (TNS) — I don't want the $2,000 rebate check Donald Trump is floating to share the plunder from the tariffs he's imposed on America's trading ...
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Ending the filibuster would still be a very bad idea
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
November 13, 2025
As the latest and longest government shutdown ends, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing to be thankful for: The ...
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Are we seeing a great cleansing of the news media?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
November 13, 2025
Since Donald J. Trump emerged improbably victorious in the 2024 presidential election, there has been an unprecedented reckoning in the mainstream med...
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National debt is a hoarding problem
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
November 12, 2025
Even a federal shutdown can’t keep the national debt from continuing to spiral out of control. The nation’s debt now tops $38 trillion. It’s an unfath...
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