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THINGS TO DO: Music, egg hunts, fishing and fun
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 24, 2026
A mix of live music, family-friendly activities and seasonal events are planned across the region this week. SILENT READING PARTY will take place from...
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From fragments to first place
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 24, 2026
Piece by piece, a masterpiece has come together. Each portion was placed by hand, shaped with intention, and fitted into a larger story. For artist Br...
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Vet Jam back, bigger than ever
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 23, 2026
It’s too much excitement for just one evening. Vet Jam will return March 27, 28 and 29 at Lt. John C. Roche Post 212 VFW at 94 Barbour St. More than 3...
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Volunteers needed for habitat work April 3 on SGL 44
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
March 24, 2026
KANE — Volunteers are needed for wildlife planting and fencing at 9 a.m. April 3 on State Game Lands 44 in Elk County. Work is expected to conclude by...
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Snow on the beach
Local News
Mar 24, 2026
There were no swimmers or boaters in sight on a cold morning at Kinzua Beach on the Allegheny Reservoir.
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Truck into storefront on Main Street
Local News
Mar 24, 2026
Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched just after 10 a.m. Tuesday for a vehicle into a storefront on Main Street. An elderly man, unfamiliar wit...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Mar 24, 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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Coast, Ross charged with conspiring to retaliate
Crime, Local News
Sara Furlong 
March 23, 2026
Ray Coast, the Lewis Run man jailed on $3 million bail for hundreds of felonies relating to rape, child pornography and stalking, has been charged alo...
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Pair arrested in Maplewood Avenue break-in
Crime, Local News
March 23, 2026
City of Bradford Police arrested Jason McCracken, 39, and Candace M. Crawford, 34, after officers responded to a reported break‑in at 84 Maplewood Ave...
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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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There’s no constitutional right to sodas
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
March 22, 2026
You should have to spend your own money to buy soda. Some people disagree. This month, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice sued the U.S. ...
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Pa. losing businesses and workers
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MEGAN MARTIN RealClearPennsylvania 
March 22, 2026
Sadly, one of the nation’s biggest employers is closing in Pennsylvania. Saks & Company recently announced plans to shut down its fulfillment center i...
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Get Dems on record opposing voter ID
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
March 19, 2026
The Senate debated this week on the so-called SAVE Act, which includes a national voter ID requirement. Democrats have vowed to fight the legislation,...
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