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Creatives wanted for 68th Kiwanis Kapers
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
October 13, 2025
Creative kids and adults are needed for the 68th Annual Kiwanis Kapers. This year’s show, entitled “Finding Home,” is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 15 and 16 an...
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Trail cams can help or hurt
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
October 11, 2025
The one thing that has made deer hunting more fun and enjoyable for me more recently has been running trail cameras. Trail cams are a game changer for...
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Online sign-ups underway for The ELF Fund
October 10, 2025
The online application process for The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund, a Christmas gift assistance program in the Bradford area, is underway and runs...
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HS Football: Kane, Clarion shut out opponents
Football, Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
October 10, 2025
CLARION — The Bradford football team was shut out 86-0 on Friday night against Clarion. “We just need to regroup and try to put something together the...
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Knights offer annual Rosary night
Local News
Oct 13, 2025
Knights of Columbus Council 403 held its annual Family Rosary Night at St. Bernard Church on Oct. 7. Always held the first week of October, the evenin...
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KANE: Wolves go pink
Local News
Oct 13, 2025
Kane cheerleaders donned pink for the Wolves' football game Friday night at Paul R. Miller Stadium. The color pink is associated with breast cancer aw...
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PORT ALLEGANY: Gators crown Fillhart, Bliss
Local News
Oct 13, 2025
Madison Fillhart and Aiden Bliss were named queen and king of Port Allegany High School’s 2025 homecoming festivities during halftime of the Gators’ f...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Oct 13, 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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Jail employee charged with assault
Crime, Local News
October 9, 2025
SMETHPORT — A McKean County Jail corrections officer has been charged in an alleged physical assault against a person in custody. Zane Hodgdon, 28, is...
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Brooklyn man in McKean Co. Jail
Crime, Local News
October 9, 2025
A Brooklyn man is in McKean County Jail on charges of public drunkenness and more after an Oct. 1 incident. Bradford City Police responded to a report...
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Welfare check lands woman in jail
Crime, Local News
October 9, 2025
Stephaney Lyn Buchanan, 44, is in McKean County Jail after an incident Sunday in the city. Bradford City Police officers responded to a welfare check ...
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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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PORT ALLEGANY: Special evening at Gator Field
Gallery, Local News
October 1, 2025
It was Down Syndrome Awareness Night last Friday at Gator Field in Port Allegany. Cameron Ernst is the son of Chris and Abbey Johnson-Ernst and a stud...
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Pumpkin Fest a smashing success
Gallery, Local News
September 29, 2025
Possibly the largest to date, the 15th Annual Pumpkin Fest was held Saturday in downtown Bradford. More than 60 vendors lined Main Street, selling eve...
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Moment of truth for Trump’s Mideast peace deal
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOSH WINGROVE Bloomberg News 
October 13, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump hoped to seal the biggest diplomatic achievement of his second term when he heralded a deal ending the Israel-...
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$786K pension one of largest in US
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
October 13, 2025
A neurosurgeon who once had his medical license suspended by the state of Washington’s Department of Health for being an “immediate threat to the publ...
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Other Voices: No safe democracies
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
October 13, 2025
Javier Corrales, a political science professor at Amherst (Mass.) College, warns about rising autocracies. He said it is not about left or right; it i...
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Sidney Crosby is a remarkable man
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
October 13, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — If Sidney Crosby had been born in the Middle Ages, I suspect he would have become a monk. He prizes excellence above all else, yet ...
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