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Local gas prices hit seven-month low
Sara Furlong 
December 8, 2025
Bradford-area gas prices fell more sharply this week, dropping 5.3 cents to $3.452 — the largest weekly decrease and lowest average since early May. T...
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Old Fashioned Christmas returns
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
December 8, 2025
There’s nothing like nostalgia to welcome the holiday season. The sights and sounds of days gone by will come alive during the annual Old Fashioned Ch...
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Merry on Main
December 8, 2025
The Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce staged its beloved annual Christmas Parade on Friday. The parade featured floats, music, holiday lights, the Bra...
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Nothing tops that first harvest
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
December 6, 2025
I’ve forgotten a lot of things in life, but one thing I remember as if it were yesterday was when I shot my first deer. I stalked it and shot it at 15...
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HS Roundup: Bradford defeats Kane, ECC outscores Coudy
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
December 5, 2025
Bradford 38, Kane 27 DUKE CENTER - Bradford’s Marcus Terwilliger scored 15 points and Tyler Simmons added 12 as Bradford defeated Kane 38-27 Friday at...
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Lady Owls wrestling set to embark on second season
Local Sports
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
December 5, 2025
Ready to embark on just its second ever season, Bradford High’s girls wrestling team returns four letterwinners from its inaugural campaign. Seniors L...
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HS Roundup: O-E girls claim win
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
December 4, 2025
Girls Basketball Otto-Eldred’s Rayel Hakes and Jahden Smith each posted 12 points during Thursday’s win over Port Allegany. Leading the Lady Gators wa...
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HS Roundup: Bradford, Cam. County, Smethport claim wins
Basketball, Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
December 3, 2025
Boys Basketball Bradford 53, Ridgway 32 Bradford's Marcus Terwilliger posted 14 points, Tyler Simmons added 13 and Tarryn Reese put up 11 to lead the ...
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Sold-out show
Local News
Dec 08, 2025
The New York Theatre Ballet presented its reimagined production of “The Nutcracker” to a full house at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on Sun...
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PORT ALLEGANY: Sweet victory
Local News
Dec 08, 2025
Heath, Hazen and Hudson Jackson captured first place in the gingerbread house contest sponsored by Port Allegany’s Small Town Christmas on the Square....
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Hand Bell Choir concert Thursday
Local News
Dec 08, 2025
The annual St. Bernard Hand Bell Choir concert will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Bernard Church on East Corydon Street. The concert is free and o...
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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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Free speech case should easy call
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 8, 2025
The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in one of the few First Amendment cases it will decide this term, and the justices appeared poised to side...
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The college discussion every family should have
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
December 8, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — The decision to attend college was a no-brainer during the second half of the 20th century. It almost assured higher earnings and job...
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The GOP’s next leader will need more than populism
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DAVID DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
December 8, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump has always been just insider-enough to placate the Republican establishment and just outsider-enough to excite...
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