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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: AAA Nails and Spa a Bradford go-to
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
December 16, 2025
During the busy holiday season, it is important to take time to recharge and AAA Nails and Spa offers customers the opportunity to do just that. At 11...
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ANFVB announces ’26 event, marketing grants
December 16, 2025
The Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau has announced its 2026 Marketing and Event Grant Program, which funds eligible projects and events from ...
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PennDOT invests $107 Million in district infrastructure
Sara Furlong 
December 15, 2025
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced $107 million in infrastructure improvements were undertaken in District 2, which includes McKe...
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Port Allegany football, cheerleader seniors honored
Football, Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
December 16, 2025
Era Photos by Pam Fischer The Gator Football Boosters sponsored the 2025 Football Banquet Sunday evening at the Moose Lodge #460. MC for the event was...
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HS Roundup: Cameron County girls, Port A wrestlers notch wins
Local Sports
By JO WANKEL - Era Sports Writer 
December 16, 2025
Girls Basketball Northern Potter 40, Otto-Eldred 34 Lilly Steele posted 24 points to lead Northern Potter over O-E Tuesday. Leading the Lady Terrors w...
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Port Allegany girls fall to St. Marys
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
December 15, 2025
ST. MARYS - Despite leading 11-9 at the end of the first quarter, the Port Allegany girls basketball team fell 57-46 to St. Marys as Molly Hanslovan l...
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Local & Social
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PORT ALLEGANY: Wintersong
Local News
Dec 16, 2025
The Port Allegany School District Music Department presented Wintersong 2025 Thursday and Friday nights, featuring students in grades four through 12....
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PORT ALLEGANY: Bingo!
Local News
Dec 16, 2025
The Rotary Club of Port Allegany held its annual Designer Purse Bingo and more Saturday afternoon at Moose Lodge 460. Calling the bingo games was Levi...
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Sun sets on former McCourt Label
Local News
Dec 16, 2025
The sun sets on what remains of the former McCourt Label plant, the large brick building at 144-146 W. Washington St. The demolition is part of the Br...
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Homeless man charged with animal cruelty
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 16, 2025
The discovery of starving, abandoned dogs in a cage in the woods over Tuna Avenue in Bradford led to the arrest of a homeless man last week. George K....
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Bradford woman jailed for alleged assaults
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 16, 2025
A Bradford woman is in McKean County Jail, charged with kicking an EMT and an emergency room nurse who were helping her Saturday. Haley Baker, 25, of ...
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AI regulation bill gets notes in Pennsylvania
Business, Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Dec 16, 2025
HARRISBURG — The health care field agrees: artificial intelligence is already an integral tool being used every day in the industry. When and how to r...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Dec 16, 2025
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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ELDRED: Vape shop robbed Monday
Crime, Local News
Sara Furlong 
December 15, 2025
ELDRED — Pennsylvania State Police were searching for a robbery suspect in Eldred on Monday afternoon. Gambit Ruse, a specialty vape and glass shop at...
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Swatting incidents inspire plans for tougher penalties
Crime, PA State News
By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
December 15, 2025
HARRISBURG – A rise in swatting, defined as bogus emergency calls meant to trigger an armed police response, particularly at Pennsylvania schools and ...
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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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Willard Avenue house fire
Gallery, Local News
December 10, 2025
Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched at 5:55 Wednesday morning to a reported garage fire at 29 Willard Ave. Firefighters requested a second al...
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Merry on Main
Gallery, Local News
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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Taxpayers subsidize football coach firings
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 16, 2025
In 1917, Congress made private donations to universities tax-deductible to give alumni an incentive to support the education of future students. Lawma...
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About town (NYC) with the Pa. Society
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GILLIAN GOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
December 16, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Pennsylvania's political class schmoozed their way across Midtown Manhattan this past weekend, bouncing from cocktail parties to swan...
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Feds pay nonprofits that sue government
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 15, 2025
Since 2013, the federal government has paid over $20 million to cover attorneys’ fees for organizations engaged in “sue and settle” litigation, accord...
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