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Send encouragement to BAHS seniors
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 9, 2026
Graduation is a milestone worth celebrating, and community members are once again invited to share their encouragement with Bradford Area High School ...
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Great spring fishing to be had
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
March 7, 2026
For most Pennsylvania fishermen, trout season is still a month away. However, for those who don’t mind catching and releasing, there’s some great fish...
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Oil, gasoline prices spike amid conflict; local gallon surging toward $4
Local gallon surging toward $4 
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
March 6, 2026
Local gas prices surged toward $4 per gallon Friday. As of mid-afternoon, most local outlets were selling gasoline for $3.79 per gallon, a steep, 41.3...
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Bonnies host Davidson in regular-season finale ahead of A-10 tournament
College Sports, Local Sports, Sports
By HENRY BUCHAN, Special to the Era 
March 6, 2026
St. Bonaventure (15-15, 4-13) will return for one final home game on Saturday against Davidson (18-12, 9-8), looking to end the regular season on the ...
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PIAA Hoops Playoffs: J’burg, ECC advance to Round 2
Local Sports
By JO WANKEL - Era Sports Writer 
March 6, 2026
Boys 1A Johnsonburg 48, West Middlesex 35 J’burg’s Parker Calla had 17 points and Jonah King contributed 14 as the Rams claimed a victory Friday. For ...
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Funk named NTL Boys’ MVP; Babcock gets Coach of the Year honors
Local Sports, Sports
NTL names O-E’s Gray Coach of the Year, 3 O-E players named to All-Stars
By JO WANKEL - Era Sports Writer 
March 6, 2026
Port Allegany’s Jarrod Funk was named the Boys' NTL MVP, while Gators Coach Kyle Babcock was named Coach of the Year. Joining Funk on the Boys’ 2025-2...
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Cross State Hammers send wrestlers to state tournaments
Local Sports
March 6, 2026
Photo submitted The Cross State Hammers Youth Wrestling Club is sending 23 wrestlers to state tournaments in both New York and Pennsylvania. Front row...
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JCC announces fall 2025 graduates
Lifestyles, Local News
Mar 09, 2026
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Dr. Jessica Kubiak, vice president of academic affairs, and Ron Shidemantle, vice president for student experience, announced that 1...
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Storm topples tree on South Avenue
Local News
Mar 09, 2026
Bradford Township Police and Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a tree down in the 400 block of South Avenue at 3:52 Satur...
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Armanini files for re‑election in 75th District
Local News
Mar 09, 2026
DuBOIS — State Rep. Mike Armanini, R–DuBois, has filed nominating petitions with the Pennsylvania Department of State, launching his campaign for re‑e...
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Local oil prices leap again
Business, Local News
Mar 09, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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Man arrested on New York warrant
Crime, Local News
Mar 09, 2026
Bradford City Police arrested a man wanted on a New York State warrant for felony dangerous drugs and weapons offenses. Officers located Thomas Eugene...
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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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DEI contractors still in DoD schools
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
March 9, 2026
Controversial education firms that helped embed diversity, equity and inclusion principles in K-12 military schools during President Joe Biden’s admin...
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Harrisburg needs to take action on pharmacy deserts
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By VICTORIA ELLIOTT 
March 9, 2026
The ongoing pharmacy closure crisis in Pennsylvania has become an alarming issue for communities throughout the commonwealth. Since 2020, over 1,000 c...
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What the political attacks on Fetterman reveal
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
March 9, 2026
Few politicians evoke strong emotions like U.S. Sen. John Fetterman. Certainly, no Pennsylvania politician elicits more conversation. And no other maj...
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A federal fiscal fog in Washington
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
March 9, 2026
The late writer and satirist P.J. O’Rourke once famously noted, “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage b...
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