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Case Knives in statewide ‘Coolest Thing’ contest
Highlights iconic manufacturers 
Sara Furlong 
March 20, 2026
W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. knives will face off with 55 other Pennsylvania manufacturers in the PA Chamber’s annual “Coolest Thing Made in Pennsylva...
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Casting out for youth anglers
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 19, 2026
Willow Creek will once again be filled with the sounds of rushing water, laughter and the excitement of young anglers casting their lines and delighti...
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THINGS TO DO: Spring events fill week’s calendar
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 18, 2026
WEARING OF THE GREEN FAT-BIKE RIDE will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at Allegany State Park. Participants should meet at the Red House Administr...
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Port A wrestlers compete at Keystones
Local Sports
March 18, 2026
Keystone State Championships – Port Allegany Youth Wrestling had several wrestlers compete at the Keystone State Championships, March 13–15 at the Bry...
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Bonnies take on Drexel at home in first round of WNIT
College Sports, Local Sports, Sports
By HENRY BUCHAN, Special to the Era 
March 18, 2026
For the first time in a decade, the Bonnies women are playing postseason basketball, and will host Drexel at 6 p.m. on Thursday in the first round of ...
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Pennsylvania Senate passes AI chatbot safety bill
Local News, PA State News
By FORD TURNER The Center Square 
Mar 20, 2026
HARRISBURG — The "nonhuman status" of artificial intelligence chatbots would have to be disclosed to humans - and those same chatbots would have to be...
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PORT ALLEGANY: Region II Band qualifier
Local News
Mar 20, 2026
Alayna Palmer earned first chair second cornet and fourth chair in the trumpet/cornet section to qualify for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Associat...
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SMETHPORT: Hubbers induct 13 in NHS
Local News
Mar 19, 2026
SMETHPORT — Smethport Area School District held its 2025-26 National Honor Society induction ceremony Tuesday evening. Four full members and nine asso...
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Fretz students return to collect wreaths from local cemeteries
Local News
Mar 19, 2026
Students from Floyd C. Fretz Middle School joined members of Bradford American Legion Post 108 recently to collect wreaths from local cemeteries as pa...
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Ford named Student of the Week
Local News
Mar 19, 2026
Autumn Ford, a sophomore from Oswayo Valley School District, enrolled in the Health Assisting program at Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center ...
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Clearfield man found guilty in fatal 2019 bombing
Crime, PA State News
March 19, 2026
JOHNSTOWN — A federal jury on March 18 found Clint Addleman, 49, of Clearfield, guilty on all charges connected to a 2019 bombing that killed a Clearf...
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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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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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Our final War for Independence
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GENE PISALE RealClearPennsylvania 
March 19, 2026
“The War of Revolution is won, but the War for Independence is yet to be fought." — Benjamin Franklin One major struggle 214 years ago passed into the...
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Federal GSA doesn’t monitor consultants
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
March 18, 2026
The General Services Administration spent $133 million hiring consultants to study its own buildings, but nobody is keeping track of what the studies ...
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