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Bradford City Water Authority updates watershed activity, plant upgrade
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
March 27, 2026
Bradford City Water Authority reported that the Roberts Filters Group pilot study is now operating at the water treatment plant, marking a major step ...
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Easter events planned across region
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 26, 2026
Easter is arriving with more than just candy and baskets this year. Across the region, a full lineup of egg hunts, community events and seasonal tradi...
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Bradford Board of Health continues Petrolia Street nuisance appeal
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
March 25, 2026
The Bradford Board of Health on Tuesday voted to continue an appeal involving a nuisance property at 27 Petrolia St. for 90 days, requiring the new ow...
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Outdoors: Trout season is looming
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
March 26, 2026
Well, any respectable writer hates to sound like a broken record but, unfortunately, it’s impossible for me not to repeat something I’ve mentioned fre...
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HS Roundup: St. Marys tennis improves to 2-0
Local Sports, Sports
By JO WANKEL - Era Sports Writer 
March 25, 2026
Tennis St. Marys 5, DuBois 0 The weather wasn’t a deterrent to the Dutch Tuesday as St. Marys claimed a win over DuBois to advance to 2-0 on the seaso...
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Social Security Matters: I’ll be 70; when should I apply?
Lifestyle, Lifestyles, Local News, ...
By RUSSELL GLOOR 
Mar 27, 2026
DEAR RUSTY:  I was born on Jan. 1, 1958, so I believe Social Security considers me to be 70 as of December 2027. I'm planning on filing when I turn 70...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Mar 27, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...
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DUKE CENTER: Yingling named all-state
Local News
Mar 26, 2026
The Otto‑Eldred Music Department announced that senior clarinetist Ellie Yingling has qualified for the PMEA All‑State Wind Ensemble, which will be he...
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Pantuso to speak at Pitt-Bradford commencement
Local News
Mar 26, 2026
Peter J. Pantuso, the longtime president and chief executive officer of the American Bus Association and an international thought leader in transporta...
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Police identify driver in hit-and-run
Crime, Local News
March 25, 2026
City of Bradford police have allegedly identified the driver who fled the scene of a two‑vehicle crash at South Avenue and Elm Street on Oct. 31, 2025...
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Coast, Ross charged with conspiring to retaliate
Crime, Local News
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
March 23, 2026
Ray Coast, the Lewis Run man jailed on $3 million bail for hundreds of felonies relating to rape, child pornography and stalking, has been charged alo...
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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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Cybersecurity programmers’ China ties
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
March 27, 2026
The National Science Foundation is spending $67 million on software that will protect American research from cybercriminals in enemy nations like Chin...
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Helicopter parents are making Pa.’s teachers miserable
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBAS RealClearPennsylvania 
March 26, 2026
Pennsylvania’s teachers have the lowest morale in the country.  According to the most recent Education Week survey, it is not about pay, curriculum, o...
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