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Gas prices continue downward trend elsewhere
Sara Furlong 
June 23, 2026
Pennsylvania motorists are continuing to see relief at the pump as gasoline prices declined again statewide and nationally over the past week, though ...
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America250PA parade draws thousands downtown
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
June 22, 2026
Under sunny skies, thousands packed downtown Bradford on Saturday as the America250PA-McKean County Grand Celebration Parade brought together more tha...
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Luminite marks 100 years
June 22, 2026
Luminite Products Corp. celebrated its 100th anniversary with an open house Friday evening at its 148 Commerce Drive facility. Visitors toured the pla...
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Flags, floats and festivities
June 22, 2026
Era photographer Wade Aiken captured several celebratory scenes from the America250PA-McKean County Grand Celebration Parade held Saturday in downtown...
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Pirates trade C Bart to Braves for RHP Stratton
Baseball, Local Sports, Sports
June 19, 2026
(TNS) — The Pittsburgh Pirates traded catcher Joey Bart to the Atlanta Braves for right-handed reliever Hunter Stratton late Thursday night. Atlanta d...
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SMETHPORT: Bears visit Irish Hollow
Local News, Outdoors
Jun 23, 2026
Two black bears recently roamed through Irish Hollow in Smethport, where Dr. David Comes photographed them from his porch.
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KANE: Grant supports school program
Business News, Local News
Jun 23, 2026
Representatives mark a check presentation supporting the Kane Area Development Center’s Back to School Sneakers, Socks and Backpack Program through th...
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Dunkin’ opens in Coudersport with pantry donation
Business News, Local News
Jun 23, 2026
COUDERSPORT — Dunkin’ celebrated the grand opening of its new restaurant at 199 U.S. Route 6 on June 12 with giveaways, a ribbon-cutting and a donatio...
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Kane Guitar Band to perform Saturday
Local News
Jun 23, 2026
The Kane Guitar Band will present a one-hour concert of “sizzling summer songs” with a “touch of America250” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday in conjun...
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Assault suspect jailed after arrest
Crime News, Local News
June 17, 2026
A 33-year-old man is accused of assaulting another man and resisting arrest Saturday morning. According to City of Bradford Police, officers were disp...
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Camejo appeal denied by state Supreme Court
Crime News, Local News
Sara Furlong 
June 16, 2026
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied convicted murderer Frederick Camejo's latest request for appellate review in the 2022 fatal shooting of Edwa...
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Superior Court upholds Pysadee conviction
Crime News, Local News
June 15, 2026
SMETHPORT — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has denied the appeal of a former Rochester, N.Y., man convicted in the death of a Bradford woman in 2021....
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Jeeps take on the mud and mountains
Gallery, Local News
June 22, 2026
Jeeps leave the University of Pittsburgh on Panther Parkway Saturday morning for another day of trail riding. Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Depart...
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Fallen service members honored during Memorial Day observances
Gallery, Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
May 25, 2026
Cloudy skies hung over downtown Bradford Monday, but the rain held off as veterans, marching bands, first responders and community groups gathered for...
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Pitt-Bradford sends Class of ’26 on its way
Gallery, Local News
Honors alumni, community leaders 
Sara Furlong 
May 4, 2026
Nearly 200 students crossed the stage Sunday as the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford marked the end of the academic year with its Spring 2026 Comm...
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China isn’t invincible and CRINK is not unified
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOSEPH KIM The Dallas Morning News 
June 23, 2026
DALLAS (TNS) — The authoritarian challenge is real and growing. I have seen this in my research at the George W. Bush Institute and experienced it fir...
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MAGA meets the Mamdani clones
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
June 23, 2026
BOSTON (TNS) — The takeover of the Democratic Party by extremist socialists is gaining new momentum as candidates in several big cities are celebratin...
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America at 250: A different kind of revolution
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GENE PISASALE RealClearPennsylvania 
June 23, 2026
“…everything tending to establish substantial and permanent order, in the affairs of a country, to increase the total mass of industry… is ultimately ...
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Waste of the Day: DOJ did not claw back grants
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
June 22, 2026
The Department of Justice had $77.5 million worth of expired grant funds sitting in bank accounts and unavailable for use as of Sept. 30, 2025, accord...
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