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THINGS TO DO: Music, meadows and movies
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
April 7, 2026
‘CLICK, CLACK, MOO’: A SCHOOL MATINEE EVENT will be staged twice Thursday at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in Bromeley Family Theater at the University of Pi...
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Futures establishes Mary and Don Mackowski Kids Fund
Honors legacy of compassion, opportunity, community impact
April 7, 2026
Futures has established a new named endowment, The Mary and Don Mackowski Kids Fund, created in honor of Mary and Don Mackowski and their enduring com...
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Oil, gas prices blow past $100, $4
Diesel nearing all-time high 
Sara Furlong 
April 6, 2026
Oil prices have flown past $100 per barrel and area motorists are paying more than $4 per gallon of gasoline for the first time since 2022. Late last ...
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Outdoors: Gold in dark waters
Local Sports, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
April 8, 2026
I’m a very lucky person in many ways. In fact, I’m still enthusiastic about the first day of trout season. True, year-round fishing has greatly dimini...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Apr 07, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Tuesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pur...
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Volunteers work for wildlife in Elk Co.
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Apr 07, 2026
RIDGWAY — Twenty‑five volunteers spent Friday at State Game Lands 44 in Elk County planting and fencing shrubs and trees for wildlife, working through...
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Bradford High students earn national credential
Business, Local News
Apr 07, 2026
Bradford Area High School Early Childhood Education students Forest Davis, Katelyn Bishop and Faith Dinch have earned the National Child Development A...
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PORT ALLEGANY: Easter egg haul
Local News
Apr 07, 2026
Five-year-old Anna Neal and 2-year-old Emma Neal smile while showing off their take from the Easter egg hunt held last weekend on Port Allegany’s Town...
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Rare springtime visitor
Local News
Apr 07, 2026
A rare, leucistic white robin with an orange breast was spotted recently at the corner of Fiske Street and Interstate Parkway in Bradford. The bird, s...
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Prosecutors push back on Hvizdzak objections
Crime, Local News
Say every enhancement should stand
Sara Furlong 
April 2, 2026
Federal prosecutors have pushed back on Shane Hvizdzak’s latest objections to his presentence investigation report, arguing in a new filing that every...
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Capital case against Prescott stalled until judge is assigned
Crime, Local News
DA appeals order on sealed defense filings  
Sara Furlong 
April 1, 2026
The capital murder case against Tyler Prescott, accused of raping and murdering his 2-year-old son last August, has stalled pending the appointment of...
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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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Artemis II and life here on Earth
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
April 7, 2026
Four astronauts are on a journey around the moon, a mission that offers a rare chance to see our world from a distance, and ourselves more clearly. On...
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Rescue is a tribute to professionalism
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
April 7, 2026
President Donald Trump’s foes had a field day over the weekend when Iran downed two American planes, an F-15E Strike Eagle and an A-10 Warthog. But ma...
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Why you gotta win Pennsylvania
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MATTHEW BROUILLETTE RealClearPennsylvania 
April 7, 2026
What does Johnstown have to do with San Francisco? Or Warminster with New York, New York? Not much, unless you understand what the left understands — ...
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Good information is hard to find
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 7, 2026
Barack Obama pinpointed a central conflict in American politics back in 2004 while talking with a group of Google executives, “Many people — they’re j...
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