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Bradford City Board of Health lifts one nuisance order, declares two others
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
April 16, 2026
The Bradford Board of Health this week removed one property from its nuisance list while adding two more, citing significant safety and maintenance co...
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THINGS TO DO: Concert, comedy and cars
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
April 15, 2026
VOCTAVE will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Bromeley Family Theater at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Bradford Creative and Performing Art...
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Bradford City Tree Board takes another step toward 200
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
April 15, 2026
Even as the recently planted snowdrift crabapples begin to bloom on Boylston Street, the Bradford City Tree Board took another step toward its goal of...
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Trail Central announces 2026 Backyard Tour
April 14, 2026
You’ve lived in McKean County your whole life and you think you know what makes this area a great place to live and visit, but do you really? On May 1...
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Outdoors: Spring turkeys are totally unpredictable
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
April 16, 2026
Spring gobbler season is only days away and I should be excited, but may have a case of turkey PTSD — the longer I hunt gobblers the less I understand...
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Lady Owls defeat Lady Rams
Local Sports
April 15, 2026
Bradford's Alyssa Mangold tripled (100 hurdles, long jump, 400 relay) and Addie Pilon doubled (3200 relay, 800) as Bradford defeated Johnsonburg. Also...
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Jamestown man sentenced for 2023 murder
Crime, Local News, News, ...
Apr 16, 2026
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A Jamestown man who was already behind bars for kidnapping an elderly couple in Warren County, Pa. has been sentenced for the shootin...
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Mill Street closure scheduled
Local News
Apr 16, 2026
City of Bradford Police in conjunction with American Refining Group Inc. (ARG) announced there will be a temporary closure of Mill Street between the ...
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Madeline Miles to receive 2026 Jackie Award
Local News
Apr 16, 2026
Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center (BCPAC) Executive Director Darren Litz announced Madeline Miles will be honored with the 2026 Jackie Awar...
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City advances park projects, staffing efforts
Local News, News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Apr 15, 2026
In a brief meeting Tuesday, Bradford City Council approved a slate of administrative, staffing and capital improvement measures, including steps relat...
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Water valve exercising upcoming
Local News
Apr 15, 2026
The Bradford City Water Authority has scheduled valve exercising activities to be conducted throughout the water distribution system starting Monday a...
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Man charged in fatal Ridgway crash
Crime, Local News
April 13, 2026
RIDGWAY — A 25-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash that killed a Ridgway resident last fall. According to court records fil...
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Prosecutors push back on Hvizdzak objections
Crime, Local News
Say every enhancement should stand
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
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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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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War against Iran has been a disaster
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
April 16, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — However, and whenever, President Donald Trump’s war against Iran ultimately ends, this much is already clear: It’s been a disaster ...
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Putin, Trump were big losers in Hungary’s election
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
April 16, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The biggest losers in Sunday’s extraordinary election in Hungary, aside from its four-term autocratic prime minister Viktor Orbán...
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I want to hear the bass!
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
April 15, 2026
I find myself lately agreeing with Meghan Trainor when she sang, “All About That Bass.” I was always about wanting to hear the bass. Like many teens, ...
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Don’t be misled by big marijuana’s latest tactic in Pa.
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DAN BARTKOWIAK RealClearPennsylvania 
April 15, 2026
At a moment when concerns about high-potency marijuana are rising nationwide, Pennsylvania lawmakers are weighing an industry-backed proposal that wou...
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