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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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Almost finished
March 18, 2026
At street level the Area Transportation Authority's new Bradford Transit Center appears to be nearly finished. Mark Head, ATA CEO, told The Era on Wed...
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Bradford Sanitary Authority updates permit status; meter deadline approaching
Meter deadline approaching
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
March 18, 2026
Bradford Sanitary Authority reported no new correspondence from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regarding a second draft in it...
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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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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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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Mar 19, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Wednesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil P...
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A chilly roost
Local News
Mar 18, 2026
The snow could not deter the Bradford Ecumenical Home patio flowerpot duck from returning to nest this year. Era readers might remember we have shared...
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Rural PA memoir earns national recognition
Business, Local News
Mar 18, 2026
WARREN — "Proudly Made: A Story of Reinvention in the Big Woods and Small Towns of the Pennsylvania Wilds," the debut memoir by Tataboline Enos, found...
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Bradford woman pleads guilty to drug deliveries
Crime, Local News
March 16, 2026
SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman arrested during a July drug detail has pleaded guilty to delivering methamphetamine and cocaine. Katlyn Buterbaugh, forme...
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Pavlock recuses himself from Prescott case
Crime, Local News
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
March 13, 2026
McKean County President Judge John Pavlock has recused himself from the death-penalty case against Tyler Prescott, the Bradford man accused of raping ...
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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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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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Walking into another shutdown dead end
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
March 17, 2026
Sen. Chuck Schumer walked Democrats into a dead end last year, triggering the longest federal government shutdown in a futile effort to prop up the he...
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Thoughts on dreaming
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
March 17, 2026
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Do you dream? Are they good, bad or ugly, comforting or even scary? Most have had some of each. A dream is defined as “a series of t...
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