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Public hearing set Aug. 31 for McKean County land development ordinance
Public hearing set Aug. 31 for McKean County land development ordinance
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
July 23, 2026
SMETHPORT — McKean County commissioners will hold a public hearing Aug. 31 on a proposed expansion of the county’s Subdivision and Land Development Or...
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$660,000 grant to fund water main replacement
$660,000 grant to fund water main replacement
Sara Furlong 
July 23, 2026
Bradford City Water Authority has received a $660,000 state grant to replace portions of the 8-inch water main between Minard Run and East Warren Road...
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Nonprofits want legislators to keep skill games legal
Nonprofits want legislators to keep skill games legal
By JULIA KRAMER The Center Square 
July 23, 2026
(The Center Square) - While legislators from both chambers have proposed legalizing skill games in recent years, nonprofits who rely on revenue from t...
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Bradford Sanitary Authority adds PFAS sampling requirement
Bradford Sanitary Authority adds PFAS sampling requirement
Sara Furlong 
July 22, 2026
Bradford Sanitary Authority has issued amended permits requiring participants in its Industrial Pretreatment Program to sample for PFAS as it continue...
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Outdoors: The glories of summer
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Outdoors: The glories of summer
By WADE ROBERTSON 
July 23, 2026
I sat quietly as the light gradually increased, the far ridge top growing from an indistinct blur into a sharp, knife-edge silhouette against the dawn...
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PA practices underway for Big 30 Charities Classic
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PA practices underway for Big 30 Charities Classic
Jo Wankel 
July 22, 2026
Overcast skies have been plaguing the Pennsylvania squad this week, but practices have been in full swing regardless as the countdown for the annual B...
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Big 30 football practices start up on Monday at Olean
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Big 30 football practices start up on Monday at Olean
By HENRY BUCHAN, Special to the Era 
July 22, 2026
OLEAN, N.Y. — The Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic officially kicked off Monday as players began their first week of practice at Olean Middle School ...
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Penn State RB Hansen gains trust of his coaches, teammates
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Penn State RB Hansen gains trust of his coaches, teammates
By RICH SCARCELLA, Reading Eagle (TNS) 
July 21, 2026
Trust is a big deal when it comes to Carson Hansen and the Penn State football coaching staff. Hansen quickly decided to transfer from Iowa State afte...
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Poyer discusses memoir writing
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Poyer discusses memoir writing
Jul 23, 2026
Bradford native and USA Today-bestselling author David Poyer discusses his new book, “Writing Your Memoir in the Age of AI,” during a presentation Wed...
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Bradford Ecumenical Home hosts employee car wash
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Bradford Ecumenical Home hosts employee car wash
Jul 23, 2026
Bradford Ecumenical Home Inc.’s leadership team took advantage of the sunny weather to wash employees’ vehicles during its sixth annual employee car w...
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Three-car crash injures two
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Three-car crash injures two
Jul 23, 2026
Emergency services were dispatched to a three-vehicle accident on Route 646 between Gifford and Cyclone at 1:41 p.m. Wednesday. Bradford City Fire Dep...
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Man sentenced for burglary of Bradford residence
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Man sentenced for burglary of Bradford residence
July 17, 2026
SMETHPORT — A man was sentenced to eight to 23½ months on a burglary charge for entering a Bradford residence without permission, District Attorney St...
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SMETHPORT: Arts on the Island weekend
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SMETHPORT: Arts on the Island weekend
June 29, 2026
Wade Aiken and Pam Fischer captured scenes from Smethport's Arts on the Island Weekend, held June 26 to 28 at Hamlin Lake Park in Smethport. The festi...
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Jeeps take on the mud and mountains
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Jeeps take on the mud and mountains
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
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Fallen service members honored during Memorial Day observances
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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Waste of the Day: Spending on South Pole logistics
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Waste of the Day: Spending on South Pole logistics
July 23, 2026
For almost a decade, the federal government’s budget for Antarctic research included little money for actual scientific inquiry, and a boatload of cas...
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US could ‘abolish ICE.’ Then what?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
US could ‘abolish ICE.’ Then what?
By DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
July 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — It would be political folly for the Democratic Party to fully embrace calls to “abolish ICE,” at least without adopting a substitut...
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Trump administration threatens states to tighten voting rules
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Trump administration threatens states to tighten voting rules
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
July 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Unable to pass its controversial legislation to tighten voting laws and facing dubious mid-term election prospects, the Trump admin...
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Trump returns to an old theme
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Trump returns to an old theme
July 22, 2026
President Donald Trump returned to a familiar theme last week, delivering a prime-time address on election integrity that implied that many states all...
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