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Police, fire called to Zippo for suspicious package

October 8, 2025

Bradford City Police and Fire departments responded to Zippo's Barbour Street location at approximately 10:20 a.m. Wednesday for a report of a suspici...

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Home Lifestyles Daughter’s dependence finally reaches breaking point

Dear Abby

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August 19, 2025

Daughter’s dependence finally reaches breaking point

DEAR ABBY: I am 65, single and retired with an almost-40-year-old bipolar child. Although she's comp...

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Byway bound; four-county section of Route 6 earns Scenic Byway status

Four-county section of Route 6 earns Scenic Byway status

Sara Furlong

October 9, 2025

U.S. Route 6 — one of the nation’s first transcontinental highways — in Pennsylvania is commonly known as PA Route 6. Since long before parts of the c...

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Let freedom ring

By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com

October 9, 2025

Local artists will come together to help decorate McKean County’s entry in Bells Across PA, a statewide art initiative celebrating Pennsylvania’s role...

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Full house

October 9, 2025

McKean County residents filled the Grange Building at the fairgrounds in Smethport on Thursday evening to weigh in on the county's proposed wind energ...

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THINGS TO DO: ’30s-style celebration at Option House

By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com

October 9, 2025

OPTION HOUSE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION will be from 5 to 9 p.m this Friday and Saturday. The public is invited to step back in time for a 1930s-style ce...

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Love, loss and honoring a hero

By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com

October 9, 2025

Honoring veterans is a cause close to Kierstin Taylor’s heart. The Bradford Area High School senior recently donated more than $900 to McKean County’s...

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