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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 News SBU’s Kearns Global Business Forum to focus on the challenging job market

St. Bonaventure University alumnus and global businessman Dick Kearns, ’72, will return to his alma mater in October for the 12th annual Kearns Global Business Forum.

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October 9, 2025

SBU’s Kearns Global Business Forum to focus on the challenging job market

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University alumnus and global businessman Dick Kearns, ’...

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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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