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Blood drive set for Monday
Local News
Nov 19, 2025
ERIE — A blood drive is set for noon to 5 p.m. Monday at St. Bernard Church in Bradford. The Community Blood Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania & Western ...
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Free Stream Crossing, Road Maintenance Workshop
Local News
Nov 19, 2025
SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District, in partnership with the State Conservation Commission and Trout Unlimited, will host a free Strea...
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All the friends, family and fixings
Local News
Nov 19, 2025
Bradford Ecumenical Home hosted its annual Friends and Family Thanksgiving Dinner Tuesday evening. Residents and their family and friends enjoyed a tr...
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Board of Health denies two appeals, allows work to continue
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Nov 19, 2025
Two appeals were heard Tuesday by the Bradford Board of Health, both of which were denied. The first was by Majad Sultan of Hicksville, N.Y., who owns...
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Energy Dept. helps finance restart of Three Mile Island
Business, PA State News
By MARC LEVY Associated Press 
Nov 19, 2025
HARRISBURG (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday that it will loan $1 billion to help finance the restart of the nuclear power plant on Pe...
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Long-awaited Sanitary Authority permit could come with cost
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Nov 19, 2025
The ongoing saga of the years-long process for a pollutant elimination discharge permit for the Bradford Sanitary Authority may be nearly over, but it...
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Lawsuits target regional gas pipeline backed by Trump
Nation & World
By CHRIS WADE The Center Square 
Nov 19, 2025
HARRISBURG — Green groups are suing to block a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through sections of New Jersey to New York City after Demo...
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‘Ghost projects’ haunt power grid planners and taxpayers
Local News, PA State News
By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
Nov 19, 2025
HARRISBURG – As the country braces for a surge in electricity demand driven by large energy users like data centers, two questions lie at the center o...
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Kane looking at potential water, sewer rate hikes in August
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Nov 19, 2025
Kane's water and wastewater service has requested a rate increase to start in August 2026 — about $13 more a month for water customers and $20 a month...
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Women’s Giving Circle awards grants
Local News
Nov 19, 2025
The Women’s Giving Circle (WGC) of McKean County, a project of the McKean County Community Foundation, awarded $9,000 to five nonprofit organizations ...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Nov 19, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Tuesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pur...
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From porch to pocket – 150 years strong and growing
Business, Local News
150 years strong and growing 
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Nov 19, 2025
In an age of shrinking newsrooms and vanishing print editions, The Bradford Era is defying the odds. Recently, our Facebook reach surpassed 1 million ...
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