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SMETHPORT: Tri-County Fire School seeking tractor
Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Nov 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — For decades, the Tri-County Fire School has been a quiet but powerful force supporting first responders from both Pennsylvania and New Yor...
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DA seeking death penalty against Prescott
Crime, Local News
Nov 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer will seek the death penalty against Tyler Prescott, the Bradford man accused ...
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Bradford man arrested for PFA violations
Crime, Local News
Nov 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — Robert Densmore was arrested by Bradford City Police on Friday for multiple violations of a protection from abuse (PFA) order. Between Oct...
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PORT ALLEGANY: Bazaar at St. Gabriel’s
Local News
Nov 24, 2025
The annual Christmas Bazaar at St. Gabriel's Parish Hall will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at 203 Arnold Ave. in Port Allegany.  The event will fea...
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Consensus for power supply solution still elusive
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
Nov 24, 2025
HARRISBURG – Rapid expansion of data centers in the mid-Atlantic region leaves its power grid’s operator, PJM, standing at a crossroads: how can elect...
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No Era edition Thursday
Local News
Nov 24, 2025
There will be no edition of The Bradford Era on Thursday, Nov. 27, due to the Thanksgiving Day federal holiday. The paper will resume Friday, Nov. 28.
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Nov 24, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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What happens when your immune system hijacks your brain
Nation & World
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and SHELBY LUM Associated Press 
Nov 22, 2025
“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called auto...
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Going on a bear hunt: Smart, elusive game tests hunters’ skill
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Smart, elusive game tests hunters’ skill
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Nov 22, 2025
Today marks the opening of bear season in Pennsylvania. I’ve seen more bears this fall than I can ever remember, but that doesn’t mean hunters will ha...
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State cuts threaten rural arts; petition advocates for preservation
Local News
Petition advocates for preservation 
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Nov 21, 2025
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) announced recently that all statewide partnerships will end in September 2026, threatening small and rural ...
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