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DIFFERENCE MAKERS: A joyful spirit
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By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Dec 12, 2025
The people who hand us our morning coffee, ring up our gas or greet us on a quick stop inside the convenience store become part of our daily rhythm. M...
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ELF Fund pulls off largest distribution yet
Local News
Sara Furlong 
Dec 12, 2025
The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund staged another massive holiday distribution Friday morning — its biggest to date — filling the former Sears buildi...
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‘It’s been a snowy place’
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Sara Furlong 
Dec 12, 2025
Only eight more days until winter starts. Actually, that depends who you ask. Astronomically speaking, winter begins on the winter solstice, the short...
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Home for the holidays
Local News
Dec 12, 2025
Era photographer Wade Aiken came across these eye-catching Christmas decorations on Bolivar Drive. We'll share other strikingly spiffed up homes for t...
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Teen charged in April ATV death
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 12, 2025
SMETHPORT — The teenage all-terrain vehicle operator whose passenger was killed in a crash April 17 in Bradford is being charged with homicide by vehi...
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Bradford woman’s legacy inspires new novel
Local News
Sara Furlong 
Dec 12, 2025
Author Patricia Vido recalls her friend. A force of a woman who “energized any room when she entered it,” valued education and inspired other women an...
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ELDRED: ‘Cheermeister’ title up for grabs as holiday trap shoot returns
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Holiday trap shoot returns
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Dec 12, 2025
ELDRED – The Eldred Conservation Club is kicking off the holiday season with its second annual Holiday Whooby-Whatty Trap Shoot, set for 9 a.m. Sunday...
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Local students graduate from Pitt-Bradford
Local News
Dec 12, 2025
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford was expected to graduate 56 students Saturday during commencement exercises at Bromeley Family Theater. Those...
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Frightful weather, delightful dinner
Local News
Dec 12, 2025
The weather outside was frightful but the Christmas dinner at Chapel Ridge was delightful, despite the cold and falling, blowing snow Thursday evening...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Dec 12, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...
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THINGS TO DO: Old Fashioned Christmas leads slate
Local News
Plus, craft shows, trap shoot and cookie swap
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Dec 11, 2025
OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS The sights and sounds of days gone by will come alive during the annual Old Fashioned Christmas celebration set for 8 a.m. to ...
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All dressed up
Local News
Dec 11, 2025
The gazebo at Veterans Square looked festive in the falling snow Thursday evening, all dressed up for the season.
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Austin student Finch recognized for achievement
Local News
Dec 11, 2025
PORT ALLEGANY — Jett Finch, a senior at Austin Area School District and Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center, is being recognized as a standou...
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Potter Co. man charged with murder in boy’s 2024 death
Crime, Local News
Sara Furlong 
Dec 11, 2025
COUDERSPORT — In July 2024, a 5-year-old Coudersport boy was rushed to UPMC Cole in cardiac arrest. He was soon flown to Janet Weis Children’s Hospita...
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Inaugural Move McKean Challenge a success
Local News
Dec 11, 2025
Knowlton’s Personal Fitness captured first place in the inaugural Move McKean Challenge, sponsored by the McKean County Department of Human Services, ...
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