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Olean Medical Group celebrates three retirements
Business, Local News
Dec 23, 2025
OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean Medical Group, a Kaleida Health organization, honors the retirement of three longtime healthcare professionals whose decades of se...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Dec 23, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Monday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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Coast’s bail raised to $3 million, 270 charges added
Crime, Local News
By SARA FURLONG and MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER news@bradfordera.com  
Dec 22, 2025
Bail was raised to $3 million and 270 charges were added during a preliminary hearing held Monday in the case against Ray Coast, the Lewis Run man acc...
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CROSBY: Supervisors deny Black Cherry application
Local News
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 22, 2025
CROSBY — Supervisors denied Black Cherry Wind’s application to raise a meteorological (met) tower in Norwich Township, during their December meeting. ...
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All aboard
Local News
Dec 22, 2025
Bradford Area Christian Academy student Stevie Clark prepared her "boxcar" Monday before the schoolwide showing of the Christmas classic, "The Polar E...
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Area gas prices nearly 25% higher than national average
Local News
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 22, 2025
Fuel prices are down across the board this week and, nationwide, gas prices are the lowest they’ve been since December 2020. The national average for ...
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PORT ALLEGANY: Anticipated tradition
Local News
Dec 22, 2025
Children at Port Allegany United Methodist Church pose by one of two trees decorated with hats, scarves, gloves and socks collected by the congregatio...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Dec 22, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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Emergency repair
Local News
Dec 22, 2025
Bradford City Water Authority workers fill in the hole after repairing a water main break at the intersection of Elm and Chestnut streets.
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Students make annual Warming House delivery PIC
Local News
Dec 21, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — They never fail to deliver. For the 44th consecutive year, students from St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute delivered a trucklo...
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Habitat key to winter wildlife survival
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Dec 20, 2025
So far it seems like we will be in for another long, cold winter. December has been nothing short of what winter in Pennsylvania is supposed to be lik...
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Santa versus the Grinch
Gallery, Local News
Dec 19, 2025
The Grinch showed up at a Port Allegany High School wrestling match again this year, trying to get the better of Santa Claus. Scroll through the galle...
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Volunteers unite to honor thousands of veterans
Local News
BOGO on wreaths through Dec. 31 
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 19, 2025
About 80 volunteers helped Bradford American Legion Post 108 place almost 3,500 wreaths on local veterans’ graves Dec. 13, National Wreaths Across Ame...
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Jones waives hearing on animal cruelty charges
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 19, 2025
Eight charges relating to cruelty to animals, including an additional felony count for a dog's death, were waived to court Thursday by Bradford man Ge...
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