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Basking bunch
Local News
Apr 09, 2026
A cluster of painted turtles basked on a mound of reeds in a McKean County pond this past weekend.
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Apr 08, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Wednesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil P...
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Don’t live here, don’t dump here, city says
Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Apr 08, 2026
City officials reminded the public that the municipal dump site at the end of Holley Avenue is restricted to use by City of Bradford residents only, c...
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Going the distance for a good cause
Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Apr 08, 2026
When Linda Transki talks about why she walks, she begins with her grandfather. A World War II veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient, he carried ...
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DEP responds to complaints of litter at Casella landfill
Local News
Sara Furlong 
Apr 08, 2026
MOUNT JEWETT — Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) officials responded in March to accusations of “gross negligence and mass p...
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A few little buffleheads
Local News
Apr 08, 2026
While on a recent assignment in Mount Alton, Era photographer Wade Aiken spotted these bufflehead ducks swimming in a pond along the road. Buffleheads...
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Where are the elk? Concerns raised in heart of Pa. elk country
Local News, News, PA State News
By MARILYN SECCO, The Courier Express 
Apr 07, 2026
BENEZETTE — One of the top outdoors-related tourism draws in the PA Wilds is its elk herd — with Benezette at the center of the traditional range of P...
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THINGS TO DO: Music, meadows and movies
Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Apr 07, 2026
‘CLICK, CLACK, MOO’: A SCHOOL MATINEE EVENT will be staged twice Thursday at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in Bromeley Family Theater at the University of Pi...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Apr 07, 2026
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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Volunteers work for wildlife in Elk Co.
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Apr 07, 2026
RIDGWAY — Twenty‑five volunteers spent Friday at State Game Lands 44 in Elk County planting and fencing shrubs and trees for wildlife, working through...
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Bradford High students earn national credential
Business, Local News
Apr 07, 2026
Bradford Area High School Early Childhood Education students Forest Davis, Katelyn Bishop and Faith Dinch have earned the National Child Development A...
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PORT ALLEGANY: Easter egg haul
Local News
Apr 07, 2026
Five-year-old Anna Neal and 2-year-old Emma Neal smile while showing off their take from the Easter egg hunt held last weekend on Port Allegany’s Town...
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