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City backs business growth with grants, loans
Business, Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Mar 25, 2026
Fresh investment is making its way into downtown Bradford as local businesses receive both grant funding and low-interest loans to support improvement...
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Armanini proposes sales tax holiday
Local News, PA State News
Mar 25, 2026
HARRISBURG – Sales tax would be temporarily exempt on purchases of shoulder pads, gloves, helmets and other football equipment under a new proposal fr...
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Gas prices near $4, lawmakers float gas tax suspension
Local News
Sara Furlong 
Mar 25, 2026
Gasoline prices jumped sharply across Western Pennsylvania this week as statewide and national averages continued their rapid climb toward the $4 mark...
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THINGS TO DO: Music, egg hunts, fishing and fun
Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Mar 24, 2026
A mix of live music, family-friendly activities and seasonal events are planned across the region this week. SILENT READING PARTY will take place from...
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Volunteers needed for habitat work April 3 on SGL 44
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Mar 24, 2026
KANE — Volunteers are needed for wildlife planting and fencing at 9 a.m. April 3 on State Game Lands 44 in Elk County. Work is expected to conclude by...
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Snow on the beach
Local News
Mar 24, 2026
There were no swimmers or boaters in sight on a cold morning at Kinzua Beach on the Allegheny Reservoir.
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Truck into storefront on Main Street
Local News
Mar 24, 2026
Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched just after 10 a.m. Tuesday for a vehicle into a storefront on Main Street. An elderly man, unfamiliar wit...
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From fragments to first place
Local News, Nation & World
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Mar 24, 2026
Piece by piece, a masterpiece has come together. Each portion was placed by hand, shaped with intention, and fitted into a larger story. For artist Br...
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