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Two properties before board of health
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 03, 2025
Two different actions were taken during appeals hearings before the Bradford Board of Health on Tuesday, and both were designed to give owners a chanc...
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Two check stations operating Saturday
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Dec 03, 2025
The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) announced its two deer check stations will operate 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and hunters are encouraged to...
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Bradford’s annual Christmas Parade returns Friday
Local News
Dec 03, 2025
The Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce will host its beloved annual Christmas Parade — sponsored by CNB Bank — at 6 p.m. Friday on Main Street. The par...
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Who cooks for you?
Local News
Dec 03, 2025
Pat Frantz Cercone captured this striking photo of a barred owl in southeastern McKean County in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. She and her husb...
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LIHEAP season open now
Local News, PA State News
Dec 03, 2025
HARRISBURG — The Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the 2025-26 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) season will begin taking ...
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‘Home for the Holidays’ concert coming to casino Dec. 6
Local News, News
By DEB EVERTS, news@bradfordera.com 
Dec 02, 2025
SALAMANCA, N.Y. — Feel the holiday magic with an incredible night of music at the Seneca Allegany Event Center on Dec. 6, when four legendary artists ...
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Ring in the season with Keynote Chorus
Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Dec 02, 2025
The sights and sounds of the season will ring out proudly during Keynote Chorus’ Christmas Concerts, set for 3 p.m. both Saturday at Harriet Wick Chap...
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Nightmare before Christmas?
Local News
Dec 02, 2025
For some residents, the area's significant late-autumn snowfall totals have been a literal nightmare — and far too long before the official start of w...
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ALIFT: A helping hand when loggers need it most
Local News
By JIM SOLTIS  Founder of ALIFT  
Dec 02, 2025
More than 10 years ago, it felt like tragedy was striking our rural communities in Northeast Pennsylvania far too often. House fires, car accidents, s...
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Attorney seeks to withdraw from Prescott case
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 02, 2025
The court-appointed attorney for Tyler Prescott, the Bradford man accused of raping and killing his 2-year-old son, has asked the court to allow him t...
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Too much still isn’t enough: Pennsylvania budget woes
Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Dec 02, 2025
HARRISBURG — One budget, two narratives. As Gov. Josh Shapiro spent his holiday weekend touting the policy wins baked into the long overdue state budg...
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‘Tis the season for holiday mishaps
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 02, 2025
Snowflakes, Christmas cookies, twinkling lights and beloved traditions fill hearts with love and happiness in the holiday season — and can fill emerge...
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JCC names entrepreneurial program for Stitts
Business, Local News
Dec 02, 2025
OLEAN, N.Y. — In a private gathering with the Stitt Family on Nov. 19, SUNY Jamestown Community College officials unveiled the naming of the James E. ...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business, Local News
Dec 02, 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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Winter has more in store
Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Dec 01, 2025
McKean County residents should not put away their snow shovels anytime soon. Following the roughly 14.5 inches of snow that blanketed the region over ...
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Patriotic paint
Local News
Dec 01, 2025
A Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad engine with a new paint scheme celebrating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States rolls along south of Br...
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