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    Notice to our readers
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    Jul 28, 2025
    The Bradford Era will continue offering a complimentary basic death notice when accompanied by a full paid obituary for the same individual. Please no...
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    Gas prices mostly steady
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    Gas prices mostly steady
    Sara Furlong 
    Jul 28, 2025
    Gas prices were mostly steady all around this week, from across town to across the country. Bradford’s average shed 1 cent to $3.598 Monday, while the...
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    Drug Task Force arrests four in latest detail
    Crime, Local News
    Drug Task Force arrests four in latest detail
    Jul 28, 2025
    SMETHPORT — The McKean County Drug Task Force arrested four people during the last five days, the conclusion of a lengthy investigation into area drug...
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    A big blueberry boost
    Business, Local News
    A big blueberry boost
    Jul 28, 2025
    The second annual Blueberry Festival enjoyed a strong showing of support from area residents. Benefiting the Bradford Hospital Auxiliary, the event wa...
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    Dickinson Center cuts ribbon on St. Marys facility
    Business, Local News
    Dickinson Center cuts ribbon on St. Marys facility
    Jul 28, 2025
    ST. MARYS — Dickinson Center Inc. (DCI), an affiliate of Journey Health System, held an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at its new fac...
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    Events planned for Kinzua Bridge, Elk State parks
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    Events planned for Kinzua Bridge, Elk State parks
    Jul 28, 2025
    MOUNT JEWETT — Kinzua Bridge State Park Complex has events planned for upcoming weekends. At noon Aug. 16, hike on the Kane Trail at Kinzua Bridge Sta...
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    A summer stroll, sip by sip
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    A summer stroll, sip by sip
    Jul 28, 2025
    Maurie Morey of Twisted Vine Winery in Kane pours samples at the Magic Bean on Saturday for some of the summer Wine Walk participants. Typically held ...
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    PennDOT posts McKean County maintenance schedule
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    PennDOT posts McKean County maintenance schedule
    Jul 28, 2025
    CLEARFIELD — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the following schedule of maintenance activities in McKean County the w...
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    Sobriety checkpoint Aug. 8 to 10
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    Sobriety checkpoint Aug. 8 to 10
    Jul 28, 2025
    Pennsylvania State Police based in Lewis Run will conduct a sobriety checkpoint sometime during the weekend of Aug. 8 to 10. "Be smart, be safe," poli...
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    JCC hosting 75th anniversary alumni weekend
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    JCC hosting 75th anniversary alumni weekend
    Jul 28, 2025
    JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College will host alumni weekend events Sept. 12 and 13 as part of the college’s 75th anniversary celebrati...
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    Penn State Extension to offer webinar on home butchering
    Local News, PA State News
    Penn State Extension to offer webinar on home butchering
    Jul 28, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — For those interested in learning about butchering at home, Penn State Extension is offering the “Living on a Few Acres: Home Butcher...
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    Biologists are tracking Jamestown Canyon virus, detected in Pennsylvania mosquitoes
    Local News, PA State News
    Biologists are tracking Jamestown Canyon virus, detected in Pennsylvania mosquitoes
    By ROBERTA BURKHART Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jul 28, 2025
    (TNS) — While West Nile remains the greatest mosquito-borne threat in Pennsylvania, state officials are monitoring another virus that has begun poppin...
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    GOP field begins to emerge in 2026 race for Pennsylvania governor
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    GOP field begins to emerge in 2026 race for Pennsylvania governor
    By FORD TURNER  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jul 28, 2025
    (TNS) — Influential Republicans believe the perfect candidate to go up against popular Democratic incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro might be a woman who is ...
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    What will fall in Pa. be like?
    Local News, PA State News
    What will fall in Pa. be like?
    Jul 28, 2025
    (TNS) — July, as unbelievable as it is to type out, comes to an end this week. With August rolling around and back-to-school stuff already advertised ...
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    Local oil purchasers decrease prices
    Business, Local News
    Local oil purchasers decrease prices
    Jul 28, 2025
    Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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    Pre-party bike show
    Local News
    Pre-party bike show
    Jul 26, 2025
    The annual Kids and Cancer Bike Show took place Friday evening in the parking lot of Ace Hardware on West Washington Street. There was live music, giv...
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    Mid-, late-summer walleye fishing a challenge
    Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
    Mid-, late-summer walleye fishing a challenge
    By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
    Jul 26, 2025
    Back when I was a more avid walleye fisherman, I would fish heavily during May and June, then when the bite died off, I would hardly fish for walleye ...
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    Q&A with the DA: Incompetency, legal insanity in criminal cases
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    Q&A with the DA: Incompetency, legal insanity in criminal cases
    By STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER  McKean County District Attorney  
    Jul 26, 2025
    (Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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    Kane’s Art in the Wilds recognized as PA Wilds Event of Year
    Local News, PA State News
    Kane’s Art in the Wilds recognized as PA Wilds Event of Year
    Jul 25, 2025
    KANE — Art in the Wilds was honored as the Event of the Year in the Pennsylvania Wilds region during an awards banquet held in Bellefonte Thursday eve...
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    ‘There’s no conspiracy:’ Statewide 911 outages explained
    Local News, PA State News
    ‘There’s no conspiracy:’ Statewide 911 outages explained
    By DANIRAE RENNO  pennlive.com 
    Jul 25, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania residents were thrown into a panic earlier this month when they got an alert that state 911 systems were down, an outa...
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    Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge
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    Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge
    August 3, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK  — A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke...
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    Emergency alerts sounded during deadly West Virginia flooding
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    Emergency alerts sounded during deadly West Virginia flooding
    Here's how they work — and when they're used
    By KING JEMISON  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
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    (TNS) — Kaysi Ricker's phone buzzed with a flash flood warning. She scrambled down to the creek behind her house to clean up the toys her niece and ne...
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    Man hopes statement of affection isn’t taken the wrong way
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    Man hopes statement of affection isn’t taken the wrong way
    August 3, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I recently reconnected with a woman I dated briefly in the 1980s and haven't seen since. She's around my age. We both were married one year...
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
    August 2, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...
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    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
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    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
    By CHARLES THOMPSON pennlive.com 
    August 2, 2025
    (TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
    By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
    August 2, 2025
    Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
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