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BRMC’s generator fails during power outage Monday
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 30, 2022
There’s an old joke that asks “where were you when the lights went out?” The punchline, of course, is, “In the dark.” However, it’s no laughing matter...
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CDC elevates McKean County’s COVID risk status to high
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 27, 2022
Break out the masks and the hand sanitizer, McKean County has been elevated to the high community risk status for COVID-19 — again. The CDC made the c...
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Bradford refinery marks 25 years under ARG
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Marcie 
Aug 23, 2022
The Bradford refinery, established more than 140 years ago in 1881, marks a quarter century under American Refining Group Inc. (ARG) ownership this ye...
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You just gotta believe me, it’s the rock of ages
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MANDY COLOSIMO era.Mandy.C@gmail.com 
Aug 23, 2022
The Austin Dam Show, Return of Rock, a three-day rock festival featuring over 20 bands, each paying tribute to the best of rock, will take the stage o...
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Peterson crowned
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DANIELLA LANGIANESE dlangianese@bradfordera.com 
Aug 20, 2022
A large crowd, wearing colors of area high schools, gathered on benches under the hot sun on the dirt track at the McKean County Fair on Friday evenin...
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Tommy Darcy Cardamone – Remarkable Man
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SALLY RYAN COSTIK Curator of the Bradford Landmark Society 
Aug 20, 2022
In the 1920s, the sport of boxing – both amateur and professional — was incredibly popular both in the United States and internationally. In Bradford,...
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Family Day today at McKean County Fair
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 19, 2022
Friday is Farm Safety and Family Day at the McKean County Fair, and at noon, Pepsi Family Day Activities begin. From 1 to 5 p.m. is the opportunity to...
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CARE hosts summer fun day
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Marcie 
Aug 17, 2022
CARE for Children hosted a Summer Fun Day at Mystic Waters Resort in Limestone, N.Y., on Tuesday afternoon. Seventeen children in attendance along wit...
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Buon divertimento! — Have a good time!
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MANDY COLOSIMO era.Mandy.C@gmail.com 
Aug 11, 2022
Today is the big day. For the first time in three years, the Italian Fest kicks off today in downtown Bradford. “We’re really hoping for a good year a...
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McKean County Fair to kickoff next week
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 10, 2022
The 116th McKean County Fair kicks off Sunday in East Smethport, with an opening ceremony at 6 p.m., followed by a vesper service at 6:30 p.m. Daily s...
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Work underway to reinvigorate fair
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 10, 2022
Thoughts of the McKean County Fair may bring to mind sounds of laughter and excited screams, whirling and spinning carnival rides with music blasting,...
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PIPP annual meeting, picnic held Saturday
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DANIELLA LANGIANESE dlangianese@bradfordera.com 
Aug 09, 2022
For the first time since the 1985 inception of the Pennsylvania Independent Petroleum Partners (PIPP), the group held their annual meeting and picnic ...
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