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McKean Co. has highest COVID positivity in state: DOH
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
May 13, 2021
McKean County has the highest percent positivity in Pennsylvania at 16.2%, and remains listed at substantial risk of community spread, according to th...
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Gardening may be answer to rising food prices
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter 
May 13, 2021
With inflation causing prices of vegetables to continue rising, now may be the ripe time to plant your own garden. That was the word from local garden...
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Garrity gives keynote at McKean County GOP dinner
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RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
May 12, 2021
On Tuesday, the McKean County Republican Committee held its annual spring event with a chicken barbecue at the McKean County fairgrounds. State Treasu...
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Bradford Ecumenical Home honors mothers with parade
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CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
May 10, 2021
Despite the dreary skies on Sunday, residents at the Bradford Ecumenical Home didn’t let the weather rain on their parade — Mother’s Day parade that i...
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First Night Bradford celebration returns
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RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
May 10, 2021
The community will be able to welcome the new year in December at First Night Bradford. The First Night Bradford Committee has announced the all-ages ...
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Mount Jewett woman ran through fire to save the day
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SALLY COSTIK, Curator of the Bradford Landmark Society 
May 08, 2021
(In honor of extraordinary women, and in celebration of its 100th anniversary, the Bradford Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW) ...
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NPP help means homeowners can revitalize home exterior
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JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
May 08, 2021
(Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a series highlighting the goals and achievements of the local Neighborhood Partnership Program.) The Neig...
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Bradford man escapes injury when SUV struck by train
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
May 07, 2021
A Bradford man escaped serious injury when his sport-utility vehicle was struck by a train on Hilton Street around 11 a.m. Thursday. Devin Grice, 39, ...
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Award winners honored at Chamber dinner
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JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
May 07, 2021
The annual meeting of the Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce was held at Pennhills Club Thursday, and the 2020 recipients of the Chamber awards were ho...
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Suspicious package near school found to be harmless
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
May 04, 2021
It was a peaceful conclusion to a tense morning Tuesday when bomb technicians cleared a suspicious bag found across from School Street Elementary Scho...
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School Street closed for suspicious package near school
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
May 04, 2021
UPDATE: Bradford City Police have given the all-clear, and reopened School Street. ——— Pennsylvania State Police and State College bomb squads are on ...
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Meet more area specters in ‘Ghosts Revisited 2’
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RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
May 03, 2021
Duke Center author William P. Robertson thought he’d have to scrounge to fill his follow-up to “Ghosts Revisited.” Turns out, there are more ghosts in...
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Quilts of Valor
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Marcie 
May 01, 2021
Lucille McElwain Hughes, a former resident of Smethport who now resides in Colorado and a member quilter of the Quilts of Valor Foundation, presented ...
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