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DCNR: McKean and Potter counties seeing best color now
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RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Oct 05, 2020
Residents in McKean and Potter counties should be seeing the best color of the autumn season right now, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Co...
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McKean County shoe drive accepting donations
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CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
Oct 02, 2020
Clutter, it happens to all of us. For those looking to reduce some of their clutter this fall season, the McKean County SPCA will be holding a shoe dr...
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Making it count
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CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
Oct 01, 2020
So far, 2020 has been a year of many changes, and change often comes with challenges. The Era spoke with Lisa Pratt, McKean County director of electio...
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McKean County placed under drought warning
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Marcie 
Oct 01, 2020
HARRISBURG — After a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday moved Clinto...
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Mama Jane’s Eatery set to open next week
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RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Oct 01, 2020
When Paula Jane Webster decided to open her own restaurant a few years ago, she decided to use that as a chance to honor her late mother, Jane. Webste...
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Virtual Paint Night set to help United Way
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Kate Sager 
Oct 01, 2020
For those who want to try their hand at creating beautiful artwork for the fall, the United Way of the Bradford Area has the answer — virtual Paint Ni...
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The Great Pumpkin
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CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
Sep 29, 2020
The year 2020 has been a year full of surprises. Bradford resident Kerry Roslinski and his family had a surprise of their own when they found an unexp...
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Reading Under the Lights set for Friday
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RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Sep 29, 2020
There are few joys that compare to that of being a child curled up in a blanket being read to by a trusted adult. Bradford Area School District studen...
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The Floyd Concept to perform at Struther’s
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 26, 2020
If the phrases “Careful With That Axe Eugene” and “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” are familiar, then Struthers Library Theatre is the place to be on Oct....
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Prime places for elk viewing this fall
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CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
Sep 26, 2020
Elk mating season is currently in full swing, so now is a great time to take a trip to Benezette to do some elk sighting. Also known as “the elk rut,”...
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Farm Bureau meets, hears about destructive bears
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FRAN DE LANCEY delancey401@yahoo.com 
Sep 25, 2020
SMETHPORT — Concerned about the devastation the area’s growing bear population is having on agriculture, the McKean-Potter Farm Bureau approved a poli...
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Zonta Club makes the best of meeting during pandemic
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RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Sep 24, 2020
It’s been a peculiar year for everyone, with a new disease changing the way social functions have been held since March. On Tuesday, when the Zonta Cl...
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Autumn Auction slated for this Thursday
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CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristine@gmail.com 
Sep 23, 2020
The Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce’s Autumn Auction, formerly known as Oktoberfest, will still go on this Thursday at the Pennhills Club, albeit a ...
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Sign of the times?
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 23, 2020
There is no caveat to the First Amendment, saying that speech is free as long as everyone agrees. Thieves and vandals across McKean County are targeti...
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Zippo honors Reid for 55 years of service
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Marcie 
Sep 22, 2020
On Sept. 21, 1965, Bradford-native Barbara Reid punched her timecard at Zippo Manufacturing Co. for the very first time. Monday, 55 years later, the c...
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