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Correa making strides in recovery
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Jan 05, 2024
Recent online updates indicate Derek Correa has made still more improvement since being attacked Oct. 15 in Alfred, N.Y. The 2023 Bradford High School...
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DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Joel Gilfert will never forget
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SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Jan 04, 2024
On its side, on the ocean floor, in the Outer Banks, rests a former U.S. Navy landing craft. It’s a military vessel Eldred native Joel Gilfert wants t...
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Saturday rescue
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Era photos by Jay Bradish 
Jan 02, 2024
A runaway pooch landed himself in a pesky predicament on Saturday when he got out of his house in Bradford Township. His family tracked him, and found...
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Rare bird sighting
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Jan 02, 2024
Era photographer Wade Aiken, an avid birdwatcher with his girlfriend, Melinda Marconi, sent in a report of seeing a “life bird” over the weekend....
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Welcome 2024!
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Jan 01, 2024
First Night Bradford is in the books as a great event to ring in 2024. The First Night Committee took to social media with a list of thanks on Monday,...
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Thursday power outage caused by downed tree
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 30, 2023
Thursday evening’s power outage in Bradford came with a brief but huge and bright flash caught on video by a motorist in Bradford Township. Chris Weik...
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Ski for Cancer dollars staying local
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 30, 2023
The Tony Dolan Family Memorial Ski for Cancer benefit, returning to Westline in 2024 for its 45th year, had been the American Cancer Society’s longest...
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Sherk: Now is the time to fish for pike
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STEVE SHERK Jr. Special to The Era 
Dec 30, 2023
During the last several years or more, the winters in northern Pennsylvania have not been what they used to be. Winter used to arrive in November and ...
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Mason Martin completes second week of rehab
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 29, 2023
From the very beginning of Mason Martin’s now nearly four-month ordeal, the family has held up a particular bit of scripture, one the senior quarterba...
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SMETHPORT: Commissioners sworn in at historic ceremony
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 28, 2023
SMETHPORT — The ceremony held Wednesday morning at McKean County Courthouse to swear in three county commissioners was one for the history books. Duri...
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Bill would require cursive to be taught in Pa. schools
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 28, 2023
Cursive handwriting comes in handy when signing legal papers, reading documents like the Constitution and old love letters, and for parents to disguis...
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Barrett recovering after fall from tree stand
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 23, 2023
Julie Barrett’s phone rang on Friday, Dec. 15, but it seemed there was no one on the other end of the line. Julie figured her husband, Jason, hunting ...
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Christmas message is love, pastors say
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 23, 2023
“Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head…” This, and so many other songs of the season, share the Christmas...
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