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    ‘Sweetgrass’ author visits Pitt-Bradford
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    ‘Sweetgrass’ author visits Pitt-Bradford
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 19, 2025
    It was a packed house Tuesday night as students, faculty and locals came together to hear Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer discuss her book “Braiding Sweetgras...
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    Goll urges board of health to pack a punch
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    Goll urges board of health to pack a punch
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 19, 2025
    Bradford City Board of Health member Kris Goll said it's time for the board to take action with some punch behind it. At Tuesday's meeting, Goll urged...
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Hitting all the right notes
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Hitting all the right notes
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 19, 2025
    When Diane Smith retired from being a school counselor, she knew where she wanted to turn her focus. For more than a decade, she has been filling our ...
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    Food drive to help support kids over spring break
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    Food drive to help support kids over spring break
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 18, 2025
    Unfortunately, for many local students school is the only place they know they will receive consistent meals. Many families struggle to feed everyone ...
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    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Young Web Design keeps businesses current
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    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Young Web Design keeps businesses current
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 18, 2025
    Mark Young, of Young Web Design, has more than 17 years under his belt as a website designer, and 12 as a developer. However, he knows the importance ...
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    High Point Federal Credit Union celebrates grand opening of Bradford branch
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    High Point Federal Credit Union celebrates grand opening of Bradford branch
    Mar 17, 2025
    High Point Federal Credit Union celebrated the grand opening of its Bradford branch with a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday. The new full-service branch...
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    Wind, storms knock out power to thousands
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    Wind, storms knock out power to thousands
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 17, 2025
    The wind whipped Sunday and wiped out power to thousands in McKean County — some were still in the dark as of Monday morning. About 3,000 people in th...
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    Honor Flight to hold all-female mission
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    Honor Flight to hold all-female mission
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 17, 2025
    Buffalo-Niagara Honor Flight is looking for sponsors for its first all-female mission. This October, 40 women veterans and their female guardians from...
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    Q&A with the DA: When an offender seeks to override a jury’s verdict
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    Q&A with the DA: When an offender seeks to override a jury’s verdict
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Mar 15, 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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    Not too early to think spring turkey
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    Not too early to think spring turkey
    STEVE SHERK Jr. Special to The Era 
    Mar 15, 2025
    The middle of March is not too early to start thinking of spring turkey season. The recent wave of warm weather certainly has most of us looking forwa...
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    City of Bradford to explore home rule
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    City of Bradford to explore home rule
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 14, 2025
    A surprise announcement Friday afternoon might eventually lead to a change in the way the City of Bradford is governed. At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Bradford Ci...
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    New life for old school
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    New life for old school
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 14, 2025
    The former Custer City school will not go the way of either West Branch or Derrick City elementary schools. West Branch was demolished and Derrick Cit...
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    Blood worm moon to light up skies overnight
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    Blood worm moon to light up skies overnight
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 13, 2025
    March’s full moon, also called the worm moon, will appear red in the skies tonight during a total lunar eclipse. “The eclipse happens because the eart...
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    SMETHPORT: EMS Task Force holds annual meeting
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    SMETHPORT: EMS Task Force holds annual meeting
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 13, 2025
    SMETHPORT — It was a fully packed house during the EMS Task Force’s yearly meeting, held Wednesday night at the McKean County Department of Emergency ...
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    Weigh in for your community
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    Weigh in for your community
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 13, 2025
    No one likes a Monday morning quarterback — those individuals who critique decisions after the fact, without ever having offered any input. Government...
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    Bradford City council approves study for potential new fire station
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    Bradford City council approves study for potential new fire station
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 12, 2025
    A study has been commissioned for a potential new City of Bradford fire station combining both current sites into one, which would be at the front are...
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    Box truck thief extradited, jailed
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    Box truck thief extradited, jailed
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 12, 2025
    A Massachusetts man is in McKean County Jail, charged in the October theft of a Bradford Publishing Co. box truck. John A. McWhinnie, 46, of Shelburne...
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    Board of Health making progress in City of Bradford
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    Board of Health making progress in City of Bradford
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 12, 2025
    The Board of Health is making a big difference in the City of Bradford, with plenty more to come. At Tuesday's meeting, Sara Andrews of the Office of ...
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    Zontians honor Leposa for Rose Day
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    Zontians honor Leposa for Rose Day
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 11, 2025
    International Women’s Day, March 8, is a time to honor the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world. Zonta Inte...
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    Where there’s a will, there’s a way
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    Where there’s a will, there’s a way
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 11, 2025
    It will be a sweet time indeed when Willy Wonka comes to the stage at Bradford Area High School. Performances will be held at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturd...
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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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    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
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    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    August 2, 2025
    EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
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    Drilling pilot holes
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    Drilling pilot holes
    August 2, 2025
    Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
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    Move closer to family creates distance instead
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    Move closer to family creates distance instead
    August 2, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
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