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‘Sweetgrass’ author visits Pitt-Bradford
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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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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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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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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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Wind, storms knock out power to thousands
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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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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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Not too early to think spring turkey
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Box truck thief extradited, jailed
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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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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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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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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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