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    ‘Round the Square: What color is that, exactly?
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: What color is that, exactly?
    Jun 28, 2025
    WHAT: Puce. Chartreuse. Gamboge. Mauve. Have you ever wondered exactly what colors these are, and if it matters to people other than designers or arti...
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    ‘Round the Square: Little baby … Genesis?
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    ‘Round the Square: Little baby … Genesis?
    Jun 27, 2025
    NAMES: The top baby names of 2024 are now available from the Social Security Administration. First place for girls is Olivia, while Liam is first plac...
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    ‘Round the Square: Came from Olean by raft
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    ‘Round the Square: Came from Olean by raft
    Jun 26, 2025
    MORE BRADFORD: Bradford High history teacher in July of 1925 Luella Harris set about educating local residents about early settlers to the Tuna Valley...
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    ‘Round the Square: Timber industry pre-dates oil in Tuna Valley
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    ‘Round the Square: Timber industry pre-dates oil in Tuna Valley
    Jun 25, 2025
    BRADFORD: The early days of Bradford had big business even before oil. The Era in July of 1925 printed two letters from Bradford High history teacher ...
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    ‘Round the Square: Look forward to that walk to the mailbox?
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    ‘Round the Square: Look forward to that walk to the mailbox?
    Jun 24, 2025
    MAIL: Are you a low-tech person in a high-tech world? Is that walk to the mailbox something you look forward to? The Eldred World War II Museum has a ...
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    ‘Round the Square: Toodles!
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    ‘Round the Square: Toodles!
    Jun 21, 2025
    WORDS: Once upon a time, a spinster was a woman who spun thread for a living, a villain was a farmhand or peasant and "nice" meant foolish or gullible...
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    ‘Round the Square: ‘Balde’ does not mean hairless
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    ‘Round the Square: ‘Balde’ does not mean hairless
    Jun 20, 2025
    MORE BIRDS: Have we reached your bird of the month yet? Farmers' Almanac has a list of "birth birds," sort of like birthstones, assigned to each month...
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    ‘Round the Square: ‘Oh, I’m a robin.’
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    ‘Round the Square: ‘Oh, I’m a robin.’
    Jun 18, 2025
    BIRDS: It had somehow escaped our attention that there is such a thing as "birth month birds." We've heard of astrological signs, flowers of the month...
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    ‘Round the Square: Sunday is Father’s Day
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    ‘Round the Square: Sunday is Father’s Day
    Jun 14, 2025
    DADS: This Sunday is Father's Day, the day marked to honor one's father, along with paternal bonds, fatherhood and the influence of fathers in society...
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    ‘Round the Square: How many ducks?
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    ‘Round the Square: How many ducks?
    Jun 13, 2025
    LOGIC: Remember those dreaded word problems in school? Not just the math ones, but the logic ones, too? We found some in Parade Magazine and wanted to...
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    ‘Round the Square: Popular pet names
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    ‘Round the Square: Popular pet names
    Jun 12, 2025
    PETS: Do you share your life with a dog named Spike? While that might have been a popular dog name back in the days of Looney Tunes shorts, the Americ...
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    ‘Round the Square: Some pearls of wisdom
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    ‘Round the Square: Some pearls of wisdom
    Jun 11, 2025
    JUNE: The month of June has the only birthstone that is not mined from Earth, but instead comes from a living creature. That would be a pearl, natural...
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    ‘Round the Square: Always be snackin’
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    ‘Round the Square: Always be snackin’
    Jun 10, 2025
    SNACKING: School's out! And how parents have the next few months to figure out what to feed those always hungry children for healthy snacks — that won...
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    ‘Round the Square: Hurricane Karen
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    ‘Round the Square: Hurricane Karen
    Jun 07, 2025
    STORMY: The World Meteorological Organization must not pay attention to social media. Why? The 2025 list of Atlantic Hurricane names has been released...
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    ‘Round the Square: A list of reasons why lists help
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    ‘Round the Square: A list of reasons why lists help
    Jun 06, 2025
    LIST: Take a hint from Old St. Nick, making a list helps cut down on stress. The University of Iowa released a list of why making a list helps — haha....
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    ‘Round the Square: 40 years since the Kane tornado
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    ‘Round the Square: 40 years since the Kane tornado
    Jun 05, 2025
    40 YEARS: We're a few days late, but the 40th anniversary of the Kane tornado just took place. It was shocking. We live through all kinds of weather, ...
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    ‘Round the Square: A whopper of a storm, part 2 of 2
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    ‘Round the Square: A whopper of a storm, part 2 of 2
    Jun 04, 2025
    MORE LETTER: Today we're bringing you the rest of the letter from L.M. Peterson, a Guardsman in July 1925 who was in training at Mount Gretna in Leban...
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    ‘Round the Square: A whopper of a storm, part 1 of 2
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    ‘Round the Square: A whopper of a storm, part 1 of 2
    Jun 03, 2025
    LETTER: One hundred years ago in July, Bradford's National Guard unit was attending training in Lebanon County at Mount Gretna when a whopper of a sto...
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    ‘Round the Square: ‘Greek to me’
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    ‘Round the Square: ‘Greek to me’
    May 31, 2025
    WORDS: Have you ever heard of a pseudoword? It's a fake word that appears to be an actual word, but really has no meaning. Jabberwocky is one example....
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    ‘Round the Square: Be back in a jiffy!
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    ‘Round the Square: Be back in a jiffy!
    May 30, 2025
    TIME: "Be back in a jiffy!" We've heard it, and maybe said it. But unless we're the superhero The Flash, we probably didn't get back in a jiffy. It's ...
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    CARE for Children 32nd golf tournament set for Aug. 3
    Local Sports
    CARE for Children 32nd golf tournament set for Aug. 3
    Jo Wankel 
    June 30, 2025
    The Pennhills Club will host the 32nd Annual CARE ‘fore’ Children Golf Tournament on Sunday, August 3. The tournament is a four-person scramble with a...
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    An 84-game season is among the changes coming to the NHL as part of the new labor deal
    National Sports
    An 84-game season is among the changes coming to the NHL as part of the new labor deal
    STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
    June 30, 2025
    An 84-game season is coming to the NHL as part of an extension of the collective bargaining agreement that has been tentatively agreed to by the leagu...
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    NCAA considering proposal to allow college athletes, staff to bet on professional sports
    College Sports, National Sports
    NCAA considering proposal to allow college athletes, staff to bet on professional sports
    Jo Wankel 
    June 30, 2025
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA is considering a proposal that would allow athletes and staff members to bet on professional sports and shift enforcement...
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    Throttles meet mud
    Local Sports, Outdoors
    Throttles meet mud
    June 30, 2025
    DUKE CENTER — The hills of Otto Township echoed with a roar of engines Saturday as the Coast Riders held their second annual fundraising event to bene...
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    Throttles meet mud
    Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
    Throttles meet mud
    June 30, 2025
    A rider takes on the mud bounty hole timed contest during the 2025 Coast Riders trail maintenance fundraiser held Saturday in Duke Center. See Sports ...
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    Shapiro anticipates deal ‘very soon’ as lawmakers blow through budget deadline
    PA State News
    Shapiro anticipates deal ‘very soon’ as lawmakers blow through budget deadline
    June 30, 2025
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania's politically divided Legislature will miss Pennsylvania's legal deadline to pass a budget for th...
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