Round the Square

LAUREL : We know that mountain laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower, but what else do we know about it? The Penn State Extension tells us the common ...

TODAY: On this day in 1789, George Washington took office as the first elected U.S. president. What a remarkable day in history April 30 has been. In ...

PIES: “I’m almost out of frozen rhubarb, so luckily the new crop is up,” Clyde Johnson writes. “You can’t beat strawberry rhubarb pie. I usually add c...

MORE: When we left off in Friday’s column, the huge bull bison was standing in front of the door of Martin Bergstrasser’s homestead. Here, the story t...

DOGS : Dogs may be man’s best friend, but many of our beloved canine companions are not the mailman’s best friend. The U.S. Postal Service has asked u...

TODAY : Violence has been the trend for this day in history, it seems. On April 24 in 1184 BC, the Greeks used the Trojan Horse to enter Troy. Meanwhi...

WEIRD: We’ve mentioned a time or two that we’re fans of the English language. We decided to bring you some weird and wonderful words from the website ...

WEATHER : Is it partly cloudy or partly sunny? Mostly cloudy, or mostly sunny? Is there really a difference? We looked to The National Weather Service...

TREATS : Come Easter morning, candy lovers of all ages will be nibbling on chocolate bunnies, yummy jelly beans and yellow, squishy, marshmallow Peeps...

MOON: Tonight is April’s Full Pink Moon. But it isn’t pink. It is named after a flower, the pink phlox.Today’s full moon is what’s known as the Pascha...

MATH : We’re word folks here at The Era, and don’t find ourselves faced with questions like these very often — thankfully! We got this message Wednesd...

NEWS : Sometimes history catches up with the news, and the results leave us scratching our heads. A few people called Wednesday to point out the “50 y...

VISIT : There was a time when celebrities were seen in Bradford rather often. On April 17, 1909, legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley performed feats o...

GAS PRICES: Average gas prices in Pennsylvania have reached 26 cents higher per gallon than a month ago, according to AAA East Center. And its not don...

OLD SOL : Does it seem like we never get our fair share of sunshine? You’re right. We don’t. Brad Ottum of McKeanWeather.com tells us we are doomed to...

TAXING : We all know that tax day is fast approaching. To put a little levity in a serious situation, The Farmers Almanac website has a list of “stran...

FACTS : We like random bits of trivia, so today we are sharing animal facts from the website called The Fact Site. Gorillas can catch human colds and ...

CANDY : Did you know more money is spent on candy for Easter than for Halloween? That’s according to the website for Candy Store, which also ranks wha...

HISTORY : Some people are so well suited for their job that you can’t imagine what else they might do. And in our opinion, Sally Costik is the right p...

ROCK: The spring weather is great for the revival of kindness rock activities around the area, by any of the fun names each group uses for their commu...