Round the Square

GARDEN: Look out the window. In just a couple short months that snow will be melting and those bare trees will begin showing signs of new life. An art...

HOME RANGE: We’ve known enough local hunters to know the movement of deer is important to finding a spot to perch and wait for prey. One Penn State Un...

TALL: Gordon Sherk recalls meeting the tallest man in the world, Henry Hite, when Henry visited Bradford decades ago. Hite was featured in Tuesday’s c...

EXPLORER I: “Late in the evening of Jan. 31, 1958, the United States took its first step into space with the launch of the Explorer 1 satellite from C...

ONE TALL TALE: On Jan. 21, 1965, Henry Hite, who was known as “The World’s Tallest Man,” came to the Bradford area for a visit. He greeted shoppers at...

HURT100: Former Era sports writer Pete Sirianni contacted us recently to let us know that two former McKean County residents recently performed well a...

SCAMS: With Valentine’s Day looming ahead, many of you are no doubt thinking about how to make someone special feel loved. But sometimes googly-eyes a...

SHUTDOWN: Another year, another government shutdown in the books. That phrase sounds really serious, as the government shutting down could be understo...

BATTLE: By Jan. 25, 1945, German troops along the Ardennes in Europe were pushed back following several weeks of fighting, a battle known as the Battl...

MARILYN: We had a few alert readers call to tell us about Bradford’s native daughter, Marilyn Horne, being featured on the television game show “Jeopa...

ZIPPO: Kathryn Gates of Mechanicsburg shared this fun Zippo sighting — along with a tip for a good book. Kathryn write, “So many Zippo references...he...

FROST: Courtney Gustafson of Fort Loudon recently wrote us. “I found your Round the Square article concerning frost particles very interesting!” he sa...

CIVIL PROGRESS: Today, we are looking back 100 years at ideas community leaders had to make a better Bradford. On Jan. 18, 1918, plans were created fo...

SKATING: We have the Callahan Park ice rink to practice our ice skating spins. In past decades, Bradfordians had other spots to lace up their skates, ...

TAFFY: Another activity Ormsby resident Andy Heffner used to do with his grandmother as a child: make taffy. She’d invite the grandchildren over and, ...

FUEL FAMIN E: We may be feeling the pain in the purse at the gas pumps today, but we’re in a better place than Bradford was in 1908. On Jan. 17, 1918,...

PERCHES: We couldn’t believe the response we got from Monday’s inquiry about the word “porches.” As many of you contacted to let us know, “porches” wa...

FOND MEMORIES: Muriel Young Okerlund of Gifford “While reading the front page of The Era last week, showing the swearing In of Terry Lopus, to City Co...

DEER & FROST: Ormsby resident Andy Heffner saw a McKean County resident featured recently in Pennsylvania Outdoors News. According to Andy, Heather Gr...

CAKE: If you planning to attend the birthday celebration for Marilyn Horne Saturday at the Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center, cutting of the cak...