Round the Square

MARILYN HORNE: One of Bradford’s most famous natives has a birthday coming up, and the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is making sure her birthda...

ANOTHER SIGHTING: Dick Moore of Bradford Township said he has spotted two robins near his home, even in this blustery weather. They’ve been hanging ou...

TODAY: It’s National Law Enforcement Awareness Day, and City of Bradford Mayor Tom Riel has written today’s column with that idea in mind. “The City o...

WINTER TIME: Bradford poet Donald Neal shared some good winter advice with our readers — in rhyme. “Winter Time in Bradford” Once again winter has com...

FRIGID TEMPS : The recent frigid cold has made for a stressful beginning to 2018, and upcoming single digit temperatures have the potential to make it...

ROBIN: Jake Fedus and Corey McCabe called Wednesday to report they saw a robin in Elk County. They had just spotted it when they called. Has anyone el...

FROZEN FALLS : It’s been a blisteringly cold winter season. So cold, in fact, that portions of Niagara Falls have frozen over, and that’s not easy. Th...

DIFFERENCES: On Monday, we shared ways to keep political differences from impeding your relationships in 2018. Reader Larry Fay in Alaska knows well t...

POLITICS: With 2018 finally here, let’s take some time to reflect back on the notorious year of 2017. Boy, was it a politically divided year. It was s...

FIRST NIGHT: Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the first First Night Bradford celebration. On Dec. 29, 1997, The Era described the New Year’s Eve e...

YEAR’S END: With this year coming to an end, agencies and organizations are taking stock of what happened in 2017. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful recentl...

HELLO, AMERICA: Frances Wolfe Haight shared this story of meeting a pen pal she corresponded with for nearly 60 years. The story goes, “On December 28...

SNOWFALL: When it comes to heavy snowfall, we here at The Era never thought we’d be happy to say we’re glad to live in Bradford. Erie recently saw a r...

IT’S OVER: It’s hard to believe that Christmas is now behind us. What did shopping look like leading up to the big day? The National Retail Federation...

WAKE UP CALL: This poem by Kane writer Frances Wolfe Haight gets right to the heart of the Christmas spirit. “A Wake Up Call” I was asleep on Christma...

CALENDARS: The annual Era calendars are older than we realized. Many will recognize the format, here, even if they haven’t seen the 2018 edition yet. ...

WHITE CHRISTMAS: Will we have a white Christmas this year? Maybe. For all of Pennsylvania, AccuWeather is reporting a possibility of a white Christmas...

WINTER SOLSTICE: Winter begins. Today is the winter solstice and first official day of winter and the shortest day of the year Here, the solstice will...

CASE KNIVES: Kenneth Doutt of Smethport passed along an article, “History of Case Knives” by Jason Houser, that mentioned the Bradford-based knife com...

TREE TRIMMING: Duke Center author Bill Robertson shared this funny anecdote about his childhood Christmases. “Trimming the Tree” “My sister and I had ...