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RHUBARB: Clyde Johnson called to let us know, “Rhubarb is about almost two feet high now. It’s time for rhubarb strawberry pies!” There are few treats...

TRAIN WRECK: We have some bits and pieces to share about the train wreck photo from the April 20 column. Several people notified us to let us know it ...

WHEN: Reader Robert Yancosek of Hazel Hurst called to see if we’d heard of any hummingbirds in the area yet. “I’ve had my feeder up for two weeks and ...

THOUGHT: An Era reader passed along this “thought worth contemplating.” “Nowadays many people view encyclopedias as the most worthless book on the pla...

WINTER DAMAGE: Driving over salted roads and through potholes are winter hazards every motorist in this part of the nation must face. AAA East Central...

EARTH DAY: For Earth Day today, we are letting you know about the local cleanups our readers can still take part in that have been registered for the ...

SOME GAVE ALL: It’s still the middle of April, but we’re already looking ahead to one of the more important special annual projects we work on here at...

TRAIN WRECK: Barb Abbott of Bradford came across this photograph of two train engines that hit each other when looking through old photo albums. She w...

ELIOT NESS: Clayton Vecellio of Lewis Run wrote to see if we would write something to recognize the birthday of one of his heroes. See, Eliot Ness was...

FALCONS: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced Monday that its first baby falcon of 2017 hatched around 4 p.m. on Easter S...

DOLLARS: Larry R. Fay of Anchorage, Alaska, did some digging on how the value of the U.S. dollar has changed over the past 105 years. Larry writes, “A...

HISTORY : The headline read “The Titanic Sinks and 1,800 Lives Are Lost!” On April 16, 1912, The Era shared the news of the tragic maiden voyage of th...

POTHOLES: In Wednesday’s RTS, reader Dick Thomas wondered how driverless cars will react to potholes. It’s an intriguing question, especially in parts...

LIVING : It’s always nice to see McKean County get some recognition. We received an email from a financial technology company called SmartAsset, which...

ARTISAN MONTH: The PA Route 6 Alliance declared April as Artisan Month. “As spring blooms along the U.S. Route 6 Corridor in Pennsylvania, it is time ...

GAS PRICES: The local volunteer cancer drivers have noticed the increase in gas prices, which seems to be as much a sign of spring as the robin sighti...

REEK OF LEEKS: With the coming of leek season, Duke Center author Bill Robertson shared this timely tale. The story is from his most recent book, “Mor...

LEADERS: After seeing our column on Resting Waters, the Girl Scout camp in Kane, Dawn Campbell Blaisdell of Lewis Run wrote to us about her own campin...

TAYLOR ROOFING: We couldn’t believe the response our question about Taylor Roofing prompted. A number of people got in touch to let us know that when ...

WESB: It’s a special day for radio station 1490 WESB. In honor of its 70th anniversary today, WESB is taking the month of April to celebrate. "We'll b...