Round the Square

MAYFLOWERS: We got our annual call from Joe Cucuzza of Lewis Run letting us know spring is here — at least according to his family tradition. The mayf...

DONALD COMES: It is with a heavy heart that we report RTS contributor and local horticulturalist Donald Comes passed away. (Read his obituary on page ...

NEWS : We’re excited to share a bit of news for you about a friend of ours here at RTS. We’re happy to say that Alan Hancock, photographer, musician a...

ZIPPO: Kathryn Gates of Mechanicsburg shared a pop culture reference to a Zippo lighter. Page 164 of the novel “The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley” by ...

RESTING WATERS: With the official closing of Camp Resting Waters — the Girl Scout camp in Kane — happening this week, we’d asked about our readers’ me...

SERENADE: Sally Hume Besgrove passed along this poem composed by Lew Moffitt of Bradford, who was a friend and neighbor of her grandmother, Helen Hume...

WEATHERVANE: Nearly a year ago, in April 2016, the Hume family talked to The Era about a historic Bradford weathervane that is in their possession. Sa...

RESTING WATERS: With the impending closure of Camp Resting Waters — the Girl Scout camp in Kane — we wanted to hear if any of our readers have memorie...

DAV DRIVERS: Want to show veterans how much you appreciate their service by giving something back? Here’s your opportunity. After reading Thursday’s c...

WINEMAKING: Pennsylvania has developed quite a winemaking industry. Learn more about the making of wine in the commonwealth in an upcoming episode of ...

VETERANS: The people who are used to putting themselves in danger for others are usually the last to ask for help. When the country’s veterans do ask ...

SNOWSTORM: Reading about the horse-drawn snowplow in Monday’s column reminded Andy Heffner of Ormsby of a story. Andy and his wife were invited by fri...

OUTDOORS: With warmer weather on the horizon, our minds are imagining the time we’ll spend in the outdoors. If you’re traveling cross country and look...

EQUINOX: The vernal equinox is happening this morning, which means this for readers: it’s spring. To be precise, spring begins at 6:29 a.m. today in B...

APPLES: As this winter draws to a close — at least according to the calendar — Penn State University has predicted the impact the winter of 2016-17 wi...

What have the Irish ever done for us? Today — St. Patrick’s Day — we celebrate all things Irish but, as author David Forsythe points out in his book, ...

WEATHER WOES: We’re sure some residents have some damage from all that wind and snow we’ve had this week. Teresa Miller, Pennsylvania’s insurance comm...

CALENDAR: So, what does the “Vecellio Earth Calendar,” created by Clayton Vecellio of Lewis Run, look like? “My calendar provides that Monday shall be...

CALENDAR: Clayton Vecellio of Lewis Run has devised a new way to organize the calendar. He’s already taken his idea for the “Vecellio Earth Calendar” ...

EASING IN: A little change like changing your clocks forward one hour seems like it should be easy, but humans are very much creatures of habit. The c...