Round the Square

FEB. 20: Ever heard of “Hoodie Hoo Day?” While the internet says it was started and copyrighted by a man in Schuylkill County, we heard it was started...

DAYS: The first hundred days of a president’s term are considered a benchmark for action. How did it become so important? We owe that to Franklin D. R...

MASCOTS: Colonel Sanders. Tony the Tiger. Toucan Sam. Mickey Mouse. Some mascots have become such a part of pop culture that they are instantly recogn...

The United Way of the Bradford Area (UWBA) announced the successful completion of its 2024 Annual “Back to the Community” Campaign, achieving its fund...

SUNRISE: Where’s the best place to watch a winter sunrise in the U.S.? Rimrock Overlook in Allegheny National Forest made the list from Mixbook, the #...

SOCIAL: How “social” is social media? Studies have shown it can have detrimental impacts on users. Multiple studies have linked high usage to increase...

KINDERGARTEN: We heard from an RTS reader about our recent column on kindergarten. Joe Posteraro said, “I’m 80 years old now and I would have started ...

SOLDIERS: Prior to World War I, Bradford was selected as home to three important units newly formed under a restructuring of the U.S. Army. The old Pe...

RECORDS: The Philippines has a 114-foot-tall hotel shaped like a rooster. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it’s the largest building s...

PANDAS: They’re back! Well, not the same ones, but Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., has giant pandas...

SNACKS: More than half of Americans — about 57% — are known to snack at least once a day. According to the website Zerocater, each state has a favorit...

PA FOOD: How many made-in-PA foods are you familiar with, and how many have you tried? There’s always someone who likes Scrapple, also known by the Pe...

PHRASES: We recently took a look at some phrases in the English language that have lost context over time, and could be pretty confusing. One of those...

SPELLING: With spell check, it should be more difficult to spell things incorrectly — even though the computer isn’t always right. And from posts we s...

FEBRUARY: It’s the shortest month, and the one in which love is celebrated — the 14th, Valentine’s Day. In connection with matters of the heart, it’s ...

KINDERGARTEN: A kindergarten report card from 1954 gave us a bit of nostalgia. It wasn’t labeled for a specific school district, and had five sections...

SPCA: We follow area nonprofits on Facebook, and we have to give a shout-out to the McKean County SPCA for what they’ve been naming their animals. We’...

GNOME: Is your porridge ready for the gnomes? (What are we talking about?) We’ve all seen the little decorative gnomes as lawn ornaments and on just a...

PHRASES: We’re continuing a look at some phrases in the English language that have lost context over time, and seem pretty confusing. For example, “ma...

SAY: It’s raining cats and dogs! Really? Where would such an off-turn of phrase come from? The website babbel.com has a story about phrases that don’t...