Round the Square

VALENTINE'S: Valentine’s Day arrived with its usual confidence, stepping into February like it owns the place — and honestly, it kind of does. It’s th...

FRIDAY THE 13TH: If you noticed a few extra people clutching rabbit’s feet or avoiding sidewalk cracks last week, you’re not imagining it — Friday the...

PROBLEM: We usually reserve this column for more lighthearted things, but we wanted to draw attention again to the problem of the growing maternity ca...

NEIGHBORHOOD: As we grow older, it's hard to see changes in places that meant something to us. Reader Joy Pascarella wrote a poem about an old Bradfor...

THESPIAN: Back 100 years ago, a performer on a local stage garnered a bit of notice for his talents. "As a fiddler, Bob Stewart, 70, of East Bradford ...

SNACKS: For some people, the Super Bowl is about football. For the rest of us, it’s about snacks — and Pennsylvania has made its loyalties very clear....

MANNERS: How are your manners? Do people cringe when they see you coming? Do they put in earbuds knowing that you talk very loudly? Do you crowd other...

FEB. 21: Feeling like shouting winter away? Your chance is coming, promptly at noon Feb. 21. That's the 2026 Hoodie Hoo Day — the 13th annual celebrat...

ADVICE: We find ourselves learning so much as we do research for this column! For example, a suffragette pamphlet from 1918, currently in a museum in ...

ETIQUETTE: Are some common rules of etiquette outdated in modern society? We saw a conversation (what a strange turn of phrase!) on social media about...

COLD: In these bitter cold and snowy days, AAA East Central emergency roadside assistance has seen a surge in requests related to dead batteries, stuc...

DITTIES: Back in 1926, brothers Billy and Eddie Gorman entertained Bradfordians with songs about, of all things, local news. "Bradford received two vi...

BRADFORD: A reader dropped us a note with a bit of history on the recently demolished old McCourt Label building on West Washington Street. Citing The...

FIRSTS: The first month of the year does prove a good time to learn about some other firsts in the U.S. The website geeksforgeeks.org has lists of fir...

COLD: We've had enough of winter! In this cold weather, WellNow Urgent Care offers some tips to stay safe. Don't go outside if the temperature is -10 ...

JAPAN 5: We'll wrap up the lengthy letter home from traveler Harvey Phillips. In this part, the travelers were invited to a home for "a real Japanese ...

JAPAN 4: The Harvey Phillips letter continues, with the travelers heading toward Fuji. "January first we left Tokyo on a clear and bright but very col...

JAPAN 3: Still more of the Harvey Phillips letter. "On the 30th we left Yokohama for Tokyo, staying at the Imperial Hotel. At Tokyo we hired a car at ...

JAPAN 2: The letter from Harvey Phillips continued. "We go into the stores, pricing, bargaining and looking at kimonas, china, tortoise shell, brasswa...

JAPAN: In February of 1926, Mrs. David Phillips of Jackson Avenue shared a lengthy letter from her son, Harvey, who was making a trip around the world...