Round the Square

SMOKING: Gosh, smoking cigarettes has become a very expensive habit. "With the economic costs of smoking totaling more than $600 billion per year, the...

NORTH: In March of 1926, American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer Donald MacMillan visited Bradford and spoke to a large audience at the jun...

TRAVEL: Do your New Year's resolutions include more travel? Here are some of the world's most visited places, from Students Knowledge. The most visite...

WOMEN: While we're at the beginning of the year and talking about firsts, let's talk about some women who made history. The first woman to win a Nobel...

CASABLANCA: No, we're not talking about the movie, but the Casablanca Conference in World War II, held from Jan. 14 to 23, 1943. From the archives of ...

SIMPLE: Remember times when having the latest and greatest of every piece of technology was a must? Sure, lots of people are still like that, but stud...

GROSS: The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. has something coming up that nearly every middle school kid will think is the greatest th...

FIRSTS: It seems like a good time to talk about firsts. From Students Knowledge, we have a list of first countries to legalize various things. The fir...

JANUARY: Have you ever heard of "National Joygerm Day," or know that it's today? National Day Calendar says it's a germ worth spreading. "On January 8...

BIRDS: We hear from local folks about an active community of bird watchers through the region. We joined the Cornell Lab's eBird program, not as bird ...

NEW CENTURY: Revelers in 1901 must have been a quiet bunch. A mere paragraph in the Jan. 2, 1901, Era, marked the event. "The first day of the new yea...

COLD CASE: Buffalo has seen some things. Lake‑effect walls of snow. Winds strong enough to relocate patio furniture to Canada. Bills fans willingly ju...

NEW YEAR: The New Year came in 1900 with a service at St. Bernard's in Bradford, with a temperature "somewhat Alaskan, but there was no blizzard conne...

LOOKING BACK: The Pompelon Club banquet, given in December 1887 with the Honorable Rufus Barrett Stone as Toastmaster, was an affair that was hugely e...

TIME: Have some downtime over the holidays? Maybe it's time to learn something. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology — MIT — has a website devote...

BACK IN TIME: This is a bit different, but we liked it.  Are New Year's gifts a thing? It was once considered the time to swap presents, so we suppose...

WORDS: It's no secret that we like words, so when we found a list called "Victorian words that deserve a comeback," we had to share. Some are still in...

SPECIAL GIFT: This poem from Carol is a ‘Round the Square tradition now.  ”’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house ... Not a crea...

MUSIC: 'Tis the season for Christmas music everywhere you go. We all have preferences, but for us, we'd have to say Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Gene Autry...

STORY: Here's the second half of Carole Longo-Harris' story. "I huddled against my car. God bless cell phones! I thought as I dialed with my shaky fin...