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CELEBRATE. Not only is the last Saturday in April an awesome day, simply because historically on this day the weather is improving, the sun is or has ...

TODAY: Happy Arbor Day! Did you know the world has a newspaper editor to thank for Arbor Day? From arborday.org , “As pioneers began moving into the N...

BLACK BEARS are out and about. How do we know? Well, because one of our staff didn’t take the bird feeder in on Sunday night. Monday morning, the meta...

STORIES are told for many reasons or for no reason at all. Two holidays, sort of, are celebrated back-to-back that we think the community would like t...

POLLINATORS. We all know that bees are pollinators and that there is a movement, an incredibly important movement, to save them. But did you know ther...

CONTEST: Got a favorite restaurant, or even a favorite hamburger or cup of coffee? Is there a local sporting goods outlet you particularly favor, do y...

EARTH DAY: Today we celebrate our celestial home, Earth! It’s a day to remember how beautiful the place we live really is, and make an effort to keep ...

RECIPES: When is a salad not a salad? When it’s a Strawberry Pretzel Salad, according to Farmers Almanac. Ingredients: 2 cups pretzels, crushed; 3 tab...

LEEKS: Sally Costik, curator of Bradford Landmark Society, sent us some old RTS columns saved at Landmark by the late Larry Richmond. These ones are f...

VOLUNTEERS. Not the football team. It’s National Volunteer Week. First, a thank you to all those in the community who give their time to others — it m...

NESS: Today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Eliot Ness, the famed crimefighter who lived out his last years in Coudersport as a businessma...

DISEASE & PREVENTION. We know, you know, everyone knows — you are what you eat — and now, studies show that disease prevention, in some cases, can be ...

WILD GUESS . In 2010, professional speaker Jim Barber came up with the idea for National Take a Wild Guess Day — and the idea became a huge success, r...

PHENOLOGY. According to an article published by Penn State University, Phenology is the “study of the times when natural phenomena occur and observati...

THIS DAY: On this day, in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated in New York City, according to Brittanica — what used to be Encycloped...

POPCORN : OK folks, so we really like the website for Popcorn.org and all the neat recipes for snacks. This one looks interesting — Apricot Cherry Pop...

KUDOS: This is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week — the folks who are on the other end of the call when you dial 911. These folks are the f...

RECIPE: This is from Maine Farm Table Cookbook, courtesy of Farmers Almanac. We’ve heard a lot of people talk about the tasty treat that is a Fiddlehe...

FLOWERS: Easter is a time of year closely associated with flowers, because of spring and because of the symbolism. We turned to Farmers’ Almanac for d...

AWESOME ENGINEERS. The dam builders have a day set aside in their honor, believe it or not. Yes, International Beaver Day really does exist. The day c...