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ROBINS! Well, would you look at that? The date on the calendar clearly says it is February 17, but we don’t think the red-breasted birds are paying mu...

PART 3: Stories from Dr. Frederick Young continue. We’re fascinated, and we hope you are too! We left off talking about month-long vacations, includin...

PART 2: We’re sharing some memories of Bradford from Dr. Frederick Young. Here’s part 2. “I had a cousin in Colorado who played the accordion and I wa...

DR. YOUNG: We’re happy to say we’ve had some folks take us up on the request to share memories of the Bradford of old. Dr. Frederick J. Young wrote us...

VALENTINE: Are you looking for a wild way to say you care this Valentine’s Day? The Pennsylvania Game Commission has just the thing — free, printable ...

ISOLATION. Today, Saturday, Feb. 11, is National Shut-In Visitation Day, celebrated annually in the United States on this date in recognition of the m...

MEMORIES SHARED. A reader emailed, she always enjoys RTS and wanted to add a story from the World War II era after reading John Rimer’s account Wednes...

MEMORIES. Resident Jon Rimer recently called into the Era Newsroom to tell an interesting tale of his personal memories of life in Bradford during Wor...

SCAM HEARTS — Local residents should be on alert as romance scams are expected to escalate due to Valentine’s Day. In 2021, a record of $547 million w...

DO YOU REMEMBER…? Sometimes it is interesting to ponder the days way back when, to listen to the tales of yesteryear from those who lived them. Here a...

GREEN COMET : For the first time since, well, the stone age, the night sky has a Green Comet in its darkness. A few days ago, the weather was not coop...

WAR: Did you know that during World War II, “sugar was sent overseas for U.S. troops, which meant there wasn’t much sugar left in the United States to...

POPCORN : We’re bringing you some kernels of knowledge from the Popcorn Board, at popcorn.org We found ourselves entertained by the website, and wante...

SHADOWS. Each year on February 2nd everyone in the area patiently awaits the verdict of a rodent’s shadow to tell us if we are in for six more weeks o...

FROSTY. Whether you are the type of individual who enjoys dressing in layers and spending time outside in the winter enjoying the snow or if you are t...

LIST : Pennsylvania Outdoor columnist Brian Whipkey has written about eight places to explore in Pennsylvania’s great outdoors. We started off with fo...

KINZUA: We’re passing along another “sighting” of Kinzua Bridge in the news. Pennsylvania Outdoor columnist Brian Whipkey wrote, “Hiking, fishing, his...

MORE: It worked! The story we’ve been sharing about Richard Caserio, who died in World War II, really resonated with some local folks — his family! Bu...

CASERIO: We have some more information to share today about the late SSgt. Richard Joseph Caserio, killed in action in World War II. He was a radio op...

MISSION: We got a message from a man in Dallas, Texas, who is hoping our RTS readers can help pass on a message to a family — from World War II. Brad ...