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GROWING STRING BEANS: For a beginning vegetable gardener, snap beans, aka string beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), can be one of the most rewarding vegetabl...

America: Donald Neal, a Bradford resident, shared this poem with us in honor of America and the beauty of our nation. The Beauty in America In this co...

STAY SAFE: The Fourth of July is just ahead, a time when people typically enjoy the summer holiday with backyard barbecues, fireworks or water fun. Bu...

MARS: Mars is currently in our predawn sky, but will soon be visible late at night … and then at sunset. By October, Mars will outshine Jupiter. More ...

BIG BANG FACTS: NASA recently shared a refresher on the Big Bang — the event that gave rise to our universe. For those who haven’t thought about anyth...

SPACE NEWS: Astronomers have found a new exoworld, less than twice the size of Earth, which orbits the sunlike star Kepler-160, just over 3,000light-y...

WELLSBORO RACCOON HUNT: Not the real furry critters, but the characters from author Kevin Coolidge’s book, which he signed during an event at On the S...

FIREFLY FESTIVAL: The FREE Virtual Stay-At-Home PA Firefly Festival will take place online today. Starting at 6 p.m., go to pafireflyevents.org , or t...

WILDLIFE ON WIFI: The Game Commission is extending the Wildlife on WiFi virtual learning campaign and offering new field-based virtual education oppor...

PARKING ON MAIN TODAY: Just a reminder that Main Street in Bradford will be closed to parking today while street painting is underway. Painting is set...

NUMBERS: We all know that fewer people call our region home than do urban areas of the state. Looking at populations of counties, it’s easy to see the...

NEIGHBORS: Having to remain indoors during lockdown means getting creative when communicating with family and friends, such as via video calling apps....

POETRY: Frances Haight of Kane shared some poems with us about both big and little blessings. We are passing them along to our readers. A Big Blessing...

SOLSTICE AT STONEHENGE: The annual celebration of the June solstice at the Stonehenge monument is canceled this year due to Covid-19. But for the 1st ...

HALL OF FAME: The Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame has announced its annual inductees, and we’re pleased to see some from the “olden days” on th...

CORONAVIRUS POEM: Frances Haight of Kane has shared a poem with us that is relevant to the Coronavirus pandemic. Please, Mr. Virus, just go away, We d...

SURVEY: Folks in rural parts of Pennsylvania may be more apt to wax poetic about the beauty of nature than people who live in cities, but a study has ...

BLESSINGS: Frances Haight of Kane sent us some poems on the topic of blessings, and we thought we should share a few with our readers. The first is fo...

RECIPES: Here at RTS, we get some great recipes to pass along to readers. Every once in awhile, we’ll get one that we just can’t imagine making or eat...

FLAG DAY: Sunday is Flag Day. June 14 was established as National Flag Day by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. The day commemorates the adoption of t...