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VIRTUAL DANCE FESTIVAL: The Third Annual Central PA Theatre & Dance Fest, June 19-21, will be held virtually, providing three days of performing arts ...

HOW PLANTS MOVE 2: Today we are once again visiting how plants move, and we discuss other factors that influence the way a plant responds. Less famili...

HOW PLANTS MOVE: Warmer temperatures mean growing things, and now is a great time to think of how plants move. While we normally think of plants as be...

NEW SPACE TELESCOPE: NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)...

D-DAY: Today is the 76th anniversary of D-Day. We got our annual call from Bradford veteran Elmer Delucia this week reminding us of the anniversary. D...

FRESH AIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH: Mental health is more than the absence of depression, anxiety or other psychological issues. Good mental health influence...

STRAWBERRY MOON: June’s Moon, known in legend and folklore as the “Strawberry Moon,” will turn 100% full Friday, June 5, at 3:12 p.m. EDT. At this tim...

RHUBARB TIME: Clyde Johnson of Port Allegany wrote in to The Era to share a reminder of the time of year we are getting into, namely rhubarb season. “...

CLEANUP TOOLS: Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful offers cleanup tools and resources to those who are compelled to clean up nature when they see trash scatte...

GREEN PHASE: While Friday was the first day of the green phase for McKean County residents (and those of 16 other counties), there are people spread t...

FIREFLY VIEWING AFTER ALL: Due to the lifting of restrictions by Governor Wolf, the PA Firefly Festival has decided to offer some limited programs for...

QUARANTINE COOKING MADE SIMPLE: Here we are again, still in quarantine (for another day, anyway). If you’re tired of cooking but you know that man can...

HACKERS INVITED BY NASA: NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) are inviting coders, entrepreneurs, scientist...

KINDNESS: A reader called us recently with a message about the importance of treating each other with kindness. She was recently on the receiving end ...

DECORATION DAY : Memorial Day was historically known as “Decoration Day.” To honor the deceased, soldiers would decorate graves of their fallen comrad...

MONDAY : Because of the Memorial Day holiday, there will be no Era for Monday. There will be a newspaper on Saturday, and on Tuesday as usual. We hope...

GRILLING SAFETY: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reminds everyone to follow basic grilling safety precautions over Memorial Day weeken...

REDUCE FOOD WASTE: Most people don’t realize how much food they throw away every day — from uneaten leftovers to spoiled produce. It’s no surprise tha...

OUTDOOR ETIQUETTE: Pennsylvania Recreation & Park Society released an Outdoor Etiquette Guide in these times of COVID-19 concerns. As our area has rea...

LETTER 2 : We left off with the Johnsons sending a letter to family members telling them about a UFO encounter over Bradford in April of 1967. Evelyn ...