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Safety compromises reached in West Warren Road closure
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Aug 12, 2016
While contractors for the Route 770 bridges told residents on West Warren and Sheppard Run roads the spans will be closed consecutively for replacemen...
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Pa. firefighters answer second call for fire aid
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AMBER TURBA Era Reporter bradforderanews@gmail.com 
Aug 11, 2016
For the second time in two weeks, volunteer firefighters from Pennsylvania have answered the call to battle wildfires raging in not only two, but now ...
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Warren County rep. appointed to Bradford Airport authority
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FRAN DE LANCEY Era Correspondent delancey401@yahoo.com 
Aug 11, 2016
After an absence of several years, Warren County again is represented on the Bradford Regional Airport Authority. At Wednesday's authority meeting, me...
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Engman to preside over Stidd case
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Aug 11, 2016
District Judge David Engman in Kane has been appointed to preside over a pending case against a Bradford man accused in the 2015 shooting death of his...
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Bradford City Council appoints new police officer
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Aug 10, 2016
Bradford City Council appointed a new full-time probationary police officer on Tuesday. Effective Aug. 18, Shelby Walters will replace recent retiree ...
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Smethport school board OKs combined position
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ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
Aug 09, 2016
SMETHPORT –– Even with public opposition, the Smethport Area School Board approved on Monday to seek a full-time music teacher and Pennsylvania Inform...
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Swedish Festival to be held Aug. 12 to 14 in Mount Jewett
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CHUCK ABRAHAM Era Correspondent cabraham.era@gmail.com 
Aug 06, 2016
MOUNT JEWETT — The 47th annual Mount Jewett Swedish Festival will be Aug. 12 to 14, and with a few minor changes to this year's festival, committee ch...
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Tracy Ridge bike trail proposal causes contention
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AMANDA NICHOLS Era Reporter a.nichols@bradfordera.com 
Aug 06, 2016
A 12-mile bicycling trail proposed for the Tracy Ridge Natural Recreation Area on the Allegheny National Forest continues to meet with opposition. Man...
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Labor of love: Week of set-up work for Festa Italiana begins
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AMANDA NICHOLS Era Reporter a.nichols@bradfordera.com 
Aug 05, 2016
Committee members and volunteers have started the week-long process of setting up all of the tents and booths along Festival Way in preparation for th...
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Some progress seen in McKean County heroin fight
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 05, 2016
McKean County is becoming well known in the drug community — for being tough on dealers. District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg Shaffer told The Era o...
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AG: Homicide charge to be refiled on Stidd
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 04, 2016
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office intends to refile murder charges against Stephen Stidd for the January 2015 shooting of his son-in-law Melv...
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