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Sounding the alarm
Local News
Oct 27, 2025
The loud and incessant barking of the dogs gave a clue that something was not right —- Jason Vorhees walked the halls at the McKean County SPCA’s annu...
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Spotted
Local News
Oct 27, 2025
On a foggy Sunday morning, a deer stops while crossing the Tunungwant Creek near Pitt Bradford.
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SMETHPORT: Enjoying a good scare
Local News
Oct 27, 2025
Kayla Rice and her grandmother Corinne Stebbins enjoy a good scare as they tour the Old Jail Museum’s Haunted House in Smethport.
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Northeast state governments carry higher taxpayer debts
Nation & World, PA State News
By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Oct 27, 2025
HARRISBURG – States across the Northeast carry five-figure debts for each taxpayer, according to a new report from the Reason Foundation. Government d...
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Families enjoy treats at JCC
Local News
Oct 27, 2025
SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus hosted a Trunk or Treat event Thursday. Due to weather, the event was moved indoors to th...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Oct 27, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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Norwich Twp. adds solar, battery storage rules
Local News
Expands wind energy ordinance
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Oct 24, 2025
CROSBY — Norwich Township supervisors repealed the municipality’s Wind Energy Facilities, Ordinance 43, at their meeting Tuesday — replacing it with a...
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SNAP disruption looms, local groups mobilize
Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Oct 24, 2025
With grocery prices high and the holiday season approaching, more families than ever are struggling to put food on the table. The ongoing government s...
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Halloween houses
Local News
Oct 24, 2025
Ambient lighting and glowing characters stand out against the Smethport hillside and darkening skies at this East Willow Street home.
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Taxpayers’ power over electricity supply and demand
Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Oct 24, 2025
HARRISBURG – When it comes to the common good, regulators often work from the bottom up. That is, preventing catastrophes like forest fires or environ...
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Planning for Pennsylvania’s power grid ‘potluck’
Local News, PA State News
By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
Oct 24, 2025
HARRISBURG – Faced with unprecedented energy demand, an aging grid, and a backlog of new generation projects awaiting connection, energy experts are s...
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