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    BHS co-ops provide on-the-job learning
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    BHS co-ops provide on-the-job learning
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 28, 2025
    (Editor’s note: The Bradford Era will highlight those Bradford Area High School students completing cooperative education placements with local busine...
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    Q&A with the DA: Part 2 — The law, open to interpretation?
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    Q&A with the DA: Part 2 — The law, open to interpretation?
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Apr 26, 2025
    (Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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    Create a turkey hunter for life
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    Create a turkey hunter for life
    STEVE SHERK Jr. Special to The Era 
    Apr 26, 2025
    When it comes to youth turkey hunting, the biggest key to success is your setup. Getting a shot opportunity on an eastern tom is no easy task, especia...
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    BAHS to celebrate 100 years of excellence
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    BAHS to celebrate 100 years of excellence
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Apr 25, 2025
    High school is an important time in people’s lives. It’s where the foundations of adulthood begin — friendships are forged and passions are discovered...
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    COUDERSPORT: Lights out
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    COUDERSPORT: Lights out
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 25, 2025
    COUDERSPORT — In the dark skies of Potter County, lights of any kind are generally unwelcome — let alone spotlights. But that’s exactly what has shone...
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    Data shows Medicare top insurance payer in 3rd quarter
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    Data shows Medicare top insurance payer in 3rd quarter
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 25, 2025
    During the current Trump Administration, changes have been proposed or already put in place for many forms of health insurance, including Medicare, Me...
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    The versatile and hardy forsythia
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    The versatile and hardy forsythia
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    Apr 25, 2025
    I always look for my forsythia bush to be some of the first flowers of spring. Blooming during Eastertide caused the shrub to be known as the Easter T...
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    Area firefighters assist downstate this week
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    Area firefighters assist downstate this week
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 25, 2025
    The District 15 Wildfire Support Group, comprising about 25 firefighters from McKean and Potter counties, has been dispatched this week to assist with...
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    Branching out: Tree Board plants 81 and counting
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    Branching out: Tree Board plants 81 and counting
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Apr 24, 2025
    It’s an Arbor Day update that is beyond be-leaf! Since its start two years ago, the local Tree Board has planted 81 trees in Bradford. Just this year,...
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    Find family fun at Community Fest
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    Find family fun at Community Fest
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Apr 24, 2025
    Looking for an exciting way to entertain the kiddos this weekend? Look no further than the 10th Annual Community Fest held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satu...
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    New Keystone shut down by Board of Health
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    New Keystone shut down by Board of Health
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 23, 2025
    The Bradford Board of Health shut down the New Keystone Tuesday night for a sewage leak coming from under the building. The business, at 425 E. Main S...
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    Bradford City Water Authority tables timber bid, cites ‘economic instability’
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    Bradford City Water Authority tables timber bid, cites ‘economic instability’
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 23, 2025
    The Bradford City Water Authority has opted to table bids for the Lafayette timber sale, which was more than 865,000 lineal board feet of timber. At W...
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    Causer, Dush announce funding for Keating Township water project
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    Causer, Dush announce funding for Keating Township water project
    Apr 23, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The newly formed Keating Township Municipal Authority has been awarded a $2 million low-interest loan to improve drinking water in the re...
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: No sweat
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: No sweat
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 23, 2025
    There are times throughout all our lives when we are unable to do one thing or another and, if we’re lucky, our mothers — heroes that they are — step ...
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    Community rallies around family of teen killed in ATV crash
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    Community rallies around family of teen killed in ATV crash
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Apr 23, 2025
    A GoFundMe has been organized to help support the family of Jesse Alexander. The 16-year-old lost his life following a tragic ATV crash on East Warren...
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    Poplin Avenue speeding discussed at Bradford city council
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    Poplin Avenue speeding discussed at Bradford city council
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 23, 2025
    Should changes be made to reduce the speed of vehicles on Poplin Avenue? A petition with more than 300 signatures was presented to Bradford City Counc...
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    State police say ATV struck truck in crash
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    State police say ATV struck truck in crash
    Apr 23, 2025
    Pennsylvania State Police on Wednesday released the report of their investigation into an April 17 ATV accident on East Warren Road. Two juvenile male...
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    PA Wilds Artisan Collaborative celebrates new partnerships
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    PA Wilds Artisan Collaborative celebrates new partnerships
    Apr 22, 2025
    ST. MARYS — Artisans and manufacturers from the Pennsylvania Wilds region gathered for a pre-launch event recently, celebrating the inaugural PA Wilds...
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    Popular Mechanics features Kerstetter, 1987 platinum theft
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    Popular Mechanics features Kerstetter, 1987 platinum theft
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 22, 2025
    Nearly 40 years have passed since the date of Bradford's most well-known unsolved mystery — the platinum theft and disappearance of Dale Kerstetter fr...
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    Commissioners acknowledge Volunteer Month
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    Commissioners acknowledge Volunteer Month
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 22, 2025
    SMETHPORT — It’s National Volunteer Month in the United States, and McKean County Commissioners took a moment during their regular meeting Tuesday to ...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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