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Blown transformer disrupts power downtown
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Mar 05, 2025
Several residents and businesses in downtown Bradford were without power for about an hour and a half Wednesday morning. Bradford City Fire Department...
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SMETHPORT: Taste of triumph
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Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
Mar 05, 2025
SMETHPORT — Mara Ours, a junior at Smethport High School, is a proud member of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). Recently, Ours went...
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Thompson on Trump: ‘Promises made, promises kept’
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Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Mar 05, 2025
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson believes President Donald Trump is following through on campaign promises to rein in government spending and bureaucracy — an...
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Decrease in gas prices skipping Bradford, Warren
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Mar 03, 2025
Bradford’s prices at the pump saw none of the three-cent decrease seen throughout western Pennsylvania during the last week. Locally the average shed ...
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Local Read Across America celebrations encourage literacy
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Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
Mar 01, 2025
Get ready to break out a good book. Read Across America Week is this week, from Sunday to Friday. The annual event is held in conjunction with the bir...
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Keys to hunting shed antlers
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STEVE SHERK Jr. Special to The Era 
Mar 01, 2025
February and March are when the majority of whitetail bucks shed their antlers. Although bucks are known to shed antlers as early as December, and wil...
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Zippo’s Northern Lights cutting workforce
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 28, 2025
Six years after joining the Zippo Manufacturing Co. family, Northern Lights Enterprises Inc. is making some major changes, including terminating nearl...
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WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? Keep on truckin’
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Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
Feb 28, 2025
When Fred Simons was a child, his mother, Ida Tyger Simons, gave him a very good piece of advice. “She told me that whatever we get involved in, we sh...
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Notes of home
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SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Feb 27, 2025
In an attempt to escape, he found his way back. Award-winning author William Burtch lived in Bradford years ago, attending Sixth Ward School, and he s...
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Callahan Park ice rink has to close early
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 26, 2025
Winter has been making its mark in the City of Bradford, and not just in the beauty of snow-covered landscapes. At Tuesday's meeting, Bradford City Co...
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Gas prices shed 2 cents regionally
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Feb 26, 2025
While gas prices in western Pennsylvania dropped a couple of cents this week, Bradford’s average managed to shed just one half of one cent. Regional a...
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