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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Viola’s ‘Cheers’ for Bradford
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Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
Apr 22, 2025
There’s nothing more welcoming than a place where everybody knows your name. After being closed for several years, Viola’s Pub on Brennan Street has r...
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Grow your own using seed libraries
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Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
Apr 22, 2025
Today is Earth Day. Interested in planting a garden or supporting pollinators this year? Two local libraries have just what you need to get started. W...
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Help for historical markers
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Apr 18, 2025
SMETHPORT — Sure, you’ve seen them. Found anywhere and everywhere, the blue markers with the yellow print share tidbits of Pennsylvania’s history and ...
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The garden’s unsung hero
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REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
Apr 17, 2025
The long-range weather forecast gives us hope that May will be the spring weather for which we have all been waiting. Our spring bulbs are blooming, t...
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SMETHPORT: What’s old is new again
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Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
Apr 17, 2025
SMETHPORT —The McKean County Historical Society’s Old Jail Museum is undergoing some big changes. Staff are currently remodeling the former sheriff’s ...
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Planning to wed
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Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
Apr 17, 2025
Are wedding bells in your future? Whether you are just starting to plan or looking for the perfect finishing touches, you are sure to find what you ne...
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Board of Health adds six to nuisance list
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Apr 16, 2025
Five of the six properties added to the Board of Health's nuisance list Tuesday sit high above West Corydon Street, and a homeless encampment was in t...
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New website, with zero pop-ups, goes live
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Apr 16, 2025
The Bradford Era’s website has been rejuvenated and improved and is live now, at bradfordera.com . We have been working on our new website for some ti...
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Sanitary Authority assisting development
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Apr 16, 2025
Bradford Sanitary Authority at its meeting this week approved connections for two new projects in the area and assisted with several developmental eff...
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Slight break at the pump locally
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Apr 15, 2025
According to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, a gallon of gasoline is down 3 cents this week in Western Pennsylvania at $3.601. Bradford’s average...
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Squall downs trees, power lines
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Apr 15, 2025
An intense burst of rain and wind downed trees and power lines Tuesday, leaving nearly 1,300 McKean County Penelec customers without power. A precipit...
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Local author Robertson re-releases Bucktails book
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Apr 14, 2025
In response to popular demand, Duke Center writer Bill Robertson has released a second edition of his work “The Bucktails' Last Call.” The book, origi...
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Q&A with the DA: The law, open to interpretation?
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STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
Apr 12, 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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REW: IOOF Foster Lodge 333 reinstated
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Apr 11, 2025
REW — The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), one of the largest and oldest fraternal organizations in the world, used to figure prominently in a...
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