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    Pat Toomey gets it wrong; Sherrod Brown is right
    Editorials
    Pat Toomey gets it wrong; Sherrod Brown is right
    Marcie 
    Aug 03, 2021
    Extreme weather events across the U.S. and the globe have increased in frequency and severity over the last two decades. Congressional Democrats want ...
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    Bankrupted by medical debt
    Editorials
    Bankrupted by medical debt
    Marcie 
    Aug 03, 2021
    American health care is too expensive. Exhibit A is a new study of Americans’ medical debt published in the Journal of the American Medical Associatio...
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    Let small businesses set their own COVID sick-leave policies
    Editorials
    Let small businesses set their own COVID sick-leave policies
    Marcie 
    Jul 31, 2021
    The last year or so has been some big trouble for small businesses. It wasn’t unexpected. When stay-at-home orders were issued and capacity restrictio...
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    Another sweet, but legal, perk for state legislators
    Editorials
    Another sweet, but legal, perk for state legislators
    Marcie 
    Jun 29, 2021
    A per diem is an amount of money that an employer will give someone to cover expenses for a business-related trip. Unless you have a very specific job...
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    Trust (but verify) local police with speed radar
    Editorials
    Trust (but verify) local police with speed radar
    Marcie 
    Jun 29, 2021
    You’re cruising down the interstate. Maybe you’re going a little bit faster than you should be. Maybe not. But if you catch a glimpse of a state troop...
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    A bipartisan effort to secure Purple Heart valor
    Editorials
    A bipartisan effort to secure Purple Heart valor
    Marcie 
    Jun 04, 2021
    Courage is the kind of thing anyone can have. Grab the moment. Seize the day. But valor is different. Valor is a special kind of bravery. Valor speaks...
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    Being on social media doesn’t make you a journalist
    Editorials
    Being on social media doesn’t make you a journalist
    Marcie 
    Jun 04, 2021
    Last week, the Washington Supreme Court tried to figure out who counts as a journalist in the digital age. It concluded that just having a camera and ...
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    There’s still power in grassroots organization
    Editorials
    There’s still power in grassroots organization
    Marcie 
    Jan 12, 2021
    Georgia’s Senate runoff race offers important lessons for political campaigns around the country on old school, grassroots organizing of voters. Democ...
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    Schools shouldn’t police students’ social media posts
    Editorials
    Schools shouldn’t police students’ social media posts
    Marcie 
    Jan 12, 2021
    In pre-internet America, there was a clear division of labor between schools and parents when it came to policing children’s conduct: If a student mis...
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    Mandate coverage for vaccines
    Editorials
    Mandate coverage for vaccines
    Marcie 
    Dec 04, 2020
    Pandemic-weary America eagerly awaits the arrival of at least two new COVID-19 vaccines to finally turn the corner back to more normal life. Yet a ser...
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    State election review nixed
    Editorials
    State election review nixed
    Marcie 
    Dec 04, 2020
    The 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania, the first in which any voter could request a mail-in ballot, had more than its share of controversies ...
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    The test that matters for Biden’s education policy
    Editorials
    The test that matters for Biden’s education policy
    Marcie 
    Dec 03, 2020
    By the looks of it, President-elect Joe Biden’s administration will be among the most teacher-friendly in history — and not just because incoming firs...
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    The right way to have a more diverse workforce
    Editorials
    The right way to have a more diverse workforce
    Marcie 
    Dec 03, 2020
    Official Washington, D.C., will become more diverse, and more representative of America, in January when Kamala Harris takes office as the first woman...
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    State boosts broadband, thus economy
    Editorials
    State boosts broadband, thus economy
    Marcie 
    Nov 24, 2020
    Borrowing a page from history, the Legislature has approved a bill that will take a significant step toward rural economic development at little cost ...
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    Biden needs to fix Mnuchin’s big mistake
    Editorials
    Biden needs to fix Mnuchin’s big mistake
    Marcie 
    Nov 23, 2020
    U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has just put the country’s financial stability at unnecessary risk, by refusing to extend programs that’ve kept...
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    The election is over. Now our nation must find unity
    Editorials
    The election is over. Now our nation must find unity
    Marcie 
    Nov 05, 2020
    After a bruising and often bitter election cycle, how does a divided nation heal? The answer involves something much harder than campaigning or champi...
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    Is a fear of flying grounded?
    Editorials
    Is a fear of flying grounded?
    Marcie 
    Nov 05, 2020
    With many Americans still terrified of the novel coronavirus, it’s small wonder that the aviation industry is dealing with financial turbulence. Indus...
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    Electoral votes are people’s voice
    Editorials
    Electoral votes are people’s voice
    Marcie 
    Sep 30, 2020
    Voting is generally seen as a very simple equation. Yes or no. This one or that one. Separate. Count. Whoever has the most votes wins. Easy, right? An...
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    Cancel classical music?
    Editorials
    Cancel classical music?
    Marcie 
    Sep 30, 2020
    As if having his music reduced to ringtones wasn’t insult enough, the great Ludwig van Beethoven himself has now become a political football in the ca...
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    Retargeting testing: Political or practical?
    Editorials
    Retargeting testing: Political or practical?
    Marcie 
    Sep 09, 2020
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly revised testing guidelines for COVID-19. Regarding people who have come into contact with a...
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    Highlighting local government leaders
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    Highlighting local government leaders
    June 2, 2025
    The Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs is holding its annual conference in Hershey this week to highlight issues and challenges facing the sta...
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    United Way celebrates 100 years
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    United Way celebrates 100 years
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    June 2, 2025
    The United Way of the Bradford Area has been serving worthy causes and locals in need for more than 100 years. To mark this momentous occasion, this y...
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    Gator graduates encouraged to ‘R.I.S.E.’
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    Gator graduates encouraged to ‘R.I.S.E.’
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    June 2, 2025
    PORT ALLEGANY — Sixty-one Port Allegany High School graduates were encouraged to “R.I.S.E.” during their commencement ceremony held Friday. Class spea...
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    Kane Class of 2025: ‘Be kind, do the work’
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    Kane Class of 2025: ‘Be kind, do the work’
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    June 2, 2025
    KANE — Kane Area High School presented diplomas to 71 students during a graduation ceremony held Friday evening at Paul R. Miller Stadium and streamed...
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    Terrors graduate 50 in front of full house
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    Terrors graduate 50 in front of full house
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    June 2, 2025
    DUKE CENTER — Fifty students received their diplomas as the class of 2025 during Otto-Eldred High School commencement activities held Friday evening i...
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    Hubbers graduate 57 with class of ’25
    Local News
    Hubbers graduate 57 with class of ’25
    June 2, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Smethport Area High School graduated 57 students Friday evening with the Hubbers’ Class of 2025. Superintendent Brice Benson offered his c...
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