RTS (Round the Square)

LOCAL ANGLE: We're piecing together Bradford's connection to Hollywood (again). George T. Howard of Peachtree City, Ga., writes, "I was interested in ...

LOCAL ANGLE: Famed World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle has special meaning to another Bradford vet. Norm Wolcott Jr., now a resident of Chapel R...

MORE STORES: "Rack 'em, Smitty!" Who in Bradford doesn't remember those words? Bradfordians of a certain generation certain recall that refrain from S...

This is RTS for Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 BRIDGE SHOT: Ron Baughman of Lakewood, Colo., also saw the Kinzua Bridge in that TV program, "Life After People....

LOCAL ANGLE: Frances Evans of Marietta, Ga., was recently watching a movie, "Spartan," made in 2004. "A man looking for another man finds him and the ...

MOM & POP: Tony Falconi of Lewis Run remembers a lot of Bradford's mom and pop stores from years ago. Here's only some of his recollections: "Most wer...

GET READY: In preparation for "Little Women, The Broadway Musical," coming to Pitt-Bradford tomorrow, we have this quiz about the beloved novel. The s...

ERNIE PYLE: World War II journalist Ernie Pyle has a link to Bradford through Zippo lighters. His promotion of the product certainly help Zippo get a ...

BEST PET: You still have time to enter your dog or cat in The Era's pet photo contest. The deadline has been extended until Friday. The contest, which...

LOOK UP: "Do bald eagles migrate? The answer is yes and no!" That's our response today from our buddy in Kane known as "Eagle-Eye." He continues, "Eag...

MORE STORES: Believe it or not, we still have a long list of those old Bradford stores from the 1930s until the 1970s. Without further ado - W.M. Sche...

PORT ALLEGANY: Those signs that say Port Alleghany will be change to correctly reflect the name of the town, Port Allegany. That's the word Monday fro...

TOO FUNNY: During this week's bout of water problems in Bradford, we've been drinking bottled water. When we check out the label, it identified the so...

LOCAL ANGLE: If you saw the History Channel program, "Life After People," you may have seen a distinctly local item - the former Kinzua viaduct. Doug ...

MORE STORES: Actually, we don't have just a few more old Bradford stores to tell you about - we have a lot! We have been collecting mounds of informat...

LOOK UP: Sue Nelson of Smethport phoned the other day to tell us she had just seen an American bald eagle flying over the Hamlin Lake area. She wonder...

LIGHTER SIDE: All our columns on old Bradford stores has held up a few items on lighters - and not all Zippos, believe it or not! We'll start with thi...

GAS PAIN: Lest any of our readers think Bradford gas prices have suddenly come in line with the rest of the country, consider this report from Myrtle ...

WAR DEAD: We recently carried a column about some of the McKean County servicemen killed in the two world wars. Another name today - Cpl. Ralph E. Bra...

RAZE TIME: If you haven't seen the city's skyline since the old Eagles building was torn down on East Washington Street, come check it out. Its absenc...