RTS (Round the Square)

DRINK UP: It was a couple years ago now that The Era conducted a water tasting on Main Street, pitting Bradford City water against one of the popular ...

TWO JOE'S: When the Temptations take the stage at the Bradford Area High School Auditorium next Thursday you won't be hearing double, but there will b...

BIRD HELP: If you've watched birds at a feeder over the years, you've surely seen changes - varying numbers of different birds through the seasons and...

THIS WEEK: What is the best invention in journalism in the past 20 years? There have been many such as the laptop computer, digital camera and cell ph...

DOWNTOWN: Joey Festa of Morgan Hill, Calif., has some thoughts and suggestions for the old hometown. He writes, "Days gone by. I think of Bradford oft...

IT'S HOME: Kristie Bentley of Virginia Beach, Va., reminisces: Sounds that mean home to me are oil pumps up Buchanon Hollow during the summer when I w...

THOMAS PAINE: "I enjoyed your recent editorial on Thomas Paine. It took me back to World War II at Mattishall, England, where the 388th bomb group was...

RTS for Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 J.R. EVANS: Kyle Everett of Palm Harbor, Fla., writes, "In regards to the closing of James R. Evans, I remember as a te...

DOWNTOWN: Dick Freeman of Bradford brings up a suggestion to spiff up Main Street: "To keep the 'downtown' area looking good we should have an ordinan...

TWO CENTS: An annoyed reader phoned to remind Bradford motorists leaving the Post Office that only a right turn is permitted. He himself was behind ot...

IN THE NEWS: Jim Flynn of Erie writes Saturday: "Today's Erie Times News' front page has a picture of Mike Blaisdell and Kaitlin Bryant of the BAHS ba...

J.R. EVANS: Our stories on the closing of James R. Evans men's clothing store on Main Street jogged some memories. George T. Howard of Peachtree City,...

LISTEN UP: Here's a good accompaniment to our current full moon. Ann Reed of West Corydon Street called Monday night to tell us, "We've been hearing c...

WINTER WORM: McKean County is at the very edge of a narrow swath of territory that looks to separate the men from the boys this winter. So says the Ol...

BIG ONE: When we asked readers about a "cute little creature" about 10 days ago, we were way off base. While it may be cute, this spider is far from "...

THAT SPIDER: How big is big? Big enough to scare the bejesus out of you! Today is part 2 of our story of the black and yellow arigobe spider which we ...

TOM MIX: Our story on Tom Mix, which appeared a couple weeks ago, was of special interest to L.J. Gorske of Johnsonburg. He writes, "I was born in Eri...

THOMAS PAINE: Alan J. Shembeda of Bradford, after reading our introduction to the eight-week serial about patriot Thomas Paine, offers another facet o...

LUCKY US: "Each year at this time I begin to miss fall. The perfect days and the crisp nights. I miss the leaves with their riotous color. I miss the ...

100 DEGREES: Before summer ends, we need to wrap up our discussion about Bradford's record high temperature. Specifically, did it ever hit 100 or more...