RTS (Round the Square)

LABOR DAY: This is a tip of the hat to all those nurses, firefighters, disc jockeys, gas station attendants - and so many others - who are on the job ...

NO BERRIES : We expected a lot of feedback on our question about the apparent dearth of blackberries and blueberries but only heard from a couple read...

HOT TIMES: Mike Crawford of Bradford adds his thoughts on a couple recent RTS subjects: "Speaking of 100 degree temps, I know this would not be consid...

LISTEN UP: Is there something that sounds oh-so-Pennsylvania to you? If so, radio station WPSU-FM is all ears. Pennsylvania SoundClips is a series it'...

SNAKE TALES: You think your Monday morning work routine is bad, get this: Kristie Bentley of Virginia Beach, Va., writes: "While giving my husband a t...

LOOK UP: Two readers had the where-with-all to snap a picture of that overhead blimp on Aug. 13. At least, that's all the photos we received - so far....

DOG DAYS: Our hunch was right. The so-called "dog days" don't have all that much to do with our four-legged friends - except maybe in a roundabout way...

LOOK UP: Two readers had the where-with-all to snap a picture of that overhead blimp on Aug. 13. At least, that's all the photos we received - so far....

BERRY NOTES: Is it our imagination or is there a total lack of a blackberry crop this year? Come to think of it, we haven't seen any huckleberries, ei...

CROOK FARM: Step back in time today and Saturday at the annual Crook Farm Country Fair at the historical Crook Farm homestead on Seaward Avenue. The e...

ONE BOOK: We do our part today to prepare the community for the appearance of Lauren Belfer, author of "City of Light," a historical novel set in turn...

LOCAL ANGLE: Most people have to wait 'til their 100th birthday to get the attention of NBC's Willard Scott. That wasn't the case for Mrs. Jean Johnso...

GAS PAINS: We will go for quite awhile without any calls about the gas prices in Bradford and then, all of a sudden, we get a spurt of them. The size ...

BIG CATS: A couple more items today about those mountain lions: Bill Jamieson of Mendota, Ill., drops us an e-line: "Regarding the controversey over m...

BIG CATS: A couple more items today about those mountain lions: Bill Jamieson of Mendota, Ill., drops us an e-line: "Regarding the controversey over m...

LOOK UP: Nothing gets by our readers. Two readers actually observed the Good Year blimp going by overhead on Monday. Jeffery Burt, who reporting seein...

DOG DAYS: We have more questions now about the dog days of summer than when we started! One more column (for now) on the subject and then we'll move o...

DOG DAYS: Jim Piscitelli is a living, breathing testament to all things Bradford. This comes in handy many times writing Round the Square and, most re...

MARV GOODNOE: "Concerning the funeral of Staff Sgt. Goodnoe: wouldn't it be fantastic if the entire route from funeral home to the burial were lined w...

MORE FORD: We continue today recounting Henry Ford's visit to Smethport as published in the Aug. 2, 1928, edition of the McKean County Democrat, sent ...