RTS (Round the Square)

FORD VISIT: In previous columns, we've shared some of the local lore "busted" by the Bradford Landmark Society in its recent newsletter. One of the my...

FORD VISIT: In previous columns, we've shared some of the local lore "busted" by the Bradford Landmark Society in its recent newsletter. One of the my...

100 DEGREES: Heaven knows, we've plumbed the depths of the thermometer as it hits the arctic range in Bradford. How about the other end of the scale? ...

GGB CAR: The recent news coverage surrounding Zippo's 75th birthday celebration included a tidbit of information most readers probably didn't know abo...

This is RTS for Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007 MORE CATS: More evidence today that seeing is believing, especially when it comes to mountain lions. Kent Smith...

MORE LORE: We continue today with more of the local version of the Discovery Channel's show "Myth Busters," compliments of The Bradford Landmark Socie...

BLOODY DAY: Frank Frontino was only 13 years old when he witnessed the 1931 murder of gangster Al Ritchie as he sat in his car parked on River Street ...

BIG CATS: We used to put the existence of mountain lions on a par with Big Foot, little green men, or the Abominable Snowman. No more. Way too many pe...

WILD ONES: Darlene Mosley has been calling this "The Summer of Animals." Darlene, who has three horses in a pasture along Route 770 not far from Marsh...

LOCAL LORE: For fans of the Discovery Channel's show "Myth Busters," the Bradford Landmark Society had a treat in its July newsletter - a list of Brad...

BIG CATS: We used to put the existence of mountain lions on a par with Big Foot, little green men, or the Abominable Snowman. No more. Way too many pe...

TALL POLES: Once you start noticing those tall telephone poles, it seems like they're everywhere. A few weeks ago, a reader pointed out one of these e...

COKE NOTES: A couple comments today add to our ongoing saga of the Coke plant in Bradford: Frances Cercone Evans of Marietta, Ga., tells us her husban...

SNAKE UPDATE: "Please reassure your readers that the streets of Emporium are not being overrun by rattlesnakes." So writes Phil Jones of Emporium. We ...

MOVIE PLAN: A movie proposed about the Prohibition days that sparked warfare in Bradford and Olean, N.Y., and left bodies on both sides of the line is...

GOING BACK: We're constantly amazed at how mention of a simple item can trigger an avalanche of memories. Liz Fleming Duggan of Omaha, Neb., dropped u...

MORE RABIES: Previously, we "outed" raccoons as the Pennsylvania animal most likely to carry rabies. Today, we look at some other animals on that list...

IT'S TODAY: It was 75 years ago that an "old lump of coal" arrived on the scene in Bradford. Today, of course, we know that "diamond" as Zippo. As we ...

COKE PLANT: We thought it was an open-and-shut case as to where that Coca-Cola bottling plant was located in Bradford - on East Main Street near the C...

BIG CAT: It's been awhile since anyone has reported seeing a mountain lion but we have one today. Lori Charnisky of Bradford writes, "My husband Chuck...