RTS (Round the Square)

WAR RELICS: Jim Randolph of Onofrio Street turns 80 this year, so he was a child of 9 back in 1942, when the world was gripped in war. He dropped by t...

WEST TEXAS SAILOR: For the past couple of days, we’ve been tracing the history of the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II and the experiences of ...

MARITIME SERVICE: With Veterans Day a few weeks away, Bob Smith brought to our attention a group of men whose service during World War II is frequentl...

TOUCHY SUBJECT: We apparently touched a nerve earlier this week when we mentioned local gasoline prices and how it seems Bradford’s price is always hi...

OINK OR QUACK: Maybe this has been around awhile, and we’re just hearing about it. Or maybe it’s truly a new product that just recently made its debut...

WOOLLY WORMS: We thought we were all through with woolly worm weather predictions, but an email arrived Wednesday that changed our mind. Carl Milks of...

STREET SIGNS: We must have started something last week when a reader asked us to get a definitive ruling on the spelling of Tibbits Avenue, which carr...

WITNESS TO HISTORY: Sometimes the significance of an event we witness doesn’t become apparent until later. In Dave Neill’s case, it was more than 50 y...

CONTINENTAL 1: It’s an idea whose time has come, again and again, for decades — a four-lane, limited-access highway stretching from Toronto to Miami, ...

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PRESS CLIPPINGS: Our area continues to get favorable — actually glowing — mentions from travel writers who visit here. The latest appeared Sunday in t...

OLD PRODUCTS: Examples of long-ago Zippo Manufacturing Co. products keep showing up on our doorstep. Last week we mentioned a lip balm called Zirenn t...

OWL UPDATE: Last week we wrote about Johnny Nelson, the former Era sports editor who is credited with giving Bradford High School’s sports teams their...

LEAF UPDATE: Prime time for leaf-peeping in our region is fast approaching, too fast for some who don’t want to think about the season that comes afte...

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“LITTLE CHICAGO”: Those two words probably make a lot of people in Bradford cringe and check their wallets. We were reminded of the ill-fated movie ve...

MORE EVIDENCE: Last week we said long-ago Era sports editor Johnny Nelson was the person who gave the Bradford Owls their nickname. It happened in 193...

SKIPPING STONES: We wouldn’t consider it a great spectator event for anyone who is easily bored. But anytime someone drives clear to Lake Erie to pick...

TENT WORMS: It’s a sure sign of approaching autumn when the Custer City Drive-in closes for the season and our trees get smudged with scads of caterpi...

UNDER THE LIGHTS: Port Allegany High School’s Gators played their first night football game last Friday, and that got us wondering about how long Brad...