RTS (Round the Square)

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INDEPENDENCE DAY: Don Ross has been writing poems and sharing them with regulars at the Smethport Senior Center for years. Whatever the topic, says se...

POLICE DANCE: Our columns about the Bradford Police Department’s annual dances in the 1950s and early ’60s struck a chord with Sue Johnson of Fort Way...

WONDERFUL LIFE: Last month Daryl Williams died at the age of 90. His obituary ran in The Era , and even though his passing was noted, its significance...

PASSEL OF PISCITELLIS: It all started in on Aug. 15, 1906, with the marriage of Humber Piscitelli and Anna Carrara at St. Bernard Catholic Church in B...

GOOD OLD DAYS: Our recent mentions of the Clark & Humphrey furniture and appliance store that used to be on Mechanic Street reminded Cliff Hastings of...

FAST RESULTS: Our column on Wednesday about the Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church seeking descendants of its 1913 confirmation class got an immediat...

CHURCH HISTORY: She has no idea why they call it the “usher’s closet” at Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church on Seaward Avenue, but Naomi Carlson, the...

APPLE TONIC: Here at ’Round the Square we frequently talk with people whose memories of years and decades gone by are, in comparison to our own, vastl...

DANCE PROGRAMS: The Bradford Police Department Annual Dance programs that Bob Slike provided for us contain a treasure trove of businesses that were i...

POLICE DANCE: Bob Slike passed along programs from Bradford Police Department annual dances from 1952 and 1960. The dances were annual affairs for the...

MECHANIC STREET: All our talk about the stores that surrounded the Clark & Humphrey furniture and appliance store on Mechanic Street in the late 1940s...

GRATEFUL HUMMER: Shirley Ostrander of Smethport passes along a story that lends credence to the tale of a cardinal we wrote about nearly a month ago. ...

MOTH IDENTIFIED: Judy Blanchard was correct in her theory that the huge bug she brought into our office on Monday was a moth. With a five- to six-inch...

MORE STORES: We had a number of calls in response to our inquiry about what store — or stores — occupied the space between the former Clark and Humphr...

One of Beverly Holmes’ favorite memories of her father was the day she went home from the hospital after having her tonsils removed when she was about...

BEAR UPDATE: Paul Monjaar told us last week about a bear on a mission in Foster Brook that was so intent on its destination that it passed within a fe...

OLD GLORY: Val Meacham dropped us an email to remind us to remind everyone else that Friday is Flag Day. She also provided a little background on the ...

TRAIL TALK: Mary Williams dropped us an email to say how much she enjoys the trails that have been developed by the Tuna Valley Trails Association in ...

BEARS GALORE: We continue to hear reports of bears hanging out in places you wouldn’t normally expect to see them. One recent example: Paul Monjaar’s ...