RTS (Round the Square)

GRAD POSTSCRIPT: Tracy Keppel of Bradford called Friday morning to say how surprised she was to see her late father’s name in ’Round the Square. Her f...

NEW GRAD: Ed Cunningham didn’t have to walk down the aisle and across the Bradford Area High School stage to get his diploma Thursday night. He had a ...

D-DAY PLUS 69: Among the nearly 200,000 members of the Allied Expeditionary Force who landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, were 73,000 A...

RETAIL HISTORY: A story in Friday’s Era about the impending sheriff’s sale of a building at 39-43 Mechanic St. moved Nancy Tingley to drop us a note p...

TOP GRADS: When seniors at Bradford Area High School walk down the aisle at their graduation ceremony later this week, there won’t be any intrigue abo...

BIG BOOMS: We’ve heard some sporadic complaints from residents along Interstate Parkway over the past several months about loud explosions. These boom...

HAPPY SUMMER: If you’re reading this, you’ve survived a cool Memorial Day weekend, which we generally consider the beginning of the summer season even...

NEVER FORGOTTEN: There won’t be any Memorial Day speeches at the little graveyard along Route 59 in Marshburg today. No one will play “Taps,” and ther...

STROLL IN THE WOODS: One hundred serious backpackers will embark on June 7 on the fourth Allegheny 100 Challenge, an unsupported 100-mile hike on the ...

POLITE BIRD: We hope there’s a bird behavior expert among our readers who can help explain the actions of what we think is quite an unusual female car...

PRESERVING TRADITION: A devoted group of local square-dance enthusiasts is trying to renew interest in the folk-art form, and they could use a little ...

A REASON TO VOTE: It what has become an election day tradition, the Lafayette Township Action Committee holds a baked goods and soup sale at the towns...

BIG BUG: Judy Blanchard of Bushnell Street dropped in Monday morning with an insect that we haven’t seen before. It might be some sort of moth, since ...

BEAR BUMP: Our local bears continue to give residents a start every now and again. Angela Nuzzo emailed us about this close encounter: “Very early Sat...

CITY BEAR: Debbie Bauer phoned Friday to alert us that a bear had visited her neighborhood in the wee hours of Friday. Bear sightings aren’t that unus...

VIETNAM MEMORY: Ron Orris served in the Army in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1965 and 1966. He was in a unit that disbursed the pay of troops coming in from co...

ROCK ’N’ ROLL: Carole Longo, who grew up in Bradford in the 1950s, emailed us about her great memories of rock ’n’ roll in Bradford during her teen ye...

GREEN THUMB: June Kio of Eldred called to report a phenomenon from the plant world that we suspect won’t be duplicated anytime soon. June tells us tha...

COMING HOME: It isn’t every day that someone like Richard T. McCormack drops in to our office for a visit, but the prospect of something like that hap...

TRIATHLON: The organizers of the Eighth Annual Willow Creek Triathlon are anticipating that this year’s race on Aug. 3 will be a milestone. Since its ...