RTS (Round the Square)

MISSING CHILD: If she were still alive, she would be nearly 80 years old. But no one knows what ever happened to Marjory West, who was 4 years old whe...

THE WILD SIDE: Sue Elliott moved from Bradford to the great outdoors of Turtlepoint last fall and she says it has been a wildlife adventure ever since...

SWEET 16: This item is for the gear heads among us. The 16th annual Autumn Daze Car Show, set for Sept. 8 on Bradford’s Main Street, is well into its ...

REALLY EELS? Our recent mention of eels in area rivers and the inclination of some of our locals to cook and eat them gave rise to an email from Al Mc...

BLOCK SIGHTING: It had been only hours since we published Barbara Bowman’s suggestion that we document sightings of Pittsburgh Corning glass blocks in...

FLY AWAY: The Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau’s newsletter reminds us that now through the end of May is prime time for the migration of son...

GLASS BLOCKS: We have been quick to report sightings of Bradford-made Zippo lighters in movies, television shows and in the hands of the famous across...

MORE ON EELS: We should have learned by now to be careful what we wish for. We asked a few weeks ago if anyone had a recipe for cooking eel, and we go...

BIRDER CALL: Don Bickford of Emporium sent us an essay he wrote titled “Birders Are a Crazy Lot.” He admits to being a birder, but he contends he does...

MAIN STREET: In response to our call earlier this week for ideas on what businesses could be successful in any of the 15 empty storefronts in Main Str...

PATIO GARDENING: It’s close to the time of year when locals start planting their vegetable gardens. The taste and freshness of home-grown veggies is t...

BLANK WINDOWS: We sometimes lament the number of vacant storefronts there are along Main Street in Bradford. Many of our readers tell us of bygone day...

THEY’RE BACK: Francis Rovito of West Branch reminds us that the black bears are back and that there is no bird feeder safe from their grasp. Francis s...

CAMPFIRE TROUT: Maybe it’s because we’re finally going to get out trout fishing this weekend, but a recipe we ran across sounded awfully good. The rec...

PUDDLE JUMPERS: The latest of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books, this one subtitled “Parenthood, 101 heartwarming and humorous stories about the j...

FLOWER FRUSTRATION: If you’ve spent much time on Main Street, you’ve probably noticed Nancy Graham sweeping the sidewalk between PNC Bank and Pine Str...

EEL UPDATE: Rocco Camas of Bradford called to give us a little more background on eels after a caller last week sought a recipe for how to cook them s...

BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Karen Disney would rather not be in the news. She’d rather just do her job. She works four hours a day, five days a week, loopin...

TAX DAY: If you’re a little tired today, we understand. The federal and state income tax filing deadline is today, and all that creative accounting ca...

MEMORABLE POEM: Leroy Hartzel of Kane wrote us about a poem he learned in school and has remembered ever since he graduated in 1973. He thought we mig...