News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Oct 05, 2018
HISTORY: The end of summer in 1900 was a dry one in Bradford, but that ended with an October storm of some note . “The drought was broken yesterday af...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Oct 04, 2018
DRAFT: It seems we aren’t the only ones who have been inspired to do some historical reading. A reader sent us some information from “History of the G...
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Sep 29, 2018
PUFF : We often have visitors stop by with interesting things to show us. Seldom do we see something like what Kerry Roslinski brought in. At first gl...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 27, 2018
FIRE : Sally Costik, curator of the Bradford Landmark Society, has been sharing some information about early volunteer fire companies in Bradford. The...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 26, 2018
AH HA: We’ve enjoyed bringing you some history of Bradford courtesy of information from Curly Walters. As we were reading it, we had our suspicions th...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 24, 2018
MORE : What was Bradford like in 1899? Thanks to Curly Walters, we’re still reading about it. “The trolley line has been extended to Lewis Run and up ...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 19, 2018
PRICES : In January 1900, The Fair at 22 Main Street in Bradford was holding a marvelous after-Christmas sale. “Ladies’ garments that speak for themse...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 17, 2018
CASE : RTS reader Bill Keesler of Mount Jewett dropped us a note about an experience he had in Arkansas regarding Case knives. Bill told us he and his...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 15, 2018
TOYS: Which toys will make it into the hallowed halls of the National Toy Hall of Fame this November? “Will Uno play its cards right? Can the Magic 8 ...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 14, 2018
HISTORY : We found a few more notes we jotted down from our search through old newspaper archives. Here is this description of movies of the day from ...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 10, 2018
AIR DAY : We promised readers some more observations from Bradford’s “air day,” the day commercial flight service began at the Bradford-McKean Airport...
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Sep 10, 2018
For the past six years, Becky Plummer has provided coats to people wearing several layers of flannel, or mittens to people with frozen fingers, at Des...
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Sep 10, 2018
ALLEGANY, N.Y. — There was a battle raging in Allegany this weekend — between the Union and Confederate armies. Dozens of people were witness to a the...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 08, 2018
PLATINUM : The 70th anniversary is traditionally platinum, but in this case, we’re calling it an “air” anniversary. That’s because Sept. 8, 1948 was t...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 07, 2018
CALENDAR : Readers may remember RTS contributor Clayton Vecellio’s “Earth Calendar.” It’s a simplified calendar Clayton has created, where January, Ap...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 04, 2018
HISTORIC : We hope readers are as enamored with the language used in century-old Era stories as we are. We took a look back at editions in September o...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 03, 2018
HISTORY : For Labor Day, we are bringing you some news from 1908, when Bradford’s Mayor R.J. Hoffman wrote a letter to city residents about the celebr...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Aug 29, 2018
LAUGHS : While we were looking through some microfilm from Era editions of 100 years ago, we came across some gems in a column called “Random Notes.” ...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Aug 27, 2018
TRAIN : What a different time it was a century ago. We were looking at some microfilm of The Era from 1918, and found it fascinating to read about the...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Aug 24, 2018
TULLAH: Many local history buffs or residents over the age of 60 may remember stories connected to the late Bradford resident, Tullah Hanley, renowned...
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June 16, 2025
ST. MARYS — Police report a Dagus Mines woman died Saturday as the result of a two-vehicle crash on South St. Marys Street. At approximately 4:45 p.m....
Business, Local News
June 16, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
