RTS (Round the Square)

LOCAL CONNECTION: Smethport native Jennifer Klaiber of Wilcox contacted us to brag on her cousin, Leanne McLaughlin of Cary, N.C., who on Dec. 21 brok...

FORD'S SEARCH: Today we continue the story of Henry Ford's efforts to find an automobile fuel other than gasoline. Remarking on the close of 60 brewer...

ALTERNATIVE FUEL: Innovator Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Co., searched for years for a substitute for gasoline, starting as early as 1916. Fo...

HIBERNATING:A reader called recently to ask whether chipmunks hibernate during the winter. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Editi...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Today marks a new beginning for RTS as well, with a new author. Rest assured, though, that we will continue to offer a place for our r...

LONG GOOD-BYE: By the time I finally leave this joint, everyone is going to be sick of me. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Editi...

MARTY: A spotted lizard in someone’s front yard. Passenger pigeons in Bradford. The original Texas Hot Sauce Recipe. All of these and so many other to...

WEIRD WORLD: We’ve had Batman, several nude men strolling the neighborhoods, and a round from a grenade launcher. For complete stories, subscribe to T...

MARTY: A spotted lizard in someone’s front yard. Passenger pigeons in Bradford. The original Texas Hot Sauce Recipe. For complete stories, subscribe t...

DEC. 25, 1968: "The medieval notion of the earth put man at the center of everything. The nuclear notion of the earth put him nowhere - beyond the ran...

DEC. 25, 1968: "Men's conception of themselves and of each other has always depended on their notion of the earth. When the earth was the World - all ...

KANE-OPOLY: A limited edition board game - "Kane-opoly" - has been manufactured as a way to raise money for Kane's 150th anniversary in the year 2014....

SANTA'S HELPERS: We admit it: We did "throw down ‘the gauntlet' when we suggested Bradford might be able to have it's own Santa's Helpers to make wood...

TRAIN TIME: The excursion from Olean, N.Y., via the "loop-de-loop" and on to the metropolis of St. Marys was a grand success. For complete stories, su...

TRAIN TIME: More today on another architectural marvel constructed by a railroad company in McKean County more than 100 years ago. For complete storie...

TRAIN TIME: We spent part of November reporting on a magnificent arch culvert on the old Erie Railroad grade near Big Shanty but, turns out, that’s no...

TODAY'S TIPS: The clock is ticking loudly as Christmas approaches. How many days are left? We all know what that means: swiping the plastic and waitin...

THANK YOU: “I am writing this letter out of gratitude. I wanted to bring to light to those readers the love and care of the people of Bradford. Believ...

TRAIN TIME: Just as we've been on a train "kick" lately, the 2013 calendar published by the Salamanca Rail Museum arrives in the mail. For complete st...

SANTA'S HELPERS: In our recent coverage of the Era's Less Fortunate Fund, we told readers about a group of retired men in Erie who make toys for child...