RTS (Round the Square)

LUCKY DAY: If she has a lucky number, it would have to be 12. Mary "Mickey" Ryan, who has won contests all her life, is 90 years old today - 12-12-12....

FIRST DEER: We have to extend congratulations to one of our young newspaper carriers, Anthony Reed, who bagged a nice doe in his first hunting season ...

GO WILD: If Black Friday shopping and Cyber Monday found you hibernating, you still can find dozens of "wild" holiday gifts for that hunter, trapper o...

LAST DAY!: This is the absolutely last day the ELF Fund can accept gifts for this year's Christmas program. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bra...

IT'S TODAY: The Date of Infamy that launched an epic conflict with Japan took place in the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. The US...

BE THANKFUL: John Droney of Bradford writes, "After reading Dana Haven's comments in 'Round the Square on being thankful and celebrating Thanksgiving,...

WAR HEROES: The upcoming anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., should be marked in McKean County for the number of men killed and wounded ...

WAR DEAD: Forrest Sherman was a traveling salesman passing through Smethport when he got caught up in the patriotic fervor near the start of the Civil...

WAR TIME: Perhaps it's because McKean County was so scarcely populated during the Civil War but we tend to think that our neck of the woods was only p...

STONE WORK: If you've ever noticed the First Methodist Church, a huge stone edifice that is bounded by East Corydon, Chambers and Webster streets, you...

EAGLE EYES: A very excited Roxanne Andress called Wednesday to report seeing an American bald eagle soaring over Tuna Creek not far from - what else? ...

TRAIN TALK: Terry Mott writes, "The interest in the RTS about the arch finds me thinking about first seeing it around 1961. The railroad tracks were s...

WELL SAID: "As I sat back after Halloween tricks and treats were over, I tried to focus my attention to a holiday that once followed known as Thanksgi...

FOR THE BIRDS: Winter is prime time for attracting birds. Beckoning birds to your backyard in winter can be easier than in any other season if you pro...

EPILOGUE: There’s no doubt, the 1864 stone arch bridge on the railroad grade at Big Shanty deserves special recognition. For complete stories, subscri...

TRUE TALE: “Over 50 years ago, Mr. Francis Duffy, father of 82-year-old young William (Bird) Duffy of Smethport told me that Rew Hill was the first pa...

LAST PART: To built an arch culvert like the one near Big Shanty would have taken not just hundreds of laborers but the creativity and skill of master...

IT’S TODAY: Today’s the day when American families gather together to bicker over the remote, to plan for holiday shopping or deer hunting, and to fea...

STONE CULVERT: Was the 1864 stone arch culvert railroad bridge in Big Shanty constructed by Confederate prisoners of war? Yes and no. For complete sto...

ARCH CULVERT: We have been fascinated by the region’s history as we begin delving into the origins of that stunning arch culvert built in the middle o...