RTS (Round the Square)

SPECIAL DISH: If you haven’t gotten enough leeks just yet, we have an interesting way to prepare them courtesy of chef Emeril Lagasse who prepared it ...

PRETTY BIRD: “As I was reading Round the Square this morning I noticed this guy at my feeder,” writes Bill Flexman of Duke Center last Wednesday: For ...

AWKWARD TALK: If you’re like most people, talking to your aging parents about their financial situation seems a daunting task. As they get older, howe...

BIRD ANSWER: Angela Nuzzo can perhaps answer another question we had in RTS. Did some of the early spring birds leave the area or die off when we had ...

NEW ARRIVALS: Our old pals Jane and Ken Cogan were sitting on their porch in Crosby on Tuesday evening and spotted their first hummingbird of the seas...

DOG TV: If you ever think we don’t have it good in America, consider this: Dogs now have their own TV channel. For complete stories, subscribe to The ...

MAY 1: Birds must have an internal calendar. No sooner was it May 1 and we started to get reports about spring migrants returning home to nest — again...

GAS PAIN: Here we go again ... but with “bigger” numbers. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-Editio...

BALLOON BOMB: Marjorie Dart of Bradford passed along an article about “balloon bombs” apparently launched during World War II by the Japanese, suggest...

APPLAUSE: Helen Crissman drops us a few lines, labeling it “Pipe Organ Extravaganza.” For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. P...

W.D. FISH: “There is no more revealing chronicle of a people’s history than their local newspapers.” For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford E...

W.D. FISH: “Many disappointments on the part of fisherman are being reported these sad spring days during which only an occasional cold is caught.” Fo...

SNOW TIME: Hilltoppers in McKean County often tell tales of major snow accumulations while the residents of the Bradford valley gets only a dusting, l...

LATE ONE: Did you have to dig out those boots, scarves and gloves on Monday morning? We did, having put them away over the weekend. Since we live in B...

BIRD NOTES: The Pennsylvania Game Commission has launched its periodic colonial nesting waterbird survey and is asking for the public’s assistance now...

GLOBE TROTTER: College is supposed to broaden your horizons, but Shane Close took that in the literal sense. For complete stories, subscribe to The Br...

SURVIVORS: When we left them yesterday, Bruce Perry’s distant cousin and her husband were among the very lucky people to wind up in one of the lifeboa...

SURVIVORS: “How Mrs. Chambers and her husband were saved from death in mid-ocean constitutes a thrilling tale of the sea.” For complete stories, subsc...

SURVIVORS: Two of the lucky ones who survived the Titanic sinking have distant relatives in Bradford. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford ...

EAGLE ALERT: Scoff at the old Tuna Creek, if you will, but it appears that an American bald eagle calls it home. For complete stories, subscribe to Th...