RTS (Round the Square)

SPRING SONG: The first peepers of the season are in full voice! “Music to our ears!” writes June Caldwell of Emporium. She and her husband were drivin...

LOOKING BACK: Dolores Bond Hoffman of Bradford stopped by recently and showed us a bunch of old postcards from Bradford in the early days of the 1900s...

TIME CHANGES: Could the atomic clock in Boulder, Colo., be out of whack? For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note th...

LOCKING HORNS: In a waist-deep pool of Leading Creek, nose-to-nose like fish on a stringer, floated three whitetail deer. For complete stories, subscr...

BIG BIRD: It’s not every day you see a bird with a seven-foot wingspan gliding over your house. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-...

FATEFUL DAY: On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day in 1937, a fire destroyed the Piper Cub plant and would lead ultimately to the end of this legendary comp...

CHILDREN’S HOME: “Thirty-one little inmates of the McKean County Children’s Home located near Custer City were driven from their refuge between 5 and ...

BIG BIRD: It wasn’t even a holiday on Sunday when Becky Merry of Kane saw the symbol of America perched on the ice at Hamlin Lake, Smethport. For comp...

SPECIAL WEEK: It’s hard to notice something that’s not there. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-Ed...

SIGN OF TIMES: It may have been snowing Friday in Bradford but, in Emporium, the flowers were blooming. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradfor...

DOROTHY SHOFF: We will miss the kind words and sweet smile of Dorothy Shoff who was a news correspondent for The Era for nearly 50 years. She passed a...

CONCLUSION: At its height, did everybody in town work at what was then Airco Speer in Bradford? Sure seems like it. For complete stories, subscribe to...

THE ORIGIN: It all started in 1898 when an Ohio man took a hunting trip to St. Marys, Pa., and met one of its leading citizens. For complete stories, ...

TODAY’S SIGNS: Has winter finally lessened its icy grip on Bradford? A little, perhaps. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition....

SOUND OFF: A reader writes about skyrocketing electric rates: “I checked to see if this area had an alternative source otherthan Penelec but I could f...

LET IT ‘RAIN’: The British have invaded Main Street! OK, it’s only a musical invasion, but from now until Tuesday, you’ll recognize familiar Beatles’ ...

‘UNBROKEN’: “There’s no limit to the pain, the indignities and the humiliation a man can take and, in William Faulkner’s famous formulation, ‘not only...

WE BELIEVE: Bob Friedl writes from Elk County: “Saw a large flock of geese flying north on Sunday morning and Glen Hazel had flocks of robins on Monda...

FRIENDLY FRED: A St. Marys couple sends along a photograph of that elk we told you about, the one called “Fred.” For complete stories, subscribe to Th...

WILD ONES: Yet more evidence today that the Circus Saints and Sinners were the original bunch of wild and crazy guys who took partying to a whole new ...