RTS (Round the Square)

GOOD IDEA: How would you like to take a chance on a big lottery prize — and save the money at the same time? Kind of like having your cake and eating ...

STARSTRUCK: OK, maybe Bradford was a little starstruck when the movie, “Unstoppable,” was released to theaters last weekend. Lew Temple, one of the ac...

IT’S TODAY: A big parade is planned for downtown at 5:30 p.m., complete with the arrival of Santa Claus. The kids will no doubt be ecstatic. For compl...

IT’S TONIGHT: The annual Festival of Trees — “Unwrap the magic, Christmastime in the city” — is slated for 6-8 p.m. today at the Bradford Club. This a...

SNAKES ALIVE!: Not everyone was quite as thrilled as we were to learn that rattlesnakes are on the comeback trail in McKean County. For complete stori...

100 YEARS AGO: We bet some RTS readers remember the old Grand Theatre on Main Street before it later became the McKean theater, now demolished. For co...

LOOK UP: That big bird you see heading south for the winter might not be a goose... It might be an eagle. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradf...

BIG ONE: Too bad this large mushroom isn’t a portabella or morel — it would be worth its weight in gold. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradfo...

DOG TALE: Would you drive 2,385 miles and spend $600 to return a lost dog to his owner? For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition....

SPECIAL DAY: The emotions he felt as an escort for a veterans contingent visiting Washington, D.C., was “indescribable.” For complete stories, subscri...

PHONE HOME: When we wrote last week about Julian Ertz, a Bradford High grad now living in California, we struck a memory for Bob Healy of Port Allegan...

TUNE IN: If you want an early taste of this year’s Festival of Trees, tune in to WESB and WBRR at 8 a.m. today to get a crack at a special package of ...

CHRISTMAS SEALS: It all started more than 100 years ago when a woman sold decorative seals, “Christmas stamps,” at a penny each at the Wilmington Post...

SAINTS, SINNERS: “Civil War Renewed at Bradford, Pa.!” screams the headline. “28 Dead Drunk and 167 Half-shot As Yankees and Rebs Clash in Sleepy Penn...

LOCAL ANGLE: A Bradford man who got his start studying fish in Tuna Creek is in charge of the environmental aspects of construction of Interstate 69 t...

WEATHER WORDS: The woolly bear caterpillars have spoken, too, but their prognostications are all over the place! For complete stories, subscribe to Th...

LOCAL ANGLE: We’ve written quite a few columns over the years about Bob Pflug, football coach at Bradford High for many years. While he was before our...

PORT MEMORIES: “Your mention of the attitude of Coudersport people toward historic murals in their post office reminds me of the attitude of my hometo...

PET PEEVE: Anyone who has ever traveled up Marshburg hill (Route 770) knows about a huge dip in the highway that never seems to get adequately repaire...

LOOK UP: If you know when and where to look, you can see the space shuttle or the International Space Station in the night sky. For complete stories, ...