RTS (Round the Square)

HALLOWEEN SCENE: Luanne Keller of Bradford, who called us a few months ago to report seeing an American eagle from her home on East Main Street, had a...

SPRAY IT: One of our readers has a way to come up with bushes that “bloom” all summer long. Spray paint. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradfo...

SAD NEWS: Over the years, we’ve followed the career of a beautiful police dog in Salamanca, N.Y., whose handler has connections to Bradford. Now we le...

BIG BOY: If you’re squeamish about spiders, you might want to cover the next part of this column with your hand. For complete stories, subscribe to Th...

GOOD IDEA: Deer hunting is an old tradition worth preserving. And when it comes to preserving venison, according to a food scientist in Penn State’s C...

MINER NOTES: Earl Wilber of Smethport dropped by with an old edition of the McKean County Miner which contained tons of information on local baseball ...

WHERE IS IT?: We have a couple reports today on the whereabouts of that old locomotive that once was a standard feature in parades down Main Street. F...

LAST PLAY: Billy Joel’s “Last Play,” the film which is coming to the Main Street Movie House at 7 p.m. today, was featured in the Wednesday edition of...

LATE EASTER?: We would have to call this a late bloomer! For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-Edition...

SPOOKY TIMES: With Halloween fast approaching, we pass along a poem written by Susie Coffman of Erie, a former Bradford resident. Our thanks to her si...

THREE RIVERS: You might want to get out a map to follow today’s column. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note tha...

LAST CHAPTER: “ ‘Here comes Sammy the Peddler,’ was the shout of children in the 1930s. That plus the yapping of dogs greeted the pack peddler as he t...

HORN BUTTONS: Those little round items we showed RTS readers last week apparently are everywhere in Bradford. For complete stories, subscribe to The B...

POST OFFICE ART: “First-class stamps cost three cents at the time. World War II was about to erupt. More than 17 percent of Americans were looking for...

WEIRD ONE: Get out your bug books. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-Edition is separate from this...

TODAY’S ANSWER: Tom Schultz of Ulysses knew it was Potter County which was the location of Pennsylvania’s so-called Triple Divide of the Eastern Conti...

RED SOX: More on old-time baseball in the region. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-Edition is sep...

LAST DAY: The newsroom is always happy to talk about the characters who populate Bradford, the meat and potatoes of their stories. But what about the ...

40&8: Dick Thomas tells us folks at the senior center were discussing a replica of a locomotive, mounted on a truck chassis, which at one time was a b...

CHARLES BERRINGER: We’ve been telling readers for a few weeks now about that kamikaze attack on the USS Franklin during World War II, a discussion whi...