RTS (Round the Square)

P.O. ART: Maybe we’re the last one to realize this but the Coudersport Post Office is home to a piece of artwork created during the Depression as part...

OUTSIDE VIEW: Doris Young of Bradford writes, “Recently my husband and I were at Mystic Waters Resort playing shuffleboard. There was a young family t...

‘UTOPIA’: Betty Park of Emporium writes to us about construction of small homes for the elderly at the site of the old Third Ward School in Bradford, ...

LOCAL ANGLE: We have another local angle in connection with that horrific bombing of the USS Franklin off the coast of Japan in World War II. Bill Moo...

ON THE WEB: Now that it’s October, we can get in the Halloween mode. Denise Drummond passes along this photo she took of a spooky spider web highlight...

DIAMOND NOTES: In today’s column, Bill Brawand of Wilcox moves on to the Allegheny Mountain League: For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Er...

REMEMBERING: “The wandering years of the McKean and Elk counties’ baseball league brought many fine baseball players to the sandlot diamonds of Bradfo...

BIG ONES: When Gus Crissman of Rew saw the tiny tomatoes grown by Bob Harris, he couldn’t resist the urge to kid him a little. He stopped by Friday to...

OH, ZIPPO: Dick Marcott of Bradford writes, “All those who see a random use of a Zippo lighter in any movie as a testament to Bradford and worthy of r...

GOOD INK: Earlier this month, the Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator featured an article on “quick getaways” that raved about this part of the country includin...

REAL SURVIVOR: We reported last week on a Bradford man who had been aboard a Navy ship escorting a damaged aircraft carrier during World War II. Today...

TINY TOMATO: Ask, and ye shall receive? We’d been whining about the dearth of “odd-looking” vegetables, when these gems fell into our hands. For compl...

LAST ONE?: We saw a hummingbird at our feeder Monday reminding us ever so much of a bar patron at closing time hoping to get one last sip. For complet...

TODAY’S POEM: Paul N. Pingie of Bradford was inspired to write a poem while walking the trail between Dorothy Lane and Clark Lane earlier this summer....

QUIZ TIME: To hear all the yammering on cable TV you’d think everyone was an expert on the U.S. Constitution. For complete stories, subscribe to The B...

BROKEN BRIDGE: The heartbreak of losing the Kinzua Viaduct is brought home to us in a stack of old newspapers dropped off by a reader. For complete st...

IT’S TODAY: The third Friday in September of each year has been set aside as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. For complete stories, subscribe to The ...

SMALL WORLD: When we passed along an article about a Zippo lighter which fired up the boiler on a crippled aircraft carrier in World War II, we had no...

STILL HERE: Do you doubt hummingbirds are still hanging around? For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-...

SEPT. 15: Larry Skiver stopped by Monday after reading our suggestion to keep your hummingbird feeders up even through fall to give migrating birds so...