RTS (Round the Square)

CRAZY FRANK: Our friend Hollywood Helen apparently has a date for a dance at this August’s Festa Italiana. Frank Hatch of Limestone, N.Y., tells us to...

ELIOT NESS: Nope, Eliot Ness did not die at Weis’ Restaurant but at his home in Coudersport. That’s the apparent verdict in our ongoing discussion of ...

DOWNHOMERS: The definitive answer today from Darell D. Harris of Oswayo about those “downhomers”: “When I began to drill in the oil fields during the ...

MRS. PARKS: We conclude our story of Mrs. Allan Parks of Mount Jewett whose heroism in May of 1900 was the subject of a recent article in the Bradford...

BRAVE LADY: “Presence of mind and quick action of a young woman saved 20 people who were scorching and suffocating near Newton yesterday evening, at 5...

BIG BEE: Skip Riekofsky stopped by recently with a very large bee in a jar. He called it a “super bee,” and he found it inside his house in Kushequa. ...

DOWN HOMERS: More from readers: Tom Shipman of Hampton, Va., writes: “Reading the story about the down homers reminded me of my mother’s family moving...

BEAR LIFT?: Nope. As it turns out, it was not a bear being lifted off the ground by helicopter near Lantz Corners over the weekend. That would have be...

WILD THING: Smethport Country Club has had some very special visitors. Check this out: Jim Askey, club superintendent, tells us he took the picture la...

BEAR LIFT?: An intriguing question from a Memorial Day camper: Bobbie Rochow of Jamestown writes, “While camping in the woods at Lantz Corners/Mount J...

BR-R-ADFORD: As you put those geraniums and tomato plants into the ground, here’s some food for thought. Wade E. Confer in Bradford keeps a “bad weath...

IT’S TODAY: Memorial Day, of course. Often we hear from Elmer DeLucia on this special day for veterans and today is no exception. Elmer remarks on the...

ON OIL: The dramatic oil spill in the Gulf prompted a call from Dorothy Shields whose husband, Larry, was called to a major spill some 25 years ago on...

TUCKER TALES: Tall tales or the truth? We’re betting the truth from Lyle Atwood of Bradford who knew not just infamous Tucker owner George McKinney bu...

WILD THINGS: Tom Burke of Crooker House Lane scratched his head in wonder as one suet basket after another disappeared from the yard. Suet, as most of...

WORM ALERT: There’s some new kind of “worm” eating up the spruce trees, we’ve been told. Clyde Johnson of Port Allegany reported Monday that he observ...

EARLY LIGHT: Could we really be seeing lightning bugs this early in the season? Yes. We had two reports Sunday one from Rudy Luce in Bradford and a se...

TUCKER TIME: We’re up to four of these model Tuckers, so far. As you can see, this reproduction has workable doors, hood and trunk. This one is so aut...

ICEMAN COMETH: As we type up this column, it’s rain and cold outside — again. But take heart as there is a lot of precedent for this damp and dingy we...

BEAR LEFT: We knew those GPS devices were pretty accurate but get this: Myrtle Baker of Emporium was driving to State College with her daughter Bonnie...