RTS (Round the Square)

LOOK UP: Our first flock of northbound geese has been seen flying over Port Allegany on Tuesday. Woo Hoo! Kathy and Jim Gotshall of Port saw not just ...

EASY SLIDE: “If you were from Cyclone, best sled riding was on Pearsol Hill. I’d wax the rails on my Duncannon Lightning Guider and beat everyone of t...

TODAY’S IDEA: One man’s junk is another man’s gem. That’s our premise today on an idea to offer a win-win idea for the Bradford community. Everybody h...

ON FLY: “I was freezing and knee deep in the West Branch of the Tunungwant Creek when I caught my first trout on the fly.” So writes Matt Martin, mana...

ON WING: This past Monday we heard from Frank Milks on Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks: “Just thought you would like to know I think the robins are...

ON ICE: John Rimer of Bradford remembers ice skating in Bradford: “I can’t believe nobody has mentioned Graham’s Pond when talking about ice skating. ...

BOOKMARK: Tune in to National Public Radio today or Sunday to hear local author Ann McCauley reviewing “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova. Ann — who most of...

POST SCRIPT: Our elegy about retired Waterways Patrol Officer Wilbur Williams drew some comment from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission — some ...

ABOUT JIM: We received this nice letter from Frances Ohman of East Smethport about a recent story in The Era: “My late husband, Carl, and I raised pro...

REDMEN: Everything old is new again. Or so it seems after researching a group from years ago in Bradford known as the Redmen only to find it traces it...

OUTDOOR SHOW: The Kinzua Outdoor and Travel Show is on tap today and tomorrow at the Bradford Mall, offering exhibits, demonstrations, entertainment a...

LOOK UP: It was a week ago now that we ran a front-page photograph of the flag waving in the wind atop a tower at American Refining Group refinery. If...

THAT BAND: Was it the 1910 Fruitgum Company or the Ohio Express that played a concert in Bradford in the late 1960s? Not long ago, we had stated unequ...

ON ICE: With the Olympics under way, it’s a perfect time to think about ice skating! Jerome Pier of Carlisle writes about skating in Mount Jewett in t...

GOOD IDEA: “The Knox-Kane Railroad has been disbanded. The railroad equipment has been sold off. But the rails and crossing equipment, together with t...

‘WEIS’ WORDS: You grow with it. Those are the “wise” words from Mary Maxine Weis of Emporium on the power of gardening. She spoke to us earlier this w...

DOG DAYS: When we quizzed readers about the “local connection” with Mary MacQueen of Salamanca, N.Y., and her dog, Robin, little did we know we’d hear...

TODAY’S IRONY: Mary C. Foley of Eldred sends along a published list she received of the supposed best vehicles in 2009 — and some pithy commentary. “I...

SIMPLE FUN: Bill Robertson of Duke Center writes, “I’ve been reading with interest the tales of old ponds found recently in Round the Square. The pond...

SNOW DAYS: Judy Keenan writes to us from Elkton, Md. (Her subject line — Blizzard reminders of ’77.) “I thought I was back in good old Bradford that I...