RTS (Round the Square)

THE GASKINS: Having three children in the same family named top students in their graduating class is rare enough, but imagine the three being African...

WATER WORKS: Sam True of Bradford writes, “I see all of these little stories about our water. Most well water in our area is substandard. But this is ...

OH, ZIPPO: Bob Henretta called with an unusual Zippo sighting in the book, “On Hallowed Ground,” a book about Arlington Cemetery. In it, the author re...

CALL HOME: Here’s one call that was answered — and for a great cause. Debi Bigley and Valerie Meacham of the Frances Sherman Auxiliary informed us tha...

TODAY’S IDEA: Last week, we sang the praises of simple tap water as a method of losing weight. The information had been forwarded to us by Kim Benjami...

WATER WORKS: Kim Benjamin, executive director of Bradford Water Authority, had passed along an article touting water as a way to lose weight. To suppo...

WATER WORKS: Water as a way to take off weight? Believe it. Kim Benjamin, executive director of Bradford Water Authority, has always promoted the bene...

SWIM SPOTS: More stories about the old swimming hole … George T. Howard of Peachtree City, Ga., writes, “My favorite swimming hole was located between...

TRY FUNGI: Call this a starter mushroom. While we don’t hesitate to put leeks and even fiddlehead ferns in our mouth, we remain a little leery of any ...

KIDS’ COMMENTS: It sometimes takes a child’s point of view to put things in their proper perspective. We got a big kick out of the many cards Elmer De...

TWO GIFTS: Two Christmas gifts turned up on our doorstep and we’re looking for the rightful owners. The wrapped gifts, for Destiny and Joshua, were fi...

MEMORIES: A. Buck Tantalo concludes his story on Bradford area swimming holes: “Big Rock Pool — this pool is on the road to Westline off of Route 219....

BEST SPOTS: The wind is blowing and the snow piling up, so let’s returning to the old swimming hole! A. Buck Tantalo of Bradford titles his memories, ...

FREEZE FRAME: The centerfold of the current edition of Pennsylvania magazine is the Kinzua Bridge sprawled out in all its fallen glory as part of its ...

TWO MORE: We have an update on Bradford native Trevor Jones who spent part of last summer scaling Denali — with his sights set on the highest peaks on...

DEJA VU?: Jan Graham of Columbus, Ohio, was doing some genealogy research on a recent visit home and came across the following newspaper clipping: “As...

LOOKING FOR LINKS: Our saga about Christmas sausage made in St. Marys has sparked some “feed”-back: John R. Troha who lives in Hue City, Vietnam, and ...

ABOVE GROUND: A “big, fat” woodchuck crossing the highway Dec. 28 surprised the heck out of Alice Elliott of Smethport. “In my 87 years,” she told us,...

IT’S TODAY: Our number 1 resolution? Our only resolution: This region must find a way out of its economic hell. This region — McKean, Elk, Cameron and...

BR-R-R-ADFORD: Now that we’ve had a taste of an old-fashioned Bradford winter, we’ll share some facts about what happens when the weather really gets ...