RTS (Round the Square)

HOLIDAY POEMS: Don “Pathfinder” Parrish, former Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Waterways Conservation Office, McKean County, sent us a couple ...

BRADFORD DAYS: Carole Longo Harris of New Hope writes, “This is one of my favorite Christmas Memories growing up in Bradford.” “The Knights of Columbu...

WE’RE BACK!: Admit it: You missed us. Christmas is one of only two holidays we take at The Era (the other is July 4) and since it fell on a Friday we ...

SPECIAL POEM: ’Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one-bedroom house made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney with...

ELF MAGIC: ’Twas the night before Christmas, And all through the town. No senior or child, has a reason to frown. ELF headquarters is empty, and the d...

GOOD WISHES: A couple readers passed along birthday wishes. William “Gus” Gocella writes us from Tennessee, “Congratulations RTS/ERA. I have enjoyed y...

LATE DEPARTURES: “I just heard a flock of geese headed south and they weren’t Snows or Tundras either as from the sound of them they weren’t very high...

FROM THE TOP: “It was Monday, Dec. 19, 1949. Without promotion, without fanfare, something new appeared — for the first time ever — in column one, pag...

IT’S TODAY: We don’t want to claim any record but Round the Square is 60 years old today — and may be the longest-running daily front-page column of a...

YULE POEMS: Here’s another of those lighthearted verses we found in the Era from a century ago. If I Were Santa Claus “If I were Santa Claus, I’d brin...

YULE POEMS: We found a few lighthearted verses in the Era from a century ago that might bring a smile to our readers’ faces: The Night Before “’Twas t...

RECORD BOOK: Christmas in Bradford 1889 was memorable enough that even the 1929 Era made note of it. The headline read: “Christmas in Bradford: It was...

CASH CAB: “Zippo,” was the answer to a question posed Thursday on the TV program, “Cash Cab.” Mrs. Jack Graham phoned to tell us that the first contes...

TOP TREE: Do you know the number one selling tree for Christmas? If you guessed the Scotch pine, you’re right! Our friends at the Bureau of Forestry, ...

BUS TRIP: Be sure to turn on your outside Christmas lights tomorrow night. Senior citizens will be touring the town to get a look at the holiday displ...

SANTA’S LIST: If you’ve made your Christmas list and are checking it twice, you might want to add towels for the YWCA’s homeless shelter. Amy Pierce, ...

BIRD COUNT: If you’ve got an interest in birds, a pair of binoculars, and some time to spare, the Audubon Society needs you! It’s called the 110th Ann...

SPECIAL MAP: Do you remember the motorcycle climb off High Street Extension? How about the bee hive brick ovens, or the old narrow gauge railroad? Dic...

SPECIAL FOLKS: We got this note the other day from John Roynan of Ridgway: “I’ve wanted to do this for some time. I’ve had problems walking for a few ...

IT’S TODAY: It was Dec. 7, 1941, “the date which will live in infamy” when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, prompting America’s entrance into World...