RTS (Round the Square)

FOOD FUN: Have fun and support a good cause today. It's called "Pack the Pantry," and it's a motorcycle dice run being held to help replenish the Salv...

FOSTER BROOK: Our recent 'RTS columns about the 40th anniversary of the J.C. Penney auto center and of Firestone prompted another reader to call in ab...

BEAR IT ALL: "I was reading about the oil drilling going on up on Hedgehog. I am wondering if all that drilling is making the bears come down to our n...

MAIL 'EM: Just last year, we had a failed attempt to send leeks through the U.S. mail system. The postmaster called to inform us our package was waiti...

FIRESTONE: Our story on Firestone's closing prompted Paul Anderson to bring in a few items about the company's history in Bradford. Paul tells us that...

BIKE HIKE: Tom Frigo's sister, Betty Ann Frigo Hays, deserves a "shout out" upon completion of her most-recent biking accomplishment. Tom, who lives i...

FIRESTONE: Our story on Firestone's closing prompted Paul Anderson to bring in a few items about the company's history in Bradford. Paul tells us that...

MOMS' DAY: Chad Hayden writes, "Maybe you could put this in your paper in appreciation for all the mothers." "Who would do the dishes? Who would feed ...

LOCAL ANGLE: Shelley Harvey of Bradford passes along a "small world" item after reading the April 21 edition: "In this morning's Era appeared an obit ...

SUPER SCENE: A 2005 St. Marys High graduate got the chance of a lifetime in February as a college intern working the sidelines at the Pittsburgh Steel...

BEE'S KNEES: Whether you are a seasoned gardener or a novice green thumb, you can join the fight to save the honeybees by planting your own pollinator...

EMPORIUM NOTE: There was a too-short story in a recent edition of the Olean, N.Y., newspaper about a reunion of long-lost brothers who hailed from Emp...

MORE SCAMS: We have passed along information about scams going around even in these tough times. Now, we learn, some scams are geared specifically tow...

MORE SCAMS: We have passed along information about scams going around even in these tough times. Now, we learn, some scams are geared specifically tow...

METAL SPIDER: The mystery of the giant metal spider posed in 'RTS several days ago has been solved. The spider, along with other large metal creatures...

HAPPY MAY!: We're all familiar with Mothers Day and Memorial Day - even Cinco De Mayo - but what about Lumpy Rug Day? No Diet Day? Respect For Chicken...

FLYING OBJECTS: A sure sign of spring is when the hummingbirds return, and several readers have shared with us reports of their first sightings of the...

CASE SIGHTING: Clayt Vecellio stopped by the other day with a copy of the April edition of "America in WWII," a magazine which certainly looks like it...

DERBY DAYS: In just a few short days, it will be the annual running of the Kentucky Derby. Our friends at Bradford Area Public Library have prepared s...

THAT BIRD: The mystery identity of the speckled bird featured in Francie Long's photograph in the April 23 'RTS has been solved. It is indeed a Northe...