RTS (Round the Square)

DON RAABE: We conclude today with comments made by Joe Bennett of West Lafayette, Ind., who still marvels at some of the things Don Raabe did as a coa...

SEPT. 11, 2001: Who alive today doesn't have a vivid recollection of where they were as the events of Sept. 11 were unfolding? Our old buddy Ken Cogan...

DON RAABE: After a half-century of watching football at all levels, Joe Bennett of West Lafayette, Ind., still marvels at some of the things Don Raabe...

NEW AGE: Perhaps you noticed: In deference to our Internet age, The Era has begun to list e-mail addresses for our reporters, sports writers, editors ...

BIG 25: Hard to believe it's been 25 years since Patty Bianco walked into the newsroom to tell us she was starting a creative and performing arts cent...

OUR SYMPATHY: We would be remiss if we didn't call attention to the recent death of Helen Johns-Richardson of Bradford, one of our most passionate wri...

BOOK NOTES: We should all be able to relate to this year's One Book Bradford selection - "The Children's Blizzard" by David Laskin. This non-fiction a...

TWO HANDER: Imagine grabbing this big feller in the chicken coop. "Recently on the Flexman Farm, one of our chickens hatched out a rather large egg. I...

GREEN THUMB: Amy Pierotti e-writes us: "I live in Irish Hollow, Smethport, and took this attached photo of Paul Comes, a neighbor in Irish Hollow. He ...

TODAY'S LAMENT: Kids in Bradford have already been in school for a week, but today's poem, "Lament of a School Bus Driver," seems appropriate for this...

OOPS!: We feel pretty embarrassed to learn that Pennsylvania never even had a governor named Bradford. The other day, we had wondered aloud how Bradfo...

LOOK UP: By all accounts, that plane Julie Petitt saw the other day behind Fretz was a C-130 military cargo plane - and others saw it, too. You may re...

JULYS PAST: Since we're about the mark the "official" end of summer, we thought we'd better hurry to publish some "noteworthy" July events as compiled...

LONG HAUL: One reader's son was among the first Marine to enter Iraq during the so-called "Shock and Awe" part of our ongoing war and, as such, she wa...

NICE JOB: For a while this summer, it's seemed like traffic was snarled in downtown Bradford no matter which way you turned. All that construction is ...

LOOK UP: On Thursday afternoon, Julie Petitt tells us, she saw a low-flying military-style plane in the vicinity of Fretz on Lorana Avenue. It was so ...

CROOK FARM: Always a great way to spend a day (or two) is the annual Crook Farm Fair being held today and Sunday at the historical location on Seaward...

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Without a newspaper to be the heart and soul of a community, the community loses its way," said William Dean Singleton, chief executiv...

OPTION HOUSE: "A true Main Street landmark, the Option House has been a part of Bradford since the early days of oil. Even the name 'Option' refers to...

STATE FLOWER: We can all vouch for the beauty of our state flowers, the mountain laurel. When it blooms in abundance in late June, particularly along ...