RTS (Round the Square)

RAINY DAYS: The quantity of rain this summer has given renewed relevance to a previous RTS subject - St. Swithin's Day. "My dad's birthday was July 15...

IN THE NEWS: The Martinsville, Va., newspaper recently carried a story about a former Bradford couple visited by long-lost relatives from Belgium. We ...

TRAIL TIME: We pick up again with John A. Lane's story about hiking trails: "Clearfield County: Auto travel through Philipsburg, Pa., and about two mi...

TRAIL TALES: "The many new walking trails now completed and used daily in the Bradford area form a tremendous asset for the city and McKean County. Gr...

PUPPY P.S.: Joyce Cline of Cline Oil Co. writes to tell us "the rest of the story" concerning that litter of puppies left on the door step of the McKe...

BIRD NOTE: Jan Hamilton tells us she had three herons in her backyard - on Bedford Street! Jan phoned us to see if anyone else had any of these exotic...

SPECIAL DAYS: Our welcome to Case knife collectors in town for the company's two-day extravaganza. Today and tomorrow are also downtown's annual Bradf...

ROGER HANE: A book on Bradford native and artist Roger Hane is in the works, and we thought we'd pass along this update. Bob Hunsicker tells Margie Ho...

ROGER HANE: A book on Bradford native and artist Roger Hane is in the works, and we thought we'd pass along this update. Bob Hunsicker tells Margie Ho...

MORE MYTHS: If you get close to a skunk, you'll get sprayed. Fact: It is actually pretty difficult for a person to get sprayed by a skunk. These anima...

TOP MYTHS: If you find a fawn alone in the woods, she has been orphaned. True or false? We provide a list today of the Most Popular Wildlife Myths pro...

ROMAN VILLA: Judy Keenan of Elkton, Md., writes about the inside of the old Roman Villa. "After reading the article about the Roman Villa, I thought I...

TV TIME: Busty Hearts of Turtlepoint was among the so-called talent to be featured on the television competition, "America's Got Talent" - although sh...

TRAIN TALK: Jerome Pier of Carlisle tells us those "40&8's" from World War I were still in use in WWII: "I, along with several hundred other replaceme...

CCC CAMPS: They planted trees and built roads and recreational infrastructure such as dams, fire towers and fire roads. Few, if any, people in this re...

GOOD IDEA: We pass along a suggestion today from Tom Costello of West Chester. He writes, "My wife and I are originally from Bradford and recently had...

SPECIAL TRAIN: Dick Marcott of Bradford writes to us about the parade train we had mentioned in Round the Square noting it was, indeed, the 40 & 8 tra...

LEND AN EAR: A Smethport reader reports a mockingbird in her yard, saying she had heard it off and on for several years. It has a beautiful voice, sin...

NO DUMMY: "America's Got Talent" winner Terry Fator, is a ventriloquist by trade - but not just any old ventriloquist. He just signed a ,100 million, ...

ON PATROL: "The recent RTS articles and my wife's recollections caused me to verify some of my school safety patrol memories with Class of '63 classma...