RTS (Round the Square)

PARADE TRAIN: Former Bradfordian Anthony Grill dropped us a line asking if any RTS readers remember the locomotive that used to be in every Main Stree...

OLD TO NEW: We heard from former Bradfordian Kristie Bentley, now of Illinois. She asked, "I was looking up what types of glass are nonrecyclable and ...

COMMUNITY PARK: Dick Cavallero spent some time passing a few footballs at Community Park, taking the St. Bernard Ramblers to some memorable victories ...

BLUE WINGS: Lew Zande of Bradford brought in a photo of three members of the Blue Wings Feminine Fan Club posing next to the Hotel Holley some time in...

AL RITCHIE: "It seems that bootlegger Al Ritchie had a sense of humor based on this 1934 story about Olean's Sunset Inn in the early 1920s," writes J....

TREE BOXES: A deluge of calls and emails gave us the reason behind those purple (not blue) boxes found in some area trees. The state is collecting a p...

FIRE TRUCK: Bradford native Mike McCoy dropped us a line recently to let us know our city is definitely on the move: "Imagine my surprise when I was o...

NATIVE ORCHID: The yellow lady's slipper, both the small and great, are a variety of native orchid both of which are listed as endangered, threatened ...

VULNERABLE PLANTS: Yesterday we covered upcoming area workshops dealing with American ginseng and a few other native plants. Some of the native plants...

NATIVE PLANTS: While we celebrate the wild leek with our annual Stinkfest, our region of Pennsylvania also hosts other native plants prized for their ...

BLUE BOXES: Several readers are enlisting the aid of other RTS readers to help them figure out just what are those objects they've been spotting in so...

LITTER BUGS: Our area is known for its scenic beauty, so we should all do our part in keeping it clean and litter-free. That's the gist of an e-mail w...

GUN CLUB: "One of sportdom's oldest landmarks in the area - the Bradford Gun Club in Foster Brook - will soon be razed, with many memories literally g...

FLAG DAY: Here's what the Bradford Era had to say 100 years ago on this day: "Flag Day is set apart for the purpose of strengthening the patriotic fee...

TEAM TIME: Our recent column on Bradford's days in minor league baseball brought responses from several RTS readers. Ted Viola writes: "I remember Fra...

BEE FEEDER: "In response to the person having bees in her hummingbird feeders, I would bet the feeder tubes or the faux flowers on them are probably y...

LOCAL DELIVERY: Do you remember when the Buffalo Evening News was delivered in Bradford? That's the query posed by reader Jim Grennan who tells us he ...

LOOK INSIDE: "Work on the Option House metamorphosis is in progress and will be hurried forward with all possible celerity." - The Bradford Era, July ...

BIRD NOTES: By this fall, birdwatchers should have a new place to watch bald eagles at the Kinzua Reservoir. Thanks to cooperation between government ...

ALL WET: As a resident of "Marshburg," we have a natural affinity to May as it is National Wetlands Month. This village comes by its name honestly and...