RTS (Round the Square)

D-DAY: Some readers remember exactly where they were 64 years ago. Invading Europe perhaps? Yes, today is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Wor...

BEAR FARE: In spite of a few chilly mornings, we know summer is near because the seasonal invasion has begun - that is, the sightings of bear, bees, a...

TEAM TIME: We have received two photographs from Bradford's days in minor league baseball, one of the Phillies and one of the Blue Wings. George Pasca...

NEED HELP: A reader from New Jersey asks for readers' help locating information about a man who played baseball in Bradford in 1953 as part of the PON...

SAVE MONEY: Waste not, want not. Those words are more important than ever now that energy costs are rising so fast nobody can keep up. We turn to the ...

KINZUA BRIDGE: We heard from Russel Berkhouse in Leesburg, Fla., who sent us a poem his son Ron had written about the Kinzua Bridge. Ron wrote the poe...

RYAN MOONAN: We hear from Paul C. Anderson of Bradford as the anniversary of his grandson's death approaches: "On Sunday, May 18, I, along with my imm...

BUG NOTES: Perhaps there is a market for our vast quantities of ladybugs. Mary Ann Hannon of Grand Junction, Colo., writes: "Here in the high desert, ...

SMALL WORLD: Sandi Helander Camberg of Allegany, N.Y., had a touch of home on a recent trip to Florida. She writes: "On a recent trip to Disney World ...

HARRY GARVIN: Our inquiries about the school patrols has led us to wonder who started the annual trips to Washington, D.C., an obvious thrill for hund...

IT'S TODAY: As part of the Memorial Day observance, we pass along a poem sent us from Donna (Toothman) Newman of Leesburg, Fla. She writes, "It would ...

MEMORIAL DAY: "The pain of remembering lost buddies whom we might have saved from death - or who saved us from death by their actions - will always be...

MEMORIAL DAY: " 'What's worth remembering about a war, anyway?' " was the challenge of a cynical high school student to his American history teacher. ...

SPECIAL PLACE: We know there's two "camps" of people who hold Camp Cornplanter dear. This summer camp was used for special needs children for a time, ...

OLD GLORY: If you're getting your yard in shape for Memorial Day, you might want to give the once-over to your American flag. Is it a little tattered ...

STICKER SHOCK: "Supermarket check-out counters have never been places of undiluted joy, and last week shoppers who queued up at them were looking glum...

AL CAPONE: Jim Pringle of Vineyard Heaven, Mass., writes, "Recently, while visiting Alcatraz prison, I noticed on an informational display about Al Ca...

CONGRATS!: From one old timer to another, The Era tips its hat to Bisett Building Center on its 125th birthday. Its big celebration is today. Compared...

ON WING: Dave Sheneman of Bradford reports a recent sighting of an American bald eagle on East Main Street - ironically, the bird was soaring over the...

THAT SOUND: "While hunting this week in the Wetmore area, I heard the first Whip-poor-will I have heard in 35 years or more. It reminded me of times o...