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    Healthy habits for cell phone usage
    Family, Health, Just for you, ...
    Healthy habits for cell phone usage
    Jessica Perkins 
    Dec 15, 2016
    Smartphones are hot items on many children’s Christmas lists this year. While it seems like a harmless purchase, parents should consider every aspect ...
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    Greater student reading, writing thanks to Lucy Calkins project
    Health, Just for you, Kids
    Greater student reading, writing thanks to Lucy Calkins project
    Karen Marley 
    Nov 01, 2016
    In 2011, the National Center for Education Statistics revealed that 54% of eighth-graders performed at the Basic level for the National Assessment of ...
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    Before-school PE program pays off with improved math test scores
    Health, Just for you, Kids
    Before-school PE program pays off with improved math test scores
    Kathleen Ganster 
    Oct 01, 2016
    Devin Lorigan knows that there is plenty of evidence that physical exercise can have a direct positive impact on academic learning, but to see it firs...
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    How to safely store guns and teach your kids about gun safety
    Health, Just for you, Kids
    How to safely store guns and teach your kids about gun safety
    Erin Golden 
    Oct 01, 2016
    Gun ownership is among the biggest topics of this election season, heating up emotions and arguments on all sides of the issue. But no matter where yo...
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    8 ways to ward off childhood obesity
    Health, Just for you, Kids
    8 ways to ward off childhood obesity
    Sep 01, 2016
    Over the last 30 years, the rate of obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents, making it a serious concern for parents a...
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    How this school helps prepare kids for their new school
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    How this school helps prepare kids for their new school
    Francis Odyniec 
    Aug 01, 2016
    It’s Monday morning. Summer is over, and the kids are filing into the school building after being out for three months. For many of these students, it...
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    The real solution for fidgeting kids
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    The real solution for fidgeting kids
    Kirsten Srinivasan 
    Jul 01, 2016
    Drumming fingers on a table, peeling labels off bottles, tipping back in a chair, twirling hair—people, and especially kids, fidget in all different w...
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    Gates Chili students go snowshoeing
    At School, Health, Kids
    Gates Chili students go snowshoeing
    May 01, 2016
    Over the winter, Neil Armstrong Elementary School physical education teachers Glenn Pittman and Jake Johnson taught third-, fourth- and fifth-graders ...
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    Help students through school anxiety
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    Help students through school anxiety
    Karen Marley 
    May 01, 2016
    Student stress and anxiety is real. Students experience tremendous pressure from testing, assessments and overly ambitious schedules. There is not eno...
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    Pittsburgh area YMCA hosts day camp for kids
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    Pittsburgh area YMCA hosts day camp for kids
    Kathleen Ganster 
    Apr 04, 2016
    Everyone loves holiday break, but it can also be a stressful time for working parents, who have to find care for their kids. During the 2015 holiday s...
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    Build kids into lifelong healthy eaters
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    Build kids into lifelong healthy eaters
    Kirsten Srinivasan 
    Aug 31, 2015
    When Jocelyn Malamy’s daughter, Eve, was 2 years old, she says the only thing the toddler wanted to eat at mealtime was cheddar cheese “by the handful...
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    7 tips for a tantrum-free holiday
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    7 tips for a tantrum-free holiday
    Paige Fumo Fox 
    Nov 30, 2014
    If “no meltdown at the family party” tops your holiday wish list,there are a few steps you can take to minimize temper tantrums and keep thefun and go...
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    Is Black Friday the healthiest day of the year?
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    Is Black Friday the healthiest day of the year?
    Dave Pribozie 
    Nov 22, 2014
    Everybody knows Black Fridayis the busiest shopping day of theyear, but what you may not knowis that it may also be the healthiest.Skeptical? You shou...
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    9 new lunches your kids will eat up
    At School, Health, Healthy Eating, ...
    9 new lunches your kids will eat up
    Aug 01, 2014
    Here we go again. It’s Sunday night, and you’re staring into the fridge with glazed-over eyes. Ham and cheese? Peanut butter and jelly? You don’t have...
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    How carrying too much can be bad for your body
    At Home, At School, Health, ...
    How carrying too much can be bad for your body
    Laurie Bailey 
    Jun 01, 2014
    Stylish or functional, we love our bags. They’re trendy little—or not-so-little—ways to make us feel secure away from home, because they hold all that...
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    Identify common asthma triggers to breathe better
    Health, Just for you, Kids, ...
    Identify common asthma triggers to breathe better
    Sharon Filkins 
    May 01, 2014
    Most people know about asthma, and the coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath that come with it. But in recent years, a new form of the condition ...
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    Speaking up could save a life
    At School, Family, Health, ...
    Speaking up could save a life
    Sue Ascione, Children?s Advocacy Center of Lawrence County 
    Apr 01, 2014
    One day in high school physical education class, a student named Sara disclosed to her teacher that she was sexually abused when she was 4 years old. ...
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    Break time: Good for the whole family
    At Home, Family, Health, ...
    Break time: Good for the whole family
    Clare Walters 
    Oct 01, 2013
    For today’s busy and stressed families, finding quiet time to decompress is not always easy. And as we go from a jam-packed work or school day to a bu...
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    Help kids enjoy trick-or-treating
    At Home, Family, Health, ...
    Help kids enjoy trick-or-treating
    Kevin Carlson 
    Oct 01, 2013
    The door creaks open, and a strobe light pulses in the background. Curious kids crane their necks to see inside before jumping back in terror as a big...
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    Local & Social
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    Teamwork and timing
    July 8, 2025
    Two Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad engines pass one another on adjacent tracks in the Pennsylvania Wilds, close enough (and slowly enough) for a high...
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    ‘Round the Square: Skywalk reopens Aug. 8
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Skywalk reopens Aug. 8
    July 8, 2025
    SKYWALK: Aug. 8. That's the date when the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reopens the Kinzua Skywalk for the fall season. The Kinzua ...
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    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Sweet’s Saltwater makes a splash
    Business, Local News
    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Sweet’s Saltwater makes a splash
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    July 8, 2025
    Whether you are a longtime aquarium enthusiast or you just learned about planted tanks and want to find out more, there is something for everyone at S...
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    Don’t let strawberries spoil
    Lifestyles
    Don’t let strawberries spoil
    July 8, 2025
    Dear Heloise: We love fresh strawberries at our house, but frequently a few of them spoil in the container before we can use them all. We discovered a...
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    Sibling is making elderly mom’s life a living hell
    Lifestyles
    Sibling is making elderly mom’s life a living hell
    July 8, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I live five hours away from my hometown. My mom is 98 and in assisted living there. In recent years, my younger sister has become cruel to ...
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    2025 NY/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase slated for July 27
    Local Sports
    2025 NY/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase slated for July 27
    Jo Wankel 
    July 7, 2025
    Four soccer matches showcasing 175 of the best high school soccer players from Northwestern PA and Southwestern NY will take place on July 27 at Pitt-...
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