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TODAY: Today, The Era’s associate editor Marcie Schellhammer will be joining Anne Holliday from WESB, Dr. Nancy McCabe, Dr. Tracee Howell and Stephani...

Landowners and gardeners can play an important role in the prevention of the spread of many invasive species. Some invasive plants have been unintenti...

A dictionary defines love as “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.” It is a simple thing to look up the definition for love, ...

GARDEN: Look out the window. In just a couple short months that snow will be melting and those bare trees will begin showing signs of new life. An art...

HOME RANGE: We’ve known enough local hunters to know the movement of deer is important to finding a spot to perch and wait for prey. One Penn State Un...

Alberta Clipper, Arctic Vortex, or Arctic Clipper: regardless of what you call them, weather conditions identified as those delivering brutally cold w...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Vocal Ensemble will present its holiday concert at noon Dec. 5 in the Studio Theater of Blaisdell Hall. “Chri...

Andy Klark and his son, Mitchell, had prepared for the first day of archery season for some time. Now with all the preseason chores completed, it was ...

KANE — The impact of the spotted wing drosophila fruit fly, an invasive insect from Southeast Asia, on soft fruits, shrubs and tree fruit crops and th...

HUMMINGBIRDS: Dan Hasney of Wilcox called to report that he just spotted a hummingbird, and he wondered if anyone else has seen hummingbirds recently....

KANE — A dedication ceremony for the McCleery Discovery Center in Kane is set for 6 p.m. Friday. The Kane Historic Preservation Society has establishe...

Native Americans were well versed in using pitfalls, snares, and deadfall traps. That knowledge was shared with the settlers of the early 1600s. Like ...

FOLIAGE: Penn State University is reporting predictions of a “banner year” for fall foliage in Pennsylvania. “The rainy summer in Pennsylvania has set...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Kids and adults can expect to be entertained by a “Slimy and Misunderstood” hellbender in costume, whose acronym is SAM, during Satu...

KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum will host two speakers on Oct. 5 at the Kane Country Club. Speakers will present the latest information on an in...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Citizens Action Network of Southwestern NY and the Concerned Citizens of Cattaraugus County are sponsoring a film on the recent shar...

A local University of Pittsburgh at Bradford student made it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro on July 10. Shantel English, a senior at Pitt-Bradford, i...

Bald eagles are on the move in New York, state officials said, with record numbers of the national animal now living in the state. “Early indications ...

KANE — The Kane Historic Preservation Society has established the McCleery Discovery Center in Kane, and will unveil the exhibit during this weekend’s...

KENNEDY PARK: Anthony T. Falconi of Lewis Run had some information about our recent inquiry on Kennedy Park. “If I remember correctly: Kennedy Park is...