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The weather outside is frightful, the fire is so delightful — it’s the only happy time of winter, in my opinion — the countdown to Christmas. As I’ve ...

SMETHPORT — The Smethport Area School District’s biggest holiday vendor fair so far is set to take place 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the hallways and...

AUSTIN — Sinnemahoning State Park has a host of activities coming up to celebrate the holidays. Start with the Holiday Open House set noon to 2 p.m. D...

When was the last time you thought about your gallbladder? We are constantly reminded to pay attention to our cholesterol levels, our heart health and...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $19.3 million in 2024 Countywide Action Plan (CAP) Implementati...

The Rustic Duck, a student-made, student-owned company based at Otto-Eldred High School in Duke Center, is open for online holiday shopping. The compa...

COOKIES: Italian anise cookies, yummm! The spice and sugar mingle merrily and dance on the taste buds. LoveBakesGoodCakes.com has the perfect recipe f...

MOUNT JEWETT — Kinzua Bridge State Park will offer a variety of programs in December and January. Participants are reminded to dress for the weather a...

McKean County hunters will have a good opportunity to harvest a doe or a buck when the regular Pennsylvania two-week rifle deer season opens Saturday....

One business owner hopes to make locals’ thumbs a bit greener with the new business, Seeds and Stems, located at 85 Main St. In addition to a wide var...

Scary thought — you cooked a huge turkey and all the trimmings but the extended family didn’t make it over for the holiday. Now what are you going to ...

MEAL PREP: The kids will be home for the holidays sooner than you know. We thought we would share a few kid-approved recipes from Feed Pennsylvania an...

The Era’s Less Fortunate Fund annual fundraiser, the Festival of Trees auction, shined Thursday night with a large turnout and spirited bidding. Ed Ha...

COUDERSPORT — Who turned out the lights? COVID-19 did. It was covid. But Shelley Butler, Kelly Bruno and the Coudersport Chamber of Commerce have flip...

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, I tend to follow the news. The news out of China is often disturbing for so many reasons. I was taken aback — aghast, one mig...

When Art Hayes of Allegheny called and invited me to go hunting with him last weekend, I didn’t actually do several back flips or yell out deliriously...

The students in the Otto-Eldred Agricultural Sciences department are excited to announce their poinsettia fundraiser has been extended. Poinsettias, g...

Muzzleloader was just days off. I stuck a target on the backstop and walked back to the bench. Let’s see, pull out a primer, place it in the breech, s...

The City of Bradford is intentional about its trees. According to re-established city code, “It shall be the responsibility of the Tree Board to study...

Melissa M. Merry, principal, announced the following students have been named to the honor rolls for the first marking period at the Floyd C. Fretz Mi...