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Residents were reminded to not only “love one another” but to pray for all religions and people during the National Day of Prayer ceremony Thursday in...

SMETHPORT — Without exception, former and current residents of Smethport who have visited the Notre Dame Cathedral prior to last week’s devastating fi...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Throughout nearly 30 years of employment at St. Bonaventure University, Bob Worthington helped to enhance the St. Bonaventure experie...

Open Arms Church Port Allegany will host its Easter service Sunday at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at 105 Smith Ave. The service is a continuation of its “Makin...

Threatening skies didn’t keep dozens of the faithful from participating in the annual Good Friday Crosswalk hosted by churches with the Bradford Minis...

MOUNT JEWETT — The Mount Jewett Seventh Day Adventist Church will sponsor the Newstart healthy lifestyle program with presentations weekly by Dr. Neil...

Open Arms Church will host its Easter service Sunday at Bradford Area High School. The service, a continuation of its “Making A Messiah” series where ...

KANE — A Good Friday service will be held at the Lebanon Lutheran Church at 1 p.m. today. The church is located at Kanesholm between Lantz Corners and...

ST. MARYS — Two nationally recognized pro life activists spoke at the Red Fern in St. Marys on April 1. “Abortion is a moral issue,” was the opening s...

The first time I saw it, I could barely breathe. It was so beautiful against the cerulean sky. Our Lady of Paris. It looked like a mass of lace, drape...

Again this year, the Bradford Area Ministerium is sponsoring a Cross Walk on Good Friday, from noon to 3 p.m. April 19. Good Friday is the day Christi...

Singers from numerous area churches will join voices this month to perform the Easter musical “My Easter Story.” The collective group, comprising 28 s...

For the past six months, members of the “Nancy’s Quilts” group have met Thursdays at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Bradford not only to make quilted lap ...

When a young woman was displaced from her apartment building following Wednesday’s fire at a next door building on Main Street in Bradford, she slept ...

A couple of local pastors weighed in on a recent decision by delegates with the United Methodist Church’s special session of the General Conference wh...

Former Bradford Central Christian High School teacher David Poulson has been defrocked by the Vatican. Poulson, who had served as a priest since 1979,...

Last autumn, Open Arms Church took on a mission to bring hope to the community. That mission included publication of “Greater Than,” a book featuring ...

Over the past six years, the Rev. Mike Anderson of the Family Church of Cattaraugus County has pastored families in three different venues in the Olea...

While some parts of the country enjoyed Mardi Gras festivities and parades, others in communities such as Bradford toned it down more by hosting panca...

The Church of the Ascension will be offering its traditional pancake supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Shrove Tuesday. The meal will be served in the church par...