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Kane Borough Mayor Brandy Schimp and Ciara Wittenburg aren’t related by blood, but you wouldn’t know it by the bond they’ve formed over the last seven...

James Michael Salerno and Nora Kristine Shields were united in marriage in a double-ring ceremony Oct. 14 at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church in Bradfo...

Dangerously cold weather that kept many people inside Friday didn’t deter Rev. Bob Brest from making his weekly visit to Chapel Ridge to conduct Bible...

Family and friends celebrated the 90th birthday of Lois Day Tuesday with a party at Chapel Ridge assisted living facility on St. Francis Drive in Brad...

What comes to mind when you think of Christmas? Gifts? Santa Claus? The birth of Jesus? Christmas is celebrated through a wide spectrum throughout the...

WAKE UP CALL: This poem by Kane writer Frances Wolfe Haight gets right to the heart of the Christmas spirit. “A Wake Up Call” I was asleep on Christma...

Santa and Mrs. Claus, also known as Tom Day and Tracy Carson, made their annual visit to Futures Rehabilitation Center in Bradford Friday to hand out ...

Remember being a child, with an overwhelming excitement over the holiday season? Being able to feel the magic of Christmas? Pouring over catalogs and ...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels will hold its first-ever Basilica Christmas Tour at 11 a.m. Tuesday. It’s a free guided tour that cov...

'Twas a few days before Christmas, when inside The Learning Center in Bradford, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. About 70 children waite...

Familiar Christmas carols will be part of the Christmas Eve service on Friday at the Bradford Foursquare Gospel Church. Jeanne Gross, event organizer,...

Open Arms Community Church will hold its 15th Christmas Eve's Eve service at 7 p.m. Dec. 23 at the Bradford Area High School auditorium. The doors ope...

Free Christmas choral concerts, complete with receptions, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Sawyer Evangelical Church at 777 S. Kendall Av...

BIRD COUNT: Audubon’s 118th Christmas Bird Count begins Thursday. Starting on Christmas Day 1900, ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, worried about declin...

The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund senior event was holly-jolly success on Sunday in the Mukaiyama University Room in the Frame Westerberg Commons Bu...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Over the past several months, the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany have invited community members to St. Elizabeth Motherhouse to parti...

PORT ALLEGANY — Open Arms Community Church is hosting Christmas on the Square from 3 to 6 p.m. Dec. 22 in downtown Port Allegany. Individuals will be ...

LONDON FOG: After reading Thursday’s column on the London Smog, Ray Saunders of Bradford called with his own story about the fog in London. “After the...

Some folks string up lights to celebrate Christmas. Others hang a wreath on the front door. And Dianne Button puts together a massive Christmas villag...

The days until Christmas are counting down quickly, but many in Bradford are feeling the Christmas spirit early. Various different aspects of the wint...