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    Smethport church to hold Lent luncheons
    Local News
    Smethport church to hold Lent luncheons
    Marcie 
    Feb 24, 2020
    SMETHPORT — The United Methodist Church of Smethport announced that the United Methodist Women’s group will once again sponsor a Lenten Devotion and L...
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    Hatcher named interim pastor at Open Arms
    Local News
    Hatcher named interim pastor at Open Arms
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 04, 2020
    After nearly 17 years at Open Arms Community Church, Pastor Mike McAvoy is leaving after accepting a position as superintendent of the Southeast Regio...
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    Open Arms holding Christmas Eve’s Eve Service Monday
    Local News
    Open Arms holding Christmas Eve’s Eve Service Monday
    Marcie 
    Dec 19, 2019
    Open Arms Church will hold its popular annual Christmas Eve’s Eve Service on Monday at Bradford Area High School. The service, with doors opening at 6...
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    Local families make global impact through Operation Christmas Child
    Local News
    Local families make global impact through Operation Christmas Child
    Marcie 
    Nov 02, 2019
    Sites in the Bradford area will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child...
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    Fall soup luncheons begin Wednesday in Smethport
    Local News
    Fall soup luncheons begin Wednesday in Smethport
    Marcie 
    Oct 08, 2019
    SMETHPORT — The United Methodist Church of Smethport will hold fall soup luncheons in October and November starting with one from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m....
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    Mobile food bank to be held at St. Elizabeth Church in Smethport
    Local News
    Mobile food bank to be held at St. Elizabeth Church in Smethport
    Marcie 
    Sep 28, 2019
    SMETHPORT — A mobile food bank, sponsored by St. Elizabeth Church and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Erie, will be held Oct. 8 at St. Elizabeth Churc...
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    Pro-life event scheduled in St. Marys Oct. 6
    Local News
    Pro-life event scheduled in St. Marys Oct. 6
    Marcie 
    Sep 24, 2019
    ST. MARYS — Elk County Right to Life has scheduled a Life Chain event from 2 to 3 p.m. Oct. 6 at the corner of North St. Marys and Washington streets....
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    Wesleyan Church to hold drive-in movie
    Local News
    Wesleyan Church to hold drive-in movie
    Marcie 
    Sep 11, 2019
    For some people, Friday the 13th is considered unlucky, but for the members of the First Wesleyan Church of Bradford, they hope it will be a positive ...
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    Persico pens letter to parishes on abuse scandal
    Local News
    Persico pens letter to parishes on abuse scandal
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 14, 2019
    Bishop Lawrence Persico of the Erie Diocese has a message to parishioners: The sex abuse scandal must be remembered, and the changes that came from it...
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    McKean County food bank scheduled
    Bradford, Lifestyles
    McKean County food bank scheduled
    Aug 02, 2019
    SMETHPORT — A mobile food bank, sponsored by St. Elizabeth Church and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Erie, will be held Aug. 13 at St. Elizabeth Chur...
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    Church to hold tribute
    Entertainment
    Church to hold tribute
    Marcie 
    Jul 31, 2019
    EAST SMETHPORT — The East Smethport United Christian Church will be holding a tribute to honor the memory of Paula Karen Davies. The tribute will be f...
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    Evans Memorial to hold VBS next week
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Evans Memorial to hold VBS next week
    Jul 13, 2019
    LEWIS RUN — Evans Memorial Church in Lewis Run will hold its Vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8 p.m. each day from July 15-19. This year’s theme is ...
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    New pastor installed at Sawyer Church
    Entertainment
    New pastor installed at Sawyer Church
    Marcie 
    Jul 12, 2019
    Sawyer Evangelical Church on South Kendall Avenue installed a new pastor on Sunday. Rev. Ernest Perry began his ministry at Sawyer on July 1 and preac...
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    Freedom Fest provides plenty of fun and fireworks
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Freedom Fest provides plenty of fun and fireworks
    KATE DAY SAGER kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 04, 2019
    The fragrance of hot-dogs cooking on a grill, smoke from a fire pit where marshmallows were toasted and children laughing on water slides and in the b...
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    Freedom Fest hosted again by Bradford Alliance Church
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    Freedom Fest hosted again by Bradford Alliance Church
    KATE DAY SAGER kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 28, 2019
    When Pastor Rob Jeffrey and his Bradford Alliance Church staff saw the large amount of families who showed up for last year’s Freedom Fest, they knew ...
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    After 41 years, Rev. Brest finally ready to hang up his collar
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    After 41 years, Rev. Brest finally ready to hang up his collar
    KATE DAY SAGER kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 20, 2019
    When Rev. Bob Brest began his ministry at Bradford First Free Methodist church back in 1978, he and his wife, Phyllis, were well aware that the averag...
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    First Presbyterian and Emanuel Lutheran churches set Vacation Bible School
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    First Presbyterian and Emanuel Lutheran churches set Vacation Bible School
    Jun 08, 2019
    The First Presbyterian Church and the Emanuel Lutheran Church announce the Vacation Bible School for this year and is set for 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 24-...
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    Open Arms Church welcomes growing membership
    Local News, Online Features
    Open Arms Church welcomes growing membership
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 05, 2019
    It’s an exciting problem to have. Membership at Open Arms Church has grown to the point that it is looking to move its Foster Brook facility, located ...
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    Honorees named for Pastor Randy Headley Awards for Community Service
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Honorees named for Pastor Randy Headley Awards for Community Service
    Jun 01, 2019
    PORT ALLEGANY — The first Pastor Randy Headley Awards for Community Service were presented at the Awards Assembly held May 24 at Port Allegany High Sc...
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    We weep for you, Our Lady
    We weep for you, Our Lady
    CHRISTINE M. FLOWERS Philadelphia Daily News/ TNS 
    Apr 16, 2019
    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...
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    Local oil purchasers increase prices
    Business, Local News
    Local oil purchasers increase prices
    June 16, 2025
    Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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