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    Body cams for all police
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Body cams for all police
    Jun 19, 2021
    In recent years, more and more police departments have been choosing to strap their officers with body cameras — a move that boosts transparency in an...
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    Bradford man jailed for terroristic threats
    Crime
    Bradford man jailed for terroristic threats
    Marcie 
    Jun 19, 2021
    A Bradford man was arraigned Thursday before District Judge Dominic Cercone on allegations that he told a woman on the street he was going to kill the...
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    RTS for April 30
    News, Round the Square
    RTS for April 30
    Apr 30, 2021
    VOTER TURNOUT RECORD: Despite unique challenges to voter registration and voting created by COVID-19 and heightened concerns about turnout as a result...
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    Pollution control project funded in McKean County
    Local News
    Pollution control project funded in McKean County
    Marcie 
    Mar 03, 2021
    SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District received $2,000 to implement ‘Citizens Helping Watersheds- Protecting McKean County’s Water Resour...
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    NKorea’s cyber kleptomania is a threat
    Opinion, Сolumns
    NKorea’s cyber kleptomania is a threat
    Feb 26, 2021
    Sometimes missed on North Korea’s voluminous list of human rights abuses are its serial cyber kleptomania and global criminal schemes to rip off the w...
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    Guest Comment: Sign petition to save our hospital
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Guest Comment: Sign petition to save our hospital
    REP. MARTIN CAUSER, Special to The Era 
    Jan 13, 2021
    For more than a century, Bradford Regional Medical Center has been an anchor in our community, providing an array of health care services to generatio...
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    Today is ‘First Responders Day’ in McKean County
    Local News
    Today is ‘First Responders Day’ in McKean County
    FRAN DE LANCEY delancey401@yahoo.com 
    Oct 28, 2020
    SMETHPORT — Recognizing the essential work emergency service personnel perform daily, the McKean County Commissioners adopted a proclamation Tuesday d...
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    A failed experiment in Minneapolis
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A failed experiment in Minneapolis
    Oct 02, 2020
    Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender was one of the leading proponents of dismantling the city’s police force. In early June, she told CNN t...
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    PennDOT opens new Safety Citizens program
    Local News
    PennDOT opens new Safety Citizens program
    Marcie 
    Sep 15, 2020
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is asking Pennsylvanians to participate in its new Safety Citizens program, which encourage...
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    Kenosha writes another sad US chapter
    Kenosha writes another sad US chapter
    Aug 31, 2020
    Another Black man is shot by police — this time in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Another night of mostly peaceful protesting devolves into violent damage to pro...
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    Citizens United ruling 10 years later
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Citizens United ruling 10 years later
    Aug 22, 2020
    American politics is the most expensive game in the world. You have to pay to play. Private interests with the means to pay are uniquely positioned to...
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    Citizen science projects can be meaningful way to spend extra time
    Local News
    Citizen science projects can be meaningful way to spend extra time
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 09, 2020
    With spring here, and many people finding themselves with more free time on their hands this month, it’s a perfect time to explore the natural world. ...
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    Bradford City Police take steps to serve citizens during pandemic
    Bradford, Coronavirus, Local News
    Bradford City Police take steps to serve citizens during pandemic
    Mar 23, 2020
    Bradford City Police Chief Butch Bartlett announced changes the department is making to serve citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, B...
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    Mayor signs State of Emergency Declaration for City of Bradford
    Coronavirus, Local News
    Mayor signs State of Emergency Declaration for City of Bradford
    CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
    Mar 20, 2020
    Mayor James McDonald signed a State of Emergency Declaration for the City of Bradford at 3:30 p.m Thursday, a decision he says he did not make lightly...
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    Dr. James Brown seeking Republican state senate nod
    Local News
    Dr. James Brown seeking Republican state senate nod
    Marcie 
    Jan 28, 2020
    BROCKWAY — Jefferson County resident Dr. James M. Brown has announced his candidacy Pennsylvania State Senate in the 25th District. He is a Republican...
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    Gov. Wolf announces new mental health initiative
    Local News
    Gov. Wolf announces new mental health initiative
    Marcie 
    Jan 03, 2020
    HARRISBURG — On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced his new initiative “Reach Out PA: Your Mental Health Matters,” which aims to expand access to mental...
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    McDonald elected mayor of Bradford
    Local News
    McDonald elected mayor of Bradford
    Nov 08, 2019
    The count is in, and James A. McDonald will be the new mayor of the City of Bradford. Friday afternoon, Tom Riel conceded. “After reviewing the votes ...
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    Commissioners launch online survey
    Local News, News
    Commissioners launch online survey
    Dec 06, 2018
    SMETHPORT — Commissioners in McKean, Cameron and Potter counties have opened an online community survey for the Northern Pennsylvania Tri-County Compr...
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    Hemlock woolly adelgid early detection training scheduled
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Hemlock woolly adelgid early detection training scheduled
    Nov 03, 2018
    Although autumn is just beginning in Western New York and Pennsylvania, the winter season will soon be upon us. The colder months, November through Ma...
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    Counties to hold focus groups for new comprehensive plan
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Counties to hold focus groups for new comprehensive plan
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 13, 2018
    The commissioners of McKean, Potter and Cameron counties are looking for some folks with opinions on what they need to do better. Five focus groups ar...
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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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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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