Coronavirus, Local News
Mar 20, 2020
Following the Executive Order from Governor Tom Wolf ordering all non-life sustaining businesses and entities to close, City officials worked late int...
Guest Columns, Сolumns
Dec 12, 2019
The angry backlash against their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman started on social media. Soon activists called for a boycott. Then ...
Local News, Online Features
Nov 21, 2019
Bradford City Police Chief Chris Lucco is retiring from the force to take on the job of Bradford City administrator, a position he applied for back in...
Local News, News, Online Features
Nov 20, 2019
Bradford City Police Chief Chris Lucco will retire from the police department effective Jan. 2, city council announced this afternoon. Lucco will be s...
Local News
Aug 14, 2019
The segment of Kennedy Street between Main Street and Boylston Street will see a reverse in direction of travel, effective Aug. 23. City Council unani...
Local News
Aug 07, 2019
Everyone seems to agree it’s a good idea to honor local heroes with banners hanging above Bradford City’s streets. But now, three groups will have to ...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 27, 2019
Bradford Mayor Tom Riel opened Tuesday’s City Council meeting by offering a moment of silence for the late Gene Gigliotti, who was a firefighter for t...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 13, 2019
Those who attended Tuesday’s Bradford City Council meeting were leaving only several minutes after finding a seat thanks to a swift assembly that last...
Local News, News, Online Features
Dec 28, 2018
Although Christmas was Tuesday, Bradford City Council members are giving their constituents a gift they have worked relentlessly to give –– no tax inc...
Local News, News, Online Features
Nov 29, 2018
Bradford City was facing a $1 million deficit in the 2019 budget — more than a month ago. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, council was discussing st...
Local News, News
Oct 24, 2018
Three more homes in Bradford City have been declared public nuisances due to their condition. The city’s Board of Health met Tuesday prior to the regu...
News, Round the Square
Jun 01, 2018
LAST RIDE: “Last Bus Makes Final Run Here,” The Era reported on May 1, 1968. That was 50 years ago. The article detailed where bus service in Bradford...
Local News, News, Online Features
Apr 25, 2018
City officials are hoping to transform a now-defunct restaurant into apartments in downtown Bradford. City Council approved a $4,800 proposal Tuesday ...
Local News, News
Feb 14, 2018
Thursday has been declared Hagen Kearney Day in Bradford. Mayor Tom Riel issued a proclamation at Tuesday’s Bradford City Council meeting honoring the...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jun 28, 2017
Bradford city hall will become more handicap accessible later this year after Bradford City Council approved a $39,630 contract for a wheelchair ramp....
Local News, News, Politics
May 10, 2017
ST. MARYS — St. Marys resident Margie Brown has announced that she will be running as a write-in candidate in Tuesday’s primary for the third open sea...
Local News, News
May 05, 2017
Not everyone is thrilled with the local attention being lavished on world-famous Bradford native Marilyn Horne. On Thursday, American Legion Post 108 ...
Local News, News
Apr 19, 2017
ST. MARYS — Changes to the city's snow and ice removal ordinance have been approved by the St. Marys City Council, even though there isn’t a strong en...
Local News, News, Online Features
Apr 18, 2017
ST. MARYS — The St. Marys City Council has voted unanimously to allow a restaurant liquor license to be transferred from the Ridgway Borough to the Ci...
Local News, News
Apr 08, 2017
Tim Pecora is seeking the Republican nomination to Bradford City Council in the May primary. Pecora, who resides at 106 Harding Ave., has been on city...
Local News
Allegheny Mountain Arts shares its vision
August 12, 2025
Back in 2019, Greg Souchick and Rick Minard shared a vision for downtown Bradford. They dreamed it could become a place where artists could share thei...
Round the Square
August 12, 2025
AWARD: It's always nice to find an impressive accolade for a local person when looking through Era archives. And when it comes from heroic actions dur...
Lifestyles
August 12, 2025
Dear Heloise: Saved greeting cards are cluttering up my closets — Christmas cards, birthday cards, and Mother's Day cards! I have shoeboxes full of th...
Lifestyles
August 12, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago. After two surgeries and three hospital stays, I recovered. The experience made me realize...
Local News
August 11, 2025
Horse and rider round a barrel with precision as the Ferris wheel glows on the midway behind them — bringing speed, skill and spectacle to the first f...
Football, National Sports
August 11, 2025
(TNS) - Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion defensive tackle Chris Hoke saw a lot of positives from the Steelers’ 31-25 win over the Jacksonville ...
