Breaking News
July 31, 2025
The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
News
May 25, 2022
Some of Bradford’s early history will be available for public viewing in a unique way this weekend, as the Oak Hill Cemetery Association is opening it...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 29, 2022
Politics would be a lot simpler if one side could prevent the other from running for office. The left believes that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is...
News, Round the Square
Feb 25, 2022
CIVIL WAR ORPHANS IN PA: The Pennsylvania Magazine shared a story on the children who were orphaned in the Civil War in its September/October edition....
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 19, 2022
A second civil war seems far-fetched. But do we ignore the possibility at our peril? Or do we turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy by talking about...
News
Jan 15, 2022
KANE — The Kane Historic Preservation Society announced the 200 birthday of town founder General Thomas Leiper Kane on Jan. 27, 2022. General Kane’s 2...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 06, 2022
When it comes to prognostication, my favorite philosopher has always been the eminent Lawrence Peter Berra. “It’s tough to make predictions,” Yogi fam...
News, Round the Square
Nov 08, 2021
CELEBRITY SIGHTING: According to the Well Done Foundation, their new ambassador paid a visit to our area this fall. In a post to social media Oct. 11,...
News
Jun 29, 2021
CAMP HILL — Civil war historians and enthusiasts meet on America’s most famous battlefield every year to walk in the footsteps of the soldiers who fou...
Local News
Jan 29, 2021
A Harrisburg attorney said Thursday that a state appeals court has just given him the next clue toward hopefully solving the mystery of whether the FB...
Bradford, Local News, News
Sep 16, 2020
Oak Hill Cemetery’s Civil War section was one area hit hard by a recent storm. Trees fell, tombstones and statues were damaged and the situation looke...
Round the Square
May 23, 2020
DECORATION DAY : Memorial Day was historically known as “Decoration Day.” To honor the deceased, soldiers would decorate graves of their fallen comrad...
Coronavirus, Local News, Online Features
May 23, 2020
Memorial Day is typically the last Monday in May, set to honor those who died in active military service. In years when there is not a pandemic, that ...
Bradford, Local News, News
Mar 03, 2020
ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. — A 13-star American Flag has been restored and is back in the possession of the Ellicottville Historical Society. Its origin is a...
Local News
Jan 25, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — One of the most common ways people get interested in Civil War history is by first watching a good movie or reading an engagin...
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Sep 30, 2019
Bear Den Leader Stephaney Gallick, son Kendyn Skaggs, 10, daughter Kayson Skaggs, 8, and Emily Walb, 8, attended the Boys Scouts of America Camporee t...
Local News
Jul 11, 2019
BEMUS POINT, N.Y. — Descendants of 154th New York Volunteer Infantry, a Civil War regiment raised in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties, will hold th...
Round the Square
Jul 02, 2019
HISTORY : The annual Gettysburg Battlewalks are underway. Each year in July, historians and Civil War enthusiasts visit Gettysburg and take a walk in ...
Local News, Online Features
May 25, 2019
ELDRED — When it comes to preserving the stories of McKean County veterans of all wars, Joel Gilfert is a one-man army. For nearly 40 years, this mili...
Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
May 18, 2019
MACHIAS, N.Y. — The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library will host an opening of its next exhibit on June 8, highlighted by a talk given by ...
Bradford, News
May 15, 2019
SMETHPORT — Kenneth J. Serfass, a retired gunnery sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps and a first-person impressionist of his childhood hero, Gen. Ulyss...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
July 31, 2025
According to rankings released by U.S. News, Pennsylvania is the 41st “best state,” positioning itself at 39th in education and 38th in its overall ec...
Local News
July 31, 2025
Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Department, along with Mount Jewett and Kane ambulances, were dispatched at 8:54 a.m. Thursday to a reported tractor...
Local News, PA State News
As budget stalemate hits a month
July 31, 2025
HARRISBURG (AP) — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration says billions of dollars in aid to Pennsylvania's schools and human services will be d...
Local News, PA State News
July 31, 2025
HARRISBURG – Just over a year ago, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law a state budget which would support the establishment of an Alzheimer...
Local News, PA State News
July 31, 2025
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency announced upgrades to its flood warning and observation system on Wednesday. The Pennsylvani...
Outdoors, Sports
July 31, 2025
I arrived at camp Rack & Feather early. The cell phone rang; it was Jim Acker. His wife, Carla, was preparing a large dish of lasagna and a salad for ...
