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    RTS – World Poetry Day
    News, Round the Square
    RTS – World Poetry Day
    Mar 21, 2022
    WORLD POETRY DAY: March 21 each year is set aside to celebrate one of humanity’s most cherished forms of linguistic and cultural expression, which all...
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    “True Colors in American History” collection introduced at the Bradford library
    News
    “True Colors in American History” collection introduced at the Bradford library
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter 
    Jul 23, 2021
    The books consist of everything from a narrative by Frederick Douglass to “Red Cloud: A Lakota Story on War and Surrender.” These books and more than ...
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    ‘True Colors in American History’ collection to be launched at Bradford Library
    News
    ‘True Colors in American History’ collection to be launched at Bradford Library
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 19, 2021
    The Bradford Area Public Library, together with the YWCA Bradford, is set to unveil a new book collection next week — True Colors in American History;...
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    Bradford Area Public Library closing temporarily
    Local News
    Bradford Area Public Library closing temporarily
    Marcie 
    Dec 18, 2020
    Officials with Bradford Area Public Library issued a release Thursday, announcing a temporary closure of the library. This closure is a precautionary ...
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    National Collection Week ongoing for Operation Christmas Child
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    National Collection Week ongoing for Operation Christmas Child
    Nov 17, 2020
    This week, from Nov. 16–23, is National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child. The Samaritan’s Purse project partners with churches across the...
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    Post office paranoia
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Post office paranoia
    RICH LOWRY 
    Aug 19, 2020
    At this rate, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will be lucky if he isn’t arrested and tried for treason before a people’s tribunal. DeJoy has quickly re...
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    Groups collecting items to meet community needs
    Local News
    Groups collecting items to meet community needs
    Marcie 
    Jul 23, 2020
    SMETHPORT — The United Methodist Church of Smethport and Christian Community Services are cooperating in a community collection of needs. Items needed...
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    S.W. Smith library to celebrate National Lego Day
    Bradford, Local News, News
    S.W. Smith library to celebrate National Lego Day
    Jan 21, 2020
    PORT ALLEGANY — S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library will celebrate National Lego Day from 4;30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan 28. During that time, patrons are welco...
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    Writing alumni to speak at Pitt-Bradford
    Local News
    Writing alumni to speak at Pitt-Bradford
    Marcie 
    Sep 28, 2019
    University of Pittsburgh at Bradford writing program alumni Jamie Lackey ’06 and Paul Stefko ’06 will talk about their writing Oct. 2 at Pitt-Bradford...
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    American Pickers returning to Pennsylvania
    Local News, Online Features
    American Pickers returning to Pennsylvania
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 06, 2019
    Got junk? The American Pickers may be looking for you. Sarah Perkins, casting associate with Cineflex, reached out on Thursday to spread the word that...
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    Tire collection event set
    Local News
    Tire collection event set
    Marcie 
    Jun 29, 2019
    SMETHPORT — PA CleanWays of McKean County will hold a tire recycling event from 8 a.m. to noon on July 20 at the Smethport Borough shed on U.S. Route ...
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    Otto Twp. considers speed deterrents
    Local News
    Otto Twp. considers speed deterrents
    JIM MILLER jmakalefty@yahoo.com 
    Jun 14, 2019
    DUKE CENTER — More speed bumps or no? That was the question confronting the supervisors at the Otto Township meeting Wednesday evening. Despite park c...
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    Horne Museum closed for maintenance after water pipe break
    Local News, News
    Horne Museum closed for maintenance after water pipe break
    Jan 24, 2019
    The Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center announced Wednesday that the museum will be closed for extended maintenance following a water pipe break i...
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    Destinations puts out the call for winter outerwear – and a host site
    Local News, News, Online Features, ...
    Destinations puts out the call for winter outerwear – and a host site
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 10, 2018
    For the past six years, Becky Plummer has provided coats to people wearing several layers of flannel, or mittens to people with frozen fingers, at Des...
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    Southwestern York-Penn Doll Club visits Chapel Ridge
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Southwestern York-Penn Doll Club visits Chapel Ridge
    Era photo by Kate Day Sager 
    Apr 30, 2018
    Southwestern York-Penn Doll Club members Molly DeCapua of Olean, N.Y., foreground, and Karen Ostrum of Bradford, display DeCapua's kewpie doll collect...
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    Recycling events slated
    Local News, News
    Recycling events slated
    Jul 18, 2017
    SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District’s tire recycling event will be held Saturday. Registration has been extended until the truck is fu...
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    Haine students educate community on conservation
    At School, Health, Mind and Body, ...
    Haine students educate community on conservation
    Alex Keown 
    Jul 17, 2017
    When people think of environmental activism they may envision cleaning up oil spills, protesting fracking and protecting clean water, lobbying for sta...
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    Poet to read at Olean Library April 20
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Poet to read at Olean Library April 20
    Apr 11, 2017
    OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean Public Library will celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading from poet Allison Joseph. Joseph will from from her work at 7 p...
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    St. Bonaventure to celebrate Black History Month events
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    St. Bonaventure to celebrate Black History Month events
    Feb 03, 2017
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. —St. Bonaventure University will host a number of events to celebrate Black History Month and the theme “And Still WE Rise: Expressions...
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    Fire reported at Roulette lumber company
    Crime, Local News, News
    Fire reported at Roulette lumber company
    Jan 11, 2017
    ROULETTE —Multiple firefighters battled a fire at the Elliott Lumber Co. in Roulette on Tuesday afternoon. At 1:14 p.m., members of the Roulette, Port...
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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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