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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
    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...
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    ELF Fund kickoff speaker: Gifts, big or small, can impact life of child or senior citizen
    News, Online Features
    ELF Fund kickoff speaker: Gifts, big or small, can impact life of child or senior citizen
    Nov 03, 2022
    Dave Feely knows something about receiving a special gift. The retired Bradford City Police officer, who went through successful heart transplant surg...
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    Behan ensures Christmas joy for ELF Fund recipients
    News, Online Features
    Behan ensures Christmas joy for ELF Fund recipients
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 10, 2021
    Editor's note: Laree Sue Behan was misidentified with an incorrect last name in the original version of this article. The Era apologizes for the error...
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    ELF Fund season has begun
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    ELF Fund season has begun
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 06, 2020
    Bradford’s “season of giving” has officially begun. The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund began the 2020 Christmas gift buying operation on Thursday wit...
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    ELF Fund helps 150 families, 84 seniors
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    ELF Fund helps 150 families, 84 seniors
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 14, 2019
    This year, 150 families and 84 seniors will have a gift to open on Christmas morning, thanks to the generosity of the Bradford community. That’s how m...
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    Readers flock to Reading Under the Lights
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    Readers flock to Reading Under the Lights
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 16, 2019
    A love of reading can be shown in many ways. At the 7th annual “Reading Under the Lights” at Parkway Field, the love of reading showed in the careful ...
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    ELF Fund donation ideas
    Local News, News, Online Features
    ELF Fund donation ideas
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    Dec 08, 2018
    The students in Mrs. Angie Sheeley’s first grade class brainstormed ideas on ways they could help their community. Their top choice was to donate toys...
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    ELF Fund pick-up once again reveals “a community with big hearts”
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    ELF Fund pick-up once again reveals “a community with big hearts”
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 08, 2018
    The young mother held her child’s hand tightly as she waited in line at the Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) headquarters Friday to collect Christmas gifts ...
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    ELF Fund distribution is today
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    ELF Fund distribution is today
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 07, 2018
    Today, recipients of The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund will make their way to the former Goodwill building to pick up Christmas gifts from the commu...
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    ELF Fund ‘elves’ busy getting gifts ready for distribution
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    ELF Fund ‘elves’ busy getting gifts ready for distribution
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 29, 2018
    The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund’s volunteer “elves” are busy gathering Christmas presents this week for needy children and seniors in Bradford. On...
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    Pavlock describes importance of small kindness at ELF season kick-off breakfast
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    Pavlock describes importance of small kindness at ELF season kick-off breakfast
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 08, 2018
    McKean County President Judge John Pavlock was only 8 years old when he learned an important lesson on the big impact that small kindnesses can have t...
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    ELF gift season to kick off Wednesday
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    ELF gift season to kick off Wednesday
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 06, 2018
    The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund will officially welcome the season of giving in Bradford on Wednesday. Each Christmas, The ELF Fund collects the h...
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    ELF Fund sign-ups set for Oct. 9-11
    Local News, News, Online Features
    ELF Fund sign-ups set for Oct. 9-11
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 02, 2018
    A celebration is always better when everyone can take part. With that sentiment in mind, The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund is seeking applications f...
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    6th annual ‘Reading Under the Lights’ draws large crowd
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    6th annual ‘Reading Under the Lights’ draws large crowd
    CALEB HUNTOON Era Reporter eracalebh@gmail.com 
    Sep 08, 2018
    As the sun went down, families came out in full-force to take part in the sixth annual “Reading Under the Lights” at Parkway Field on Friday night. Br...
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    Friday night lights for bookworms at Parkway Field
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    Friday night lights for bookworms at Parkway Field
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 05, 2018
    Families will once again snuggle on blankets with a good book when the sixth-annual Reading Under the Lights event is held at Parkway Field behind the...
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    Bradford High, community team up for mock interviews to prepare students for real thing
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    Bradford High, community team up for mock interviews to prepare students for real thing
    CALEB HUNTOON Era Staff news@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 16, 2018
    Imagine a teenager preparing for an interview — and experiencing some sort of butterflies. This feeling was common among Bradford Area High School jun...
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    Project Serve helping out area residents
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    Project Serve helping out area residents
    ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 02, 2018
    They’ve helped install roofs on houses and moved homeless in their first apartment or home. And they’ve done the work as a hand up, not a hand out. Pr...
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    Area residents receive ELF Fund gifts on Friday
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Area residents receive ELF Fund gifts on Friday
    ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 09, 2017
    The high cost of rent, natural gas and electricity would have put a crimp in Christmas for one area woman ––if not for The Era’s Less Fortunate Fund. ...
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    Festival of Trees fills the need on Thursday
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    Festival of Trees fills the need on Thursday
    SIDNEY PERALTA Era reporter erasidneyp@gmail.com 
    Nov 17, 2017
    The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund invited members of the community to kick off the holiday season with the annual Festival of Trees on Thursday. The...
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    ELF Fund season to kick off Wednesday
    Local News, News, Online Features
    ELF Fund season to kick off Wednesday
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 31, 2017
    It’s fitting that the weather has teased Bradford with snow this week. Along with the coming of cold nights is the coming of The Era’s Less Fortunate ...
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    ELF Fund sign-ups begin today
    Local News, News, Online Features
    ELF Fund sign-ups begin today
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 03, 2017
    There’s a chill in the air this week, which means the holiday season is quickly approaching. It’s also the time The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund be...
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    Still time to apply: Foundation seeks apps to assist Northeast Potter County
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    July 31, 2025
    SAYRE — The Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers, through its Northeastern Potter Economic Development Association (NEPEDA) Fund, seeks proposals f...
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    Ag Progress Days showcase advanced tech, animal health, invasives
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    July 31, 2025
    A check for $780 was presented to Joe Doriguzzi, center, manager at the Friendship Table , by Connie Shanks on behalf of the Bradford Creative and Per...
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    Kids and Cancer run a roaring success
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    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    July 31, 2025
    Sometimes, the loudest engines can carry the softest hearts. The 28th Annual Kids and Cancer Benefit Run returned to the area July 26, drawing nearly ...
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    Steelers training camp battles: Jaylen Warren, Payton Wilson hold on to roles; Yahya Black pushes for time
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