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Dave Feely knows something about receiving a special gift. The retired Bradford City Police officer, who went through successful heart transplant surg...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Imagine a teenager preparing for an interview — and experiencing some sort of butterflies. This feeling was common among Bradford Area High School jun...

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...

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. ...

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...

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 ...

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...