education

UPB to hold financial aid nights
Local News, News
Sep 29, 2017
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s financial aid staff will be offering free financial aid advice to college-bound students in October. The fi...
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Figures who commanded respect
Guest Columns, Opinion
JIM SIRIANNI 
Sep 28, 2017
There are only a handful of men beyond one’s own father that have a profound influence in one’s life. For me, men like Mr. Dick Smith, my high school ...
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Banned Books Week to celebrate freedom to read
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SIDNEY PERALTA Era reporter erasidneyp@gmail.com 
Sep 26, 2017
For some, it may be difficult to imagine a world without the popular books like Harry Potter, Green Eggs and Ham or the most popular of all, the Bible...
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Autumn Classic brings the house down on Saturday
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SIDNEY PERALTA Era reporter erasidneyp@gmail.com 
Sep 25, 2017
The 38th annual Autumn Classic wrapped up on Saturday with a standing ovation for the bands that performed. Bradford Area High School’s director of in...
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Legacy of caring: Dempsey Trust benefits many over two decades
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Sep 23, 2017
During her lifetime, Eulalia “Sue” Dempsey was viewed as a school teacher who was strict in the classroom and frugal with every penny spent in the com...
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Rural Regional College growing to fill area’s needs
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 20, 2017
The world is always changing, and higher education in northern Pennsylvania is evolving in response. About a decade ago, a group of business, industry...
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UPB receives bequest from Carlson estate
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Sep 14, 2017
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has received a gift of more than $200,000 from the estate of Bradford resident Naomi Carlson. The university ...
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O-E school board discusses faculty vacancies
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BARB CLOSE Era Correspondent bmdclose@hotmail.com 
Sep 14, 2017
DUKE CENTER — The Otto-Eldred school board discussed efforts to find replacements for two high school english positions during their regularly schedul...
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Fifth annual ‘reading under the lights’ set for Friday
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Sep 13, 2017
Kids from the area once again will be invited to cozy-up with their parents, grandparents or guardians with a good book and snacks during the fifth-an...
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Pude: School off to a good start in Bradford
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Sep 12, 2017
Superintendent Katharine Pude reported during Monday’s meeting for the Bradford Area School District board of education that the first weeks of school...
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UPB’s college newspaper taking semester off
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 09, 2017
The presses of The Source, the student newspaper at University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, have been stopped this semester. The 36-year-old publication...
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Allegany-Limestone ready to welcome back students
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Sep 04, 2017
ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Administrators for the Allegany-Limestone Central School District reported on Friday that teachers and staff have worked hard to get ...
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Pitt-Bradford ahead of game with campus safety
Crime, News
ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
Sep 01, 2017
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Thursday announced a campus safety initiative geared toward preventing drug and alcohol abuse, mental he...
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