Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Nov 11, 2019
CYCLONE — Books can be treasure chests for keeping important items safe. For centuries, such items as family photos to personal cards and letters, new...
Round the Square
Oct 23, 2019
AIRPORT : We enjoy looking back through Era archives, and sharing some of the gems we find. In October of 1941, officials with the City of Bradford we...
Local News
Oct 04, 2019
SMETHPORT (EC) — There is good news for McKean County recyclers. It’s been one year since the compactor at the McKean County Recycling Center began op...
Local News, News
Sep 04, 2019
Era readers will notice some changes on the comics page, which is B-5 in today’s edition. To make room for two additional word puzzles on the page, “J...
Bradford, Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 22, 2019
There is little so daunting, or so promising, as a blank slate. My childhood home has a large chalkboard in the dining room, likely saved from an old ...
Baseball, Local Sports, Sports
Jul 16, 2019
JOHNSONBURG — The streets of Johnsonburg were lined with family and friends eagerly awaiting to greet their new Senior League state champions Monday e...
Baseball, Local Sports, Pro, ...
Jun 17, 2019
Let’s start with the obvious: The Pirates’ pitching staff has been bad as of late, particularly the bullpen. As a whole, Pittsburgh’s relievers have a...
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
May 18, 2019
At Friday’s Pennsylvania Associated Press Media Editors awards in Harrisburg, Era Assistant Managing Editor Marcie Schellhammer was honored with a fir...
Bradford, Local News, News
May 01, 2019
An African proverb says, “Initiate the boys, or they’ll burn the village down.” In the midst of an era where the national media spotlight has been poi...
Local News, News, Online Features
Apr 08, 2019
There may not be such a thing as free lunch, but breakfast is the most important meal of the day, anyway. The Bradford Area Lions Club is offering a c...
Local News, News, Online Features
Feb 12, 2019
The Bradford Landmark Society, Bradford’s own historical society, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Coincidentally, it is also Sally Costik’s...
Local News, News
Feb 02, 2019
As a child growing up in Bradford in the late 1800s, young Gertrude Elizabeth Curtis was the daughter of a local barber and an average student at Brad...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 22, 2018
Thanksgiving is about so much more than football and food. This is the time of year set aside to reflect on what we are thankful for in our lives. Eac...
News, Round the Square
Nov 07, 2018
WAR: On Thursday, The Era will be bringing you a special edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. As a preview, we want...
Local News, News, Online Features, ...
Nov 05, 2018
EXPENSIVE : War time causes shortages, which in turn, cause prices to rise. In 1917, an Era writer told his opinion on why it was such an expensive ti...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Oct 09, 2018
CHRISTMA S: It’s just 77 days until Christmas. For adults, that likely elicits a groan. For children, the magic that is the holidays can’t come soon e...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 04, 2018
HISTORIC : We hope readers are as enamored with the language used in century-old Era stories as we are. We took a look back at editions in September o...
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 03, 2018
HISTORY : For Labor Day, we are bringing you some news from 1908, when Bradford’s Mayor R.J. Hoffman wrote a letter to city residents about the celebr...
Crime, News, Online Features
Aug 27, 2018
A former inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution-McKean has been sentenced for escaping from custody there in the 1990s. Ghassan Saleh, 66, wil...
Local News, News, Online Features
Aug 10, 2018
The colorful tents, the sounds of music and laughter, the smells of fried dough and spaghetti sauce — it’s Festa Italiana time in Bradford. While the ...
Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
August 2, 2025
Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
Round the Square
August 2, 2025
EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
Local News
August 2, 2025
EMPORIUM — Educational programs are on tap today at Sizerville State Park. Tracks and Traces is set for 3 p.m. at the Environmental Learning Center. H...
National Sports
August 1, 2025
(TNS) — Four years ago, the Pirates eschewed a traditional draft strategy and instead took Henry Davis No. 1 overall, using the savings to sign other ...
