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ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. — Black Friday deals, snow on the ground, decorations and returning college students are general signs the Holiday Season is start...

Christmas gift drop-off for The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund begins today. Anyone who filled a gift tag for Bradford’s annual gift-giving program c...

The Bradford City Water Authority on Wednesday approved a residential rate increase for 2020, which will amount to 45 cents per 1,000 gallons. Executi...

The first reading of the 2020 budget by Bradford City Council Tuesday brought some unwelcome news — the potential of a tax increase that now stands at...

RIDGWAY — Ridgway Area School District’s administration and school board has announced the pending formation of the Ridgway Elker Advancement Foundati...

COUDERSPORT — The 6th Annual Angel Tree will be placed at Perry’s Country Store in Austin beginning Sunday. The Angel Tree Program attempts to bring s...

Journey Health System has announced that Jill Dunn, MBA, has accepted the position of vice president of institutional advancement. In this new positio...

Pennsylvania American Water is moving forward with taking over wastewater operations in Kane Borough. The company, a subsidiary of American Water, ann...

Samantha Skaggs and her daughters, Nikoal, 11, Taylor, 7, and Emma Rose, 3, have a lot to look forward to this Christmas season, and many more Christm...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Planning Commission voted Tuesday to approve the Northern Pennsylvania Tri-County Comprehensive Plan, which forms a stra...

SMETHPORT — McKean County commissioners granted their approval Tuesday morning for the distribution of 2019 Community Development Block Grant entitlem...

HARRISBURG — State funding of $1 million has been approved for the Winslow Hill Road Paving Project in Elk County, according to Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-B...

Bradford Township supervisors recognized the veterans in the room Monday and thanked them for their service during the regular monthly meeting. A reso...

What is happening in your part of the region? In an effort to bring as much local news as possible to our readers, The Era has started a weekly segmen...

Foster Township officials are not expecting a tax increase to property owners in 2020. Supervisor Chairman George Hocker shared a few highlights from ...

WARREN — Northwest Bancshares Inc., and MutualFirst Financial Inc., jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which N...

Maryrose Carpenter doesn’t know Lynn Anzivine of The Pink Pumpkin Project, but she does know of the good work the New York state-based organization do...

The United Way of the Bradford Area has awarded the fourth round of quarterly Impact funding. This funding stream is available quarterly throughout th...

The Bradford Area High School Alumni Association held its 2019 annual October banquet at the Bradford Club with 79 reservations having been received. ...

SMETHPORT — With the McKean County Commissioners’ approval of a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with the Western New York and Pennsylvania, the co...