finance

The Bradford City Water Authority announced it will raise water rates in 2019. The rate increase is due to the proposed installation of an additional ...

Bradford City officials are looking at a probable tax increase in 2019; however, they were confidant at Tuesday’s council meeting the increase will be...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners on Tuesday accepted the terms of a 2019 tax revenue anticipation note from Juniata Valley Bank at an inter...

Christmas is right around the corner — and right behind that will be First Night Bradford 2019 celebrations which are slated for New Year’s Eve, Dec. ...

Dylan Arlington pulls the winning names for two snowmen at Tin Ceiling Gift Shoppe while shop owner Nancy Graham looks on. The fundraiser raised $335 ...

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 ...

It felt like Christmas for members of The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund as they unboxed wooden toys Wednesday from Santa’s Helpers in Erie. The hand...

Heather Kearns experienced something of a miracle for the holiday season when she asked the community for costumes and props for the upcoming “Christm...

SMETHPORT — Smethport Borough Council has an early Christmas present for borough residents: no tax increase for 2019. In a unanimous vote Monday, coun...

Foster Township supervisors passed a 2019 budget Monday night that called for taxes to remain the same as 2018. The property tax rate will remain 5 mi...

Hamlin Memorial Library will hold a series of “Art After Dark” events beginning Dec. 7 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The kick-off event will be a “Paint and Piz...

PITTSBURGH –– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, reports that the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations will include an additional $123,...

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...

Bradford City was facing a $1 million deficit in the 2019 budget — more than a month ago. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, council was discussing st...

KANE — On Giving Tuesday, the Kane Area Revitalization Enterprise (KARE), a nonprofit organization focused on the revitalization of Kane’s central bus...

Northwest Bank was the winner of The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund’s inaugural Corporate Tree Challenge, helping the organization raise money to bri...

The year was 1983, and the nation was still feeling the effect of an early 1980s recession that left many in Bradford still unemployed, even as unempl...

Tabby Dart and Carolee Learn, third and fourth from left, co-chairs of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church's 15th annual community dinner, donated a porti...

The 17th annual Festival of Trees auction, The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund's only fundraiser, is set to take place Thursday at The Bradford Club. ...