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    RTS: FOR LUCK
    News, Round the Square
    RTS: FOR LUCK
    Jan 13, 2023
    FOR LUCK. Since today is Friday the 13th, some superstitious folk may be looking for a little bit of luck — The Farmers’ Almanac compiled a list for j...
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    Scientists identify bee that can aid black cherry recovery
    News
    Scientists identify bee that can aid black cherry recovery
    Marcie 
    Jan 25, 2022
    UNIVERSITY PARK — A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in ...
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    Government policies can stink
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Government policies can stink
    Jan 05, 2022
    Bradford’s Main Street pear trees are beautiful. They are delicate, with slim trunks and plentiful branches. Their flowers are a blizzard of snowflake...
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    Pa. phasing in ban of invasive Bradford pear
    News, Online Features
    Pa. phasing in ban of invasive Bradford pear
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 23, 2021
    The beautiful but odoriferous Bradford pear trees along Boylston Street in the City of Bradford are an invasive species, and Pennsylvania is in the pr...
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    Baby boom would be bad
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Baby boom would be bad
    AMANDA LITTLE, Tribune News Service 
    May 13, 2021
    The 2020 census reported the lowest rate of population growth in the U.S. since the post-Depression decade, inspiring a chorus of economic Cassandras ...
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    National Invasive Species Awareness Week
    Local News, Online Features
    National Invasive Species Awareness Week
    KATIE SCHMIDT Penn State Extension Forestry Educator and APIPMA Partner 
    Feb 23, 2021
    The invasive spotted lanternfly has been found in Pennsylvania and 8 other northeastern states since its discovery in 2014. As of May 2020, there are ...
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    Burchfield: Time for winter maintenance
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Burchfield: Time for winter maintenance
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
    Jan 14, 2021
    Over the course of this month and next, my travels will take me to a secluded hollow free from interruptions. A place to unwind some may say, yet whil...
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    Rocky Ridge Orchards to start pressing cider this week
    Local News, Online Features
    Rocky Ridge Orchards to start pressing cider this week
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 16, 2020
    The chill in the air this morning is a reminder that the autumn season is nearing, and along with autumn comes apple season. Residents will soon be ab...
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    RTS for July 7, 2020
    Bradford, News, Round the Square
    RTS for July 7, 2020
    Jul 07, 2020
    GROWING STRING BEANS: For a beginning vegetable gardener, snap beans, aka string beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), can be one of the most rewarding vegetabl...
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    Burchfield: Food plot diversity
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Burchfield: Food plot diversity
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
    Jun 11, 2020
    Late spring and early summer provides the backdrop for food plot and tree maintenance. In many cases, annual wildlife food plots become the center of ...
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    Tree seedling maintenance begins
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    Tree seedling maintenance begins
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
    May 30, 2019
    An old reverting field on our camp property supports a number of apple trees along with three pear trees. Come fall the pear trees are the first to dr...
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    Brush piles provide benefits for wildlife now and later
    Columns, Outdoors, Sports
    Brush piles provide benefits for wildlife now and later
    Charlie Burchfield 
    Feb 28, 2019
    It seemed simple enough; remove dead limbs and unnecessary growth from a once productive apple tree. By doing so, the tree would be able to direct its...
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    Not for the birds: Invasive plants
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Not for the birds: Invasive plants
    LISA CHAPMAN APIPMA and Allegheny Highlands Bird Club 
    Feb 27, 2019
    (Editor’s note: This is the third in a week-long series of stories marking National Invasive Species Awareness week in conjunction with the McKean Cou...
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    Burchfield: Winter wildlife habitat improvement
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Burchfield: Winter wildlife habitat improvement
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
    Feb 21, 2019
    Winter is upon us. For a while it was almost like the winter that wasn’t, but all that has changed in the last couple of weeks. Colder temperatures, f...
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    Ruffed Grouse Society, apple trees and shrubs; future event set
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    Ruffed Grouse Society, apple trees and shrubs; future event set
    Feb 14, 2019
    KANE — The Allegheny Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society spent an afternoon on a cold, but sunny, February 9th, learning the nuances of apple tree pr...
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    ANF approves project to address forest health concerns
    Local News, News
    ANF approves project to address forest health concerns
    Feb 09, 2019
    MARIENVILLE — Marienville District Ranger, Rob Fallon, has approved the Allegheny National Forest’s 10,555-acre Pine Bear Supplemental Environmental A...
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    ‘Round the Square for Feb. 22, 2018
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for Feb. 22, 2018
    Feb 22, 2018
    PLANTING: “I can’t believe it,” Ormsby resident said Tuesday evening. “It must be an early spring.” He called with news about how his yard has changed...
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    ‘Round the Square for Oct. 25, 2017
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for Oct. 25, 2017
    Oct 25, 2017
    FRUIT: The Bradford Marching Owls will start their annual sale of Florida citrus fruit today. Now through Nov. 13, people can order small or large box...
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    ‘Round the Square for March 27, 2017
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for March 27, 2017
    Mar 27, 2017
    RESTING WATERS: With the impending closure of Camp Resting Waters — the Girl Scout camp in Kane — we wanted to hear if any of our readers have memorie...
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    ‘Round the Square for March 18, 2017
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for March 18, 2017
    Mar 18, 2017
    APPLES: As this winter draws to a close — at least according to the calendar — Penn State University has predicted the impact the winter of 2016-17 wi...
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    Pirates’ trade deadline defined by rigid thinking and poor processes. What else is new?
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    Pirates’ trade deadline defined by rigid thinking and poor processes. What else is new?
    JASON MACKEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    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 ...
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    PA defense synced and ready for Saturday
    Football, Local Sports
    PA defense synced and ready for Saturday
    By JO WANKEL - Era Sports Writer 
    August 1, 2025
    Pennsylvania’s defensive unit is ready for Saturday, relying on speed and aggressiveness to achieve its goals. The Defensive Line consists of Landon F...
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    Bold strokes for a big milestone
    Local News
    Bold strokes for a big milestone
    August 1, 2025
    Local artists Rick Minard and, not pictured, Greg Souchik, work on the patriotic Union Square mural celebrating America’s impending 250th anniversary....
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    Social Security Matters: Why hasn’t benefit changed because I’m still working?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Why hasn’t benefit changed because I’m still working?
    By RUSSELL GLOOR 
    August 1, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am receiving Social Security benefits while continuing to work full time. There are no restrictions on my wage earnings because I waited...
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    Delve deeper into benefits of BBB
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Delve deeper into benefits of BBB
    August 1, 2025
    History predicts that Republicans will suffer losses in next year’s midterm elections, and Democrats have made clear they will try to use President Do...
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    Small town, big impact
    Local News
    Small town, big impact
    Screw Cancer Festival returns today 
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    August 1, 2025
    KANE – For the third year in a row, Flickerwood Wine Cellars will be filled with music, laughter and a community united for a good cause during the Sc...
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