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    Abbotts celebrating 50 years
    Local News, News
    Abbotts celebrating 50 years
    Aug 10, 2023
    GIFFORD – Calvin and Erelyn Abbott of Gifford are celebrating 50 years of marriage. The former Erelyn Eck and Calvin Abbott exchanged vows Aug. 11, 19...
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    Civil War descendants reunion Saturday
    Local News
    Civil War descendants reunion Saturday
    Marcie 
    Aug 03, 2023
    DELEVAN, N.Y. — Descendants of the 154th New York Volunteer Infantry, a Civil War regiment raised in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties, will hold th...
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    Republicans finally weaponized Kamala Harris
    Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
    Republicans finally weaponized Kamala Harris
    JACKIE CALMES 
    Jul 30, 2023
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Republicans are doing their damnedest to make Vice President Kamala Harris a liability for President Joe Biden’s reelection, not wi...
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    Justice Jackson’s abysmal affirmative action dissent
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Justice Jackson’s abysmal affirmative action dissent
    RICH LOWRY 
    Jun 30, 2023
    Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case achieved instant legendary status in certain quarters. Vice Pre...
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    Penn State dairy cattle geneticist finds mutant gene threatening Holstein calves
    Nation, News, PA State News
    Penn State dairy cattle geneticist finds mutant gene threatening Holstein calves
    Daniella Langianese 
    Jun 23, 2023
    UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the fall of 2020, when Chad Dechow got a call from veterinarians in New York describing a strange condition affecting Holste...
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    Bradford company prepares new grave marker for Civil War soldier
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    Bradford company prepares new grave marker for Civil War soldier
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jun 14, 2023
    OLEAN, N.Y. — John Briggs of Olean spends time in area cemeteries, cleaning and trimming gravesites that appear to have been forgotten — among them th...
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    Waiting more than 50 years
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    Waiting more than 50 years
    DANIELLA LANGIANESE dani@bradfordera.com 
    May 30, 2023
    Christine Weaver constantly questioned her origins for more than five decades, never knowing the identity of her birth parents — until earlier this ye...
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    Memory brought back to Bradford woman
    News, Online Features
    Memory brought back to Bradford woman
    MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 27, 2023
    Marian Silvis, of Bradford, misses her husband Ike greatly. Thanks to the hard work, kindness, and tenacity of a local young man, getting back a piece...
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    Child welfare algorithm used in Pa. faces DOJ scrutiny
    News, PA State News
    Child welfare algorithm used in Pa. faces DOJ scrutiny
    SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press 
    Feb 01, 2023
    PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective...
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    County museum hosts genealogy lecture
    News
    County museum hosts genealogy lecture
    Aug 17, 2022
    MACHIAS, NY — The Cattaraugus County Museum’s annual “Summer at the Stone House” event series will conclude its 2022 season at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2...
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    Pa. woman welcomes 100th great-grandchild
    News, PA State News
    Pa. woman welcomes 100th great-grandchild
    CLAUDIA DIMURO PennLive 
    Aug 10, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — What a milestone! A woman in Montgomery County recently welcomed her 100th grandchild. NBC 10 Philadelphia reports how Lafayette Hi...
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    DNA testing, genealogy tools help solve cold case murder in Pa.
    News, PA State News
    DNA testing, genealogy tools help solve cold case murder in Pa.
    May 26, 2022
    WOLF CREEK (AP) — Pennsylvania state police say they have solved the slaying of a Chicago man whose burning body was found 42 years ago near Interstat...
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    Help in finding biological relatives is available through online NPE group
    News
    Help in finding biological relatives is available through online NPE group
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter 
    Jun 26, 2021
    On Dec. 6, 2019, Tracy Schoonover received perhaps one of the best birthday gifts she ever received when she found out the name of her biological fath...
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    When billionaires split up
    Opinion, Сolumns
    When billionaires split up
    May 18, 2021
    Lots of ink has been spilled over the announced divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates, the software billionaire couple who became two of the world’s most ...
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    Eldred museum offers virtual speaker for Holocaust Remembrance
    Local News
    Eldred museum offers virtual speaker for Holocaust Remembrance
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 15, 2021
    The Eldred World War II Museum is going virtual to continue the annual tradition of marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. A virtual Holocaust Remembrance...
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    Genealogy presentation via Zoom set for Bradford library
    Local News
    Genealogy presentation via Zoom set for Bradford library
    Marcie 
    Jan 14, 2021
    Eric Migdal, the owner of It’s All Relative LLC, will be presenting a virtual program for the Bradford Area Public Library at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday via...
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    RTS for Nov 18
    Bradford, News, Round the Square
    RTS for Nov 18
    Nov 18, 2020
    HELP YOUR LIBRARY: Public Libraries in PA need every library lover to be vocal on how much they value library service! Information from local librarie...
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    Vecellio turns 90
    Local News
    Vecellio turns 90
    Marcie 
    Dec 12, 2019
    Clayton Valentino Vecellio (aka “Spike”) celebrated his 90th birthday on Nov. 28 at the Model T Restaurant with family and friends. He was born in Bra...
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    Robert Farnsworth
    Bradford, News, Obituaries
    Robert Farnsworth
    Sep 02, 2019
    Robert Farnsworth Robert A. “Whitey” Farnsworth, 82, of 142 Barbour St., Bradford, passed away Saturday (Aug. 31, 2019) at UPMC Hamot in Erie. Born Ma...
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    A good time for all at the Ecumenical Home’s 30th
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    A good time for all at the Ecumenical Home’s 30th
    KATE DAY SAGER kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 17, 2019
    The visitors appeared to be happy with the delicious food, juggling, antique cars and art show, while staff at Bradford Ecumenical Home were happy the...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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