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    Halloween Schedule
    News, Online Features
    Halloween Schedule
    Oct 31, 2022
    Regular trick-or-treat hours will be held from 6 to 7:30 for the City of Bradford; Bradford Township; Foster Township; Smethport; Otto Township; Mount...
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    Lafayette Township honors victims, heroes of 9/11 with memorial service
    News
    Lafayette Township honors victims, heroes of 9/11 with memorial service
    FRAN DE LANCEY frdelancey@yahoo.com 
    Sep 13, 2021
    GIFFORD — To mark the 20th anniversary 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Rescue Department hosted several local volunteer ...
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    61-year-old woman found dead at fire scene
    Bradford, Local News, News
    61-year-old woman found dead at fire scene
    Mar 29, 2021
    LEWIS RUN — A 61-year-old Lewis Run woman was found deceased at the scene of a fire Friday in Lafayette Township, Lewis Run-based state police reporte...
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    No injuries in Lafayette Township truck fire
    Local News
    No injuries in Lafayette Township truck fire
    Marcie 
    Nov 10, 2020
    LEWIS RUN — No injuries were reported when a pick-up truck caught on fire at 5:53 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Route 219 in Lafayette Township. According to ...
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    Looking forward to 2021? Buy a calendar
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Looking forward to 2021? Buy a calendar
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 25, 2020
    A more than two-decade fundraiser for Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Department hit a small hiccup during 2020. The department creates a calendar b...
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    State police investigate death of Bradford man
    Local News
    State police investigate death of Bradford man
    Marcie 
    Jul 30, 2020
    LEWIS RUN — On Sunday, Lewis Run-based state police investigated the death of a 92-year-old Bradford man. Police did not release the man’s name. Accor...
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    Boil water advisory lifted
    Local News
    Boil water advisory lifted
    Dec 12, 2019
    From Steve Disney, Executive Director at the Bradford City Water Authority: “The precautionary boil water advisory imposed on us from the DEP on Decem...
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    Open house set to celebrate Lafayette woman’s 80th birthday
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Open house set to celebrate Lafayette woman’s 80th birthday
    Aug 28, 2019
    Family, friends and neighbors are invited to join Dawn Blaisdell of Lafayette at an open house to celebrate her 80th birthday. The open house will be ...
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    Preparation for water storage tank roof repair underway
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Preparation for water storage tank roof repair underway
    Jun 03, 2019
    Preliminary preparations are underway for the Bradford City Water Authority to replace the roof on their Airport Road water storage tank in Lafayette ...
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    Lafayette Twp. fire department to hold cookie house
    Local News, News
    Lafayette Twp. fire department to hold cookie house
    Dec 15, 2018
    The Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department will hold a Christmas Cookie House beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday at the fire hall on Route 5...
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    Smethport man dies in Lafayette Township crash
    Local News, News
    Smethport man dies in Lafayette Township crash
    Sep 11, 2018
    KANE — A Smethport man died in an early morning accident on Sunday in Lafayette Township. Michael Zaehringer, 35, of Smethport, was pronounced dead at...
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    Start of box culvert work postponed in Lafayette Township
    Local News, News
    Start of box culvert work postponed in Lafayette Township
    Jul 24, 2018
    CLEARFIELD — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has postponed work to replace a box culvert on Big Shanty Road (Route 4001) in Lafayette To...
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    None injured in Tuesday blaze in Corydon Township
    Local News, News, Online Features
    None injured in Tuesday blaze in Corydon Township
    Aug 03, 2017
    CORYDON — No injuries were reported in a fire in a No Name Road residence in Corydon Township on Tuesday at 11:09 p.m. Corydon Township Fire Chief Mat...
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    Data: Population boom in Lafayette Twp.; reality, not so much
    Local News, News
    Data: Population boom in Lafayette Twp.; reality, not so much
    ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 10, 2017
    From 2010 to 2016, the four-county region experienced a decline or no change in population, except for Lafayette Township in McKean County. The Center...
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    Route 219 bridge project to start Monday in Lafayette Twp.
    Local News, News
    Route 219 bridge project to start Monday in Lafayette Twp.
    Apr 14, 2017
    CLEARFIELD — On Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will begin replacement work on a U.S. Route 219 bridge in Lafayette Township. Th...
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    Lafayette Twp. VFD to host Easter party
    Local News, News
    Lafayette Twp. VFD to host Easter party
    Apr 13, 2017
    The Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department will host its annual Easter party, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday at the fire hall on Route...
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    Two suffer minor injuries in U.S. Route 219 crash
    Crime, News
    Two suffer minor injuries in U.S. Route 219 crash
    Apr 10, 2017
    KANE — Two people suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon on U.S. Route 219 at its intersection with Route 59 in Lafayette...
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    Forest Service in possession of lost chainsaw
    Local News, News
    Forest Service in possession of lost chainsaw
    Apr 05, 2017
    The U.S. Forest Service is in possession of a chainsaw found in the Allegheny National Forest between U.S. Route 219 and Pine Run Road in Lafayette To...
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    Wildfire in Lafayette Township not as bad as feared
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Wildfire in Lafayette Township not as bad as feared
    Apr 04, 2017
    A wildfire Monday afternoon in Lafayette Township turned out not to be as bad as initially feared. Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Chief Don Fowler ...
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    Lafayette Township VFD slates chicken barbecue dinner
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Lafayette Township VFD slates chicken barbecue dinner
    Feb 10, 2017
    The Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department will hold a chicken barbecue dinner beginning at noon Sunday at the firehall on Route 59, ...
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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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