Local News, Online Features
Jan 13, 2021
Many people have had their eyes on Washington, D.C., in recent days. But folks watching the nation’s capital from their television sets can’t see this...
Guest Columns, Сolumns
Jun 18, 2020
An article Friday’s edition of The Era spoke to the departure of Dr. M. Javed Akhtar, an ear. nose and throat specialist with Bradford Regional Medica...
Local News, Online Features
Jun 12, 2020
When the office of Dr. M. Javed Akhtar closed in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he had no idea that it would not reopen. The ear, nose and th...
Local News, News, Online Features
Oct 04, 2018
In honor of APPNA National Health Care Day, three groups are working together to host a free flu shot and screening clinic on Oct. 13. From 9 a.m. to ...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 19, 2018
Dr. M. Javed Akhtar from Bradford went to Capitol Hill with the Burma Task Force to plead for sanctions against Myanmar Army to stop ethnic cleansing ...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jan 11, 2018
Bradford physician Dr. M. Javed Akhtar found himself distraught for a week after returning from a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. In the past sev...
Local News, News
Sep 08, 2017
The Bradford Rotary Club is participating in Crutches 4 Africa, a program where unused mobility devices such as crutches are collected and shipped to ...
Local News, News
May 29, 2017
A Bradford family is inviting the community to a Ramadan dinner Friday at The Friendship Table. Dr. M. Javed Akhtar and his family have sponsored the ...
Local News, News, Online Features
Apr 19, 2017
A recent detainment at John F. Kennedy National Airport in New York City left one Bradford doctor asking questions. Dr. M. Javed Akhtar, an otolaryngo...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jan 31, 2017
When a Bradford native returned recently from a trip to provide medical care to Syrian refugees, she realized she needed to share an understanding of ...
Nation & World, PA State News
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...
PA State News
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...
PA State News
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...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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...
Local Sports
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...
