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Fire officials: AJ’s electrical fire a surprising accident

KELSEY BOUDIN Special to The Era

Feb 21, 2017

OLEAN, N.Y. —With the January fire that tore through AJ’s Bar now declared an electrical accident, Olean fire officials say there were few, if any, si...

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Fire guts AJ’s Bar on West State in Olean

KELSEY BOUDIN Special to The Era

Jan 12, 2017

OLEAN, N.Y. —AJ’s Bar owner Gary Lickfeld’s eyes briefly welled with tears Wednesday morning outside the front entrance to his burned establishment, a...

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BCPAC announces 2027 spring, summer performances

November 2, 2026

Tickets go on sale today for six performances in the Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center's 2027 spring and summer lineup, featuring everythin...

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Head-on crash sends driver to hospital

November 2, 2026

Rew Volunteer Fire Department and Bradford City Fire Department ambulance responded to a head-on collision in the 500 block of South Kendall Avenue at...

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Off-road vehicle fires spark wildfire

November 2, 2026

Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire and wildfire on Vera Drive at 5:28 p.m. Friday. Firefighters arrived to find ...

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Q&A with the DA: Election Day disputes

By STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney

October 31, 2026

(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...

Round the Square

‘Round the Square: Paraprosdokians

October 31, 2026

SPEECH: Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians, figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected. We fo...

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