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Crosby American Legion remembers legacy of fallen heroes
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FRAN DE LANCEY Era Correspondent delancey401@yahoo.com 
May 29, 2018
CROSBY — “They still speak to us," said Navy veteran “Chuck” Lathrop as he spoke about the country’s fallen heroes in remarks prepared for the Memoria...
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‘Round the Square for May 28, 2018
News, Round the Square
May 28, 2018
REMEMBER: Seventy-five years ago, the nation was very aware of the importance of honoring those who gave their lives through military service. The Mon...
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Bradford Memorial Day parade set
Local News, News
May 26, 2018
The Bradford Memorial Day parade will begin at 10:15 a.m. Monday, with participants lining up at 9 a.m. on Davis Street beside Tops Market. At the fro...
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Little Miss Poppy promoting Poppies in honor of veterans
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ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
May 25, 2018
Little Miss Poppy Maia Peters wore patriotic garb on Thursday –– a red, white and blue dress and pants adorned with American flags, as she mingled aro...
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Eppley to speak at Smethport ceremony
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FRAN DE LANCEY Era Correspondent delancey401@yahoo.com 
May 24, 2018
SMETHPORT — The Rev. Frank Eppley, a Vietnam veteran and Bronze Star recipient, will speak Monday at the Smethport Memorial Day exercises on the court...
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Lathrop to speak at Crosby event
Local News, News
May 24, 2018
SMETHPORT (EC) — Charles "Chuck" Lathrop, United States Navy, retired, will deliver the Memorial Day address at 10 a.m. Saturday at the John Berg Memo...
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Projected travel may be a miss this Memorial Day
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DANIELLA GRIESBAUM Era Reporter bradford.era.daniella@gmail.com 
May 24, 2018
According to AAA, more than 41.5 million Americans will be travelling this Memorial Day weekend, which they state is nearly five percent more than las...
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Reilly Walker named Miss Purple Heart
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Era photo by Fran De Lancey 
May 17, 2018
The McKean American Legion Riders on Tuesday announced that Reilly Walker, right, a seventh grader at Smethport Area Junior-Senior School, is the new ...
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Army commissions Penn College ROTC graduate
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May 16, 2018
WILLIAMSPORT — A Rixford native was among the Pennsylvania College of Technology graduates in Bald Eagle Battalion Army ROTC recently commissioned as ...
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Donald Trump’s Jerusalem triumph
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 16, 2018
In the second century A.D., Jewish rebels who had stunned the Romans and liberated a portion of Judea overstruck imperial coins with images and a mess...
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Two commissioned in recent ceremony
Local News, News
May 16, 2018
Elizabeth Coppella and Payton Ambrose of Bradford have just commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Lt. Col. Dennis Faulkner presided ove...
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Bucktail Post donates to three community groups
Entertainment, Lifestyles
Era photo by Fran De Lancey 
May 16, 2018
The Bucktail Post #138 Smethport American Legion donated $1,000 each to three community groups Monday. From left are Brenda Young and Sue Platko, co-p...
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